Jackson County NC Information

 Sunday, May 25, 2008

Bobby Allen Gibson, 23, 106 Long Cove Drive, Tuckasegee, was charged May 20 with assault with a deadly weapon or assault inflicting serious injury, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and two counts of assault on a female at 100 Circle Drive. He was held pending a bond hearing. Trial date is June 30.

- Iris Kay Gibson, 46, 459 Thorpe Drive, Tuckasegee, was charged May 20 with three counts of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury at 100 Circle Drive. She was held under $1,000 secured bond pending a June 30 trial date.

Friday October 31st, 2008

Jackson Co woman detained on warrants in Macon

After being tipped on a possible drunk driver, Macon County Sheriffs Deputies arrested a Jackson County woman wanted on warrants in Macon County for missing court. 18 year old Nicole Jeanette Neely of Cullowhee, was spotted as the passenger in the car thought to be driven by an intoxicated driver.

She now faces a felony count of failure to appear on controlled substance possession charges, one misdemeanor count of failure to appear on other drug charges and also a misdemeanor charge of possessing drug paraphernalia at the time of her arrest.

Neely’s bond was set at $10,000 and the next appearance in court is scheduled for November 11th.

Jackson sheriff arrests suspects in convenience store armed robbery Print
Thursday, 22 January 2009

 

(clockwise from top left) Justin Allen Holmes, Daryl Wayne Schiele, Nicole Jeanette Neely, Larry Carmon Henderson
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office has arrested three individuals in connection with an armed robbery that occurred on Dec. 5, 2008, at the Li Tienda Convenience Store in Glenville.

 

Those arrested include:

Justin Allen Holmes, 23, listing a Forrest Cove address in Cullowhee, was charged with one count of robbery with a dangerous weapon and conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon. Holmes is being held under a $36,000 bond. Bond reflects some additional charges that are unrelated to this event.

Daryl Wayne Schiele, 22, listing a Slab Town Road address in Cashiers, was charged with one count of robbery with a dangerous weapon and conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon. Schiele is being held under a $58,000 bond. Bond reflects some additional charges that are unrelated to this event.

Nicole Jeanette Neely, 18, listing an Old Mill Creek Road address in Franklin, was charged with one count of felonious possession of stolen property. Neely is currently being held under a $16,000 bond. Bond reflects some additional charges that are unrelated to this event.

Schiele and Neely were already incarcerated when charges were filed for the robbery.

Holmes was located at a residence on Yellow Mountain Road in Cashiers. The residence was subsequently searched pursuant to a search warrant being issued in an effort to locate items that may have used in the commission of the armed robbery. While searching, officers located several controlled substances which led to one additional arrest.

Larry Carmon Henderson, 24, listing a North Norton Road address, was charged with possession with intent to sell/deliver methamphetamine, maintaining a dwelling for the use of controlled substances, simple possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, and illegal possession prescription medication. He is being held under a $10,000 bond.
La Tienda store robbery arrests lead to meth bust
By Jennifer Daniel, Staff Writer
Posted: Tuesday, Jan 20, 2009 - 04:52:56 pm EST

And then there were four.

When the Jackson County Sheriff's Department went searching for three suspects in the December robbery of a Mexican store in Glenville, they turned up an extra arrest.

"We received some information, and we followed up on it," said Jackson County Sheriff Jimmy Ashe.

The sheriff's department interviewed Nicole Jeanette Neely, 18, from Franklin after she was placed in custody for a failure to appear charge, along with Darrell Schiele, 22, from Cashiers. Schiele was also already in custody for unrelated charges.
Through the interview, the sheriff's department suspected that Neely and Schiele were involved in the Glenville robbery. They also found out there was a third suspect, Justin Holmes, 23, from Cullowhee.

"We obtained a search warrant for a Henderson residence, where Holmes was," Ashe said. "When we went to arrest him we found a half ounce methamphetamines in the house."

Larry Carmon Henderson, 24, of Cashiers, was charged with possession with intent to sell/deliver methamphetamine, maintaining a dwelling for the use of controlled substances, simple possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, and illegal possession prescription medication. He is currently being held under a $10,000 bond.

The other three individuals arrested were in connection with the armed robbery that occurred on December 5, 2008, at the La Tienda convenience store in Glenville.

Those arrested include:

Justin Allen Holmes, 23, listing a Forrest Cove address in Cullowhee, was charged with one count of robbery with a dangerous weapon and conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon. Holmes is currently being held under a $36,000 bond. The bond amount reflects additional charges unrelated to this event.

Daryl Wayne Schiele, 22, listing a Slab Town Rd., address in Cashiers, was charged with one count of robbery with a dangerous weapon and conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon. Schiele is currently being held under a $58,000 bond. This bond amount also reflects additional charges unrelated to this event.

Nicole Jeanette Neely, 18, listing an Old Mill Creek Rd., address in Franklin, was charged with one count of felonious possession of stolen property. Neely is currently being held under a $16,000 bond. Her bond amount also reflects additional charges that are unrelated to this event.

