Four years in prison for motel robbery with bloody bills
Deontre Lashard Dameron, 23, pleaded guilty to common law robbery in Gastonia. He received two years plus extra time for prior acts, meaning a minimum 27 years old at release. The October 2015 Midtown Motor Inn incident involved a group beating a man to seize about 19 bloody one dollar bills.
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Deontre Lashard Dameron
Dameron
Gastonia
Midtown Motor Inn
South Chester Street
Cameron
Debbie Gulledge
Addison Jerome Banks
Gulledge
Banks
Gaston County
Sheriff warns of jail phone scam in Gaston County
Gaston County Sheriff Alan Cloninger alerted Monday to a phone scam using his office. The caller, posing as Deputy Gary Williams, claims a missed grand jury summons requires a 1400 payment via PayPal or green dot card to avoid jail. Three similar calls were reported, with threats of incarceration.
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Gaston County
Alan Cloninger
Cloninger
Gary Williams
Man Threatens Bus Driver Over Chips Outside Gastonia
Police say Randy Setzer, 49, of Gastonia, stood outside a school bus and threatened to shoot the driver after a bus worker took away a young girl's potato chips for eating on the bus. He was charged with misdemeanor communicating threats, arrested and released on unsecured bond.
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Randy Setzer
Setzer
Gastonia
Diane Turbyfill
Sunday Ballots Surge as Gaston County Voters Try Sunday Voting
Sunday voting drew 380 ballots in Gaston County with a higher rate of 95 votes per hour. Early voting runs through Saturday at four sites including the Elections Office and local libraries, with turnout below the 2014 presidential primary but up from weekdays.
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Gaston County
Adam Ragan
Ragan
Democratic Party
NAACP
Gaston County Board of Elections
Chris Thomason
Obituaries Listing appears in local classifieds
Obituaries page shows names with ages and hometowns including Jason Forkner 34 Bristol Virginia Robert Scott 85 Stanley Dick Elliott 85 Brittany Davis Kings Mountain James Slade 80 Charlotte Sonja Melton 60 Gastonia Glenda Anthony Gastonia Noman Tiffany 90 Shelby Pegi Herbert 91 Elizabeth Stowe 89 Gastonia Tina Walden 41 Lowell William Bryant 69 Gastonia Steven Deal 55 York South Carolina Ava Kirksey 84 Ava McCumbee 85 Belmont John Bridges 89 Kings Mountain William Lincoln 78 Kings Mountain Johnny Anthony 30 Clover South Carolina
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Jason Forkner
Bristol
Robert Scott
Stanley Dick Elliott
Brittany Davis
Kings Mountain
James Slade
Charlotte Sonja Melton
Gastonia
Glenda Anthony
Noman Tiffany
Shelby Pegi Herbert
Mr. Holly
Elizabeth Stowe
Tina Walden
Lowell
William Bryant
Steven Deal
York
S.C
Ava Kirksey
Ava McCumbee
Belmont
John Bridges
William Lincoln
Johnny Anthony
Clover
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Diane Dturbyfill
Gastongazette
Nell Kinley
Shawn Horn
Board of Elections
York Chester Plaza
West Franklin Boulevard
Mike Hensdill
the Gazette
By Kevin Ellisketlis
Gastongazette.com
WaiCanael Pte Reg
S. Union Rd
Mea Oe
Ayzia Schultz
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