FROM EDENTON POLICE DEPARTMENT
Another incident involving the theft of someone’s wallet happened recently at the Duck Thru, Virginia Road, Edenton. It was the second reported in the month of July.
According to the July 17 incident report, Edenton Police received a report at 5 p.m. that an Edenton resident’s wallet was taken while it was on a counter at the gas station/convenience store. About $20 and various credit and debit cards were taken.
The first incident at the Duck Thru happened on July 4 when a Hobbsville resident reported that cash and various credit and debit cards were taken. In that incident, Christopher Venters of Edenton was named as the suspect.
Venters was later arrested at 10:34 p.m. July 14 after being stopped by an officer at Walgreens, North Broad Street, Edenton. During a search, police found three small clear bags filled with cocaine, two plastic straws with residue inside, a metal spoon used for melting drugs, two vials of sodium chloride injection and eight empty syringes. Officers also found 2 grams of cocaine and 1.1 grams of fentanyl.
Venters was arrested on a felony charge of possession of cocaine, and misdemeanor charges of possession of drug paraphernalia and resisting an officer.
He also was charged with obtaining property under false pretense, a felony, for the July 4 incident.
Venters appeared before Magistrate Williams Miles, who did not grant bond. He was confined to the Chowan County Detention Center.
In other matters, Police responded to a report at 11:04 a.m. July 13 by Ericka Walton of Tyner. According to the report, Walton made a call for service while at the Dairy Queen, North Broad Street, Edenton. The driver glass window of a leased Penske truck was broken, causing $300 in damage.