 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

United States Attorney Edward R. Ryan
Western District of North Carolina

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2009 

CONTACT: Suellen Pierce
704.338.3120
Fax: 704.227.0264

LOCAL BEAR HUNTERS SENTENCED TO TEN MONTHS’ IMPRISONMENT Jackson County Residents Pled Guilty to Violating The Lacey Act ASHEVILLE, NC - Bobby Allen Gibson, 24, of Tuckasegee, NC, and Steven Louis Broom, 31, of Cullowhee, NC were each sentenced by United States Magistrate Judge Dennis L. Howell in Asheville on Monday, November 16, 2009 to serve ten months in federal prison, United States Attorney Edward R. Ryan announced today. Gibson and Broom were both charged in July 2009 in a federal bill of information with one count alleging that on July 18, 2008, they did knowingly attempt to import, export, transport, sell, receive, acquire and/or purchase an American Black Bear, in Haywood County, NC, in violation of federal law. In addition to the term of imprisonment, both defendants were also ordered to a one year term of supervised release to follow their term of imprisonment, which will include their individual banishment from federal lands during that time, with no hunting or fishing allowed and with no firearms possession allowed. Both defendants will also be required to complete 100 hours of community service during the supervised release period. In addition, Defendant Broom was ordered by the Court that during the one-year term of supervised release, he could neither possess, nor own, a canine of any kind.

Joining Ryan in today’s announcement is Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, James Gale, and Resident Agent in Charge of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Darwin Huggins, both of Atlanta; Steve Stinnett, Chief Ranger, National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway; and Kenneth Everhart, Colonel, Enforcement Division, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission.

Bobby Allen Gibson is currently in local federal custody where he has remained since September 28, 2009. Steven Louis Broom will self report on receipt of summons following today’s sentencing hearing. Gibson and Broom entered a guilty plea to the federal criminal count with which they were charged. The investigation and prosecution of Gibson and Broom is the result of the joint efforts of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Park Service, and the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney David A. Thorneloe of the U.S. Attorney’s Asheville Office.

Tuckasegee, Cullowhee men sentenced federally for bear killing
By David Joy - Staff Writer
Posted: Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 - 09:22:25 am EST


Bobby Allen Gibson, 24, of Tuckasegee, and Steven Louis Broom, 31, of Cullowhee were both sentenced on Monday, Nov. 16 in Asheville to serve 10 months in federal prison for killing a bear illegally in July 2008.

In July 2008 Gibson and Broom used dogs to chase a bear near Milepost 429 on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Haywood County. Once treed by the dogs, the bear was shot by Gibson and later found by a park ranger.

Besides bear hunting being out of season at the time, the Lacey Act prohibits illegally taking wildlife off of federal lands. Both men were in violation of illegally killing the bear and attempting to transport the animal off of federal lands.

Gibson and Broom plead guilty to the charges and were sentenced by a federal court in Asheville Monday. The two were sentenced to ten months in federal prison, followed by one year of federal parole and 100 hours of community service.
During the parole term both men are banished from federal lands, cannot hunt or fish, and cannot possess firearms. Broom was also ordered not to possess or own a dog of any kind during the term of his parole.

The Charlotte Observer also noted that both men have previous hunting charges, as well as drug-related charges.

Gibson was previously convicted of hunting without a license and taking game during closed season. Gibson was also sentenced to 20 days in jail and two years probation in March, and is currently awaiting trial for auto theft and drug charges.

Broom was previously convicted of possessing a rifle in a bear sanctuary, and was also sentenced to at least six months in jail and two years probation in 2007 for possession of methamphetamine.

Gibson is currently in federal custody where he has been since Sept. 28, 2009, and Broom will report on receipt of summons following Monday’s sentencing hearing.

Bear hunting with dogs is a popular sport in WNC, with the season ending Nov. 21 and opening back up between Dec. 14 and Jan. 1. While most hunters follow the state and federal regulations on bear hunting, there are still numerous illegal killings each year.
Sentences Issued in Illegal Outfitting & Landowner-Sponsored License Cases 
Monday, March 1st 2010 
GLASGOW, Mont. – A northeastern Montana landowner and 10 hunters from North Carolina and Alabama have been sentenced on state criminal charges stemming from an illegal outfitting / landowner sponsor operation that was investigated in 2008 and 2009.

According to Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks’ (FWP) Criminal Investigator Lennie Buhmann, most of the violations took place on prime Missouri River bottom property between Glasgow and Wolf Point in northern McCone County. 

Landowner James “Bert” Twitchell, 66, of Wolf Point, was charged with two misdemeanor counts of acting as an outfitter without a license and was recently assessed a $170 fine by McCone County Justice of the Peace Mary Garfield. 

Twitchell instructed two clients to illegally trespass and hunt on neighboring private lands, as well as on nearby public lands managed by the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Twitchell is not a licensed as an outfitter in Montana. 


Through a program administered by FWP, properly certified landowners can sponsor non-resident hunters for big game hunting. Certified landowners must submit a legal description of the deeded property where the non-resident hunters are limited to hunt. 

