Tuesday, April 24, 2018
By Sam Walker on December 3, 2017
A man from Manteo was arrested in connection with an incident involving shots being fired in a Roanoke Island neighborhood over the weekend.
Authorities responded to a 911 call Saturday around 9:30 p.m. on Amanda Street, where one person had allegedly fired a gun at two others. No injuries were reported.
The suspect fled the scene, and an extensive search by multiple agencies was initiated. He was eventually located in Kill Devil Hills and taken into custody Sunday afternoon without incident.
Trystan Robert Wiley Beacham, 22, of Manteo, was charged with two counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, assault by pointing a gun and discharge of a firearm in a prohibited location.
Beacham was booked into the Dare County Detention Center. Bond was set at $20,000.
The Outer Banks Voice and Milepost Magazine held a forum at Waveriders in Nags Head on Friday featuring N.C. Senate candidates Bob Steinburg and Clark Twiddy, and N.C. House candidates Beverly Boswell and Bobby Hanig.
Admission to the Wright Brothers National Memorial will cost more starting June 1, as part of a plan by the National Park Service to help address an $11.6 billion backlog of maintenance and construction projects across the country.
The Currituck Banks Reserve will be closed to the public April 23-27 while the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services program performs an aerial wildlife damage management operation for feral swine.
