Thursday, June 21, 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 week ended with approval of controversial coastal stormwater changes, a stalemate over legislation to expand the shellfish industry and rejection of a plan to allow beer and wine sales on the passenger ferry between Ocracoke and Hatteras.
Currituck County’s new chief law enforcement officer doesn’t have big plans to overhaul his department. But he does have plans. The one he feels most passionate about is a new program for middle and high school students.
The investigation continues of the vandalism last week of one of the original bronze doors at the base of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, at the same time efforts to restore the door are beginning.