The program states that the sponsor will supervise the non-residents’ hunting and inform the hunters of game and trespass laws; submit proper records of the non-residents that hunted; and accept no monetary consideration for enabling the non-resident to obtain a license. FWP Region 6 Warden Captain Mike Herman said Twitchell was properly certified and was allowed to sponsor up to 15 non-resident hunters. 

But FWP Investigator Buhmann and state officers observed several of Twitchell’s sponsored hunters involved in illegal activities. Observations included trespassing onto neighboring private lands, harvesting over-limits of deer, and hunting big game animals without licenses. During the investigation, three state District Court search warrants were served, and all of Twitchell’s hunting party members were contacted by authorities. 

Buhmann said landowner-sponsored deer combination licenses were misused in the illegal operation or were used after the hunters trespassed on property where they were not sponsored. In other instances, he said, hunters who could not make the trip to Montana would send their combination license with another hunter who used it improperly. 

“Defendants in this case showed a total disregard of the hunting laws in Montana,” Buhmann said. “While some of the violators took responsibility for their actions, others did not.”

“We’re definitely seeing an increase in people abusing the landowner-sponsored license program across the state,” Herman added. “These types of cases take a lot of time and effort to sort out, but people should be aware that we’re constantly looking at these licenses. Hunters, as well as landowners, will be charged if violations are uncovered.” 

The other defendants recently sentenced by Justice of the Peace Mary Garfield were:
• Tony Mashburn, 52, of Deatsville, AL. Mashburn was charged with a single misdemeanor count of possessing and transporting an unlawfully killed white-tailed deer buck; four counts of using deer licenses that belonged to others; a count of unlawfully possessing a motion-tracking device while hunting; two counts of possessing and carrying a license belonging to another person; a count of killing a game bird from a public roadway; a count of failing to tag a game animal; a count of hunting waterfowl without the required state waterfowl stamp; two counts of killing more than one game animal (white-tailed bucks) without authorization; three counts of killing more than one game animal (white-tailed does) without authorization; and one count of possessing an illegally killed antelope buck. 

He was ordered to pay $5,445 in fines and $2,400 in restitution. A 2007 charge of killing a game animal (mule deer buck) without a valid license also earned Tony Mashburn another $535 fine and $500 in restitution. In addition, he lost his hunting, fishing and trapping privileges for a period of four years.

Buhmann said other incriminating information gathered during the investigation was turned over to authorities in Georgia. Officials there recently charged Tony Mashburn on a variety of additional wildlife-related charges.

• Tammy Mashburn, 47, of Deatsville, AL. She faced a count of unlawfully possessing and transporting a white-tailed buck deer; unlawfully possessing and transporting an antelope buck; and two counts of loaning her license to another person. She was fined a total of $1,540 and lost her hunting, fishing and trapping privileges for two years.

• Randall Haga, 42, of Falkville, AL. He faced one count of unlawfully killing and possessing a white-tailed buck and one count of unlawfully possessing and transporting an antelope buck. He was fined $1,070, ordered to pay $500 in restitution and lost his hunting, fishing and trapping privileges for three years. 


• Roger Queen, 41, of Cullowhee, N.C. Queen was charged with one count of loaning a license to another person. He was fined $235 and lost his hunting, fishing and trapping privileges for one year. 

• William Gibson, 66, of Waynesville, N.C. Gibson faced two counts of killing and possessing a white-tailed buck without a license. He was assessed $1,070 in fines, $1,000 in restitution, and lost his hunting, fishing and trapping privileges for three years. 

• Jeffrey Gibson, 43, of Tuckasegee, N.C. He was charged with one count of killing more than one game animal without authorization; one count of illegally possessing an unlawfully killed white-tailed buck; one count of loaning a license to another person; one count of possessing and carrying another person’s license; and one count of hunting a game animal without a valid license. He was fined $1,975, ordered to pay $1,000 in restitution, and had his hunting, fishing and trapping privileges taken away for three years.

• Tommy Gibson, 24, of Tuckasegge, N.C. He was charged with one count of failing to tag a game animal; one count of hunting a game animal without a valid license; and one count of killing a game animal without a valid license. Tommy Gibson was fined $1,205, ordered to pay $500 in restitution, and lost his hunting, fishing and trapping privileges for three years.

• Bobby Allen Gibson, 25, of Tuckasegee, N.C. He was charged with one count of wasting and abandoning a game bird; one count of unlawfully using a rifle to shoot a game bird; and two counts of loaning licenses to others. Bobby Gibson was fined $790, ordered to pay $25 in restitution, and lost his hunting, fishing and trapping privileges for two years. 

In November 2009, Bobby Gibson was also sentenced in North Carolina’s U.S. District Court to 10 months in federal prison for a Lacey Act violation involving an illegally harvested black bear. In that case, Gibson also received a one-year term of supervised release and must perform 100 hours of community service.

• Paul Millsaps, 65, of Tuckasegee, N.C. He was charged with one count of possessing and carrying the license of another person; one count of failing to tag a game animal; and one count of possessing an unlawfully killed white-tailed buck. Millsaps was fined $805 and lost his hunting, fishing and trapping privileges for three years. 

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