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Teens held in slaying Two 17-year-olds face first-degree murder charges BY PAT KIMBROUGH ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER
HIGH POINT – Police on Tuesday identified the victim and announced the arrests of two teenagers in a High Point homicide from the previous night. Kinitez Dante Gilbert, 19, of High Point, was found lying in the road-
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2009 homicides in city. 2A way in the 300 block of Ennis Street in the Southside neighborhood by officers responding to a shooting call at 331 Ennis St. just after 7 p.m. Monday, according to High Point police. Gilbert appeared to have been shot with a handgun. Several hours later, detectives arrested a pair of 17year-olds: Johnathan Brandon Mack of Forrest Street and Trevorri Jamel McFad-
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den of Tracer Place. Both suspects were charged with first-degree murder and jailed without bond. Police on Tuesday were not releasing additional information about the shooting. The investigation into what precipitated the incident was said to be ongoing and detectives
were “looking for more information, as much as they can get,” said police Lt. Steve Myers. Southside has been the object of special attention since police launched an initiative aimed at stamping out open-air drug markets and associated violence in the neighborhood in 2006. “Lately, it’s been pretty quiet,” Myers said. “Every now and then, a spot within the Southside initiative area will flare up, and we jump on it pretty hard.” Police said Gilbert was from the Southside area. He was taken to High Point Re-
gional Hospital, where he died shortly after arriving. Court records for Guilford County show McFadden faces pending misdemeanor charges of assault by pointing a gun and communicating threats that are unrelated to Monday’s incident. Mack has no other pending criminal charges. This was the city’s third homicide of 2009. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call High Point Crimestoppers at 889-4000 or Detective Hosier at 887-7835. pkimbrough@hpe.com | 888-3531
Fire injures three
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Scene of house fire at 1214 Asheboro Street early Tuesday. smoke inhalation at High Point Regional Hospital. “It’s just been a real tragic situation,” Kadel said. “They are all legal immigrants who came here to start their lives over after years of persecution. They languished in horrible conditions for 18 years.” High Point Fire Marshal Mike Levins said all three victims, who are in their 20s, were out of the residence when firefighters ar-
rived at the house, which sustained some fire damage but mostly heat and smoke damage. Levins said Tuesday the cause of the blaze is still under investigation. Kadel said it was his understanding the fire was an accident caused by a heater that malfunctioned. One of the men tried to put the blaze out but had to abandon this in order to drag his brother, who
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Velva Yurko looks over turkey breast at Clover Leaf. last year and was the largest contributing factor to the overall decrease in the cost of a traditional
dinner, the bureau reported. Those preparing meals for their families this Christmas are happy
Ethel Bailey Lloyd Brannock, 78 Audrey Clodfelter, 76 Kinitez Gilbert, 19 Joseph Lee, 81 Rebecca Leonard, 68 Virginia Link, 87 Lettie Owens, 83 William Snuggs, 55 Darrell Teer, 53 Obituaries, 2B
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---was apparently sleeping through the fire, out of the house, he said. World Relief is the resettlement agency for the siblings, their parents and other family members in the area. Hema Ranapahelee came to High Point in November 2008, while her brothers joined her in the past few months. The family is originally from the south Asian nation of Bhutan but fled to neighboring
Traditional holiday meal to cost less HIGH POINT – If the stuffing, turkey, candied yams and other traditional Christmas meal items aren’t tasty enough, their prices also may be a little more appealing this year. The average price for this year’s feast for 10 is $42.91, down from last year’s average of $44.61, according to the American Farm Bureau. Items like a 16-pound turkey will sell this year for around $18.65, or $1.16 per pound. That’s a decrease of 3 cents per pound from last year. Milk has dropped about 92 cents per gallon since
Dr. Stanley Allen Jr., a longtime local dentist, joined the board of trustees of North Carolina A&T State University. Allen has been practicing dentistry in the Greensboro area for 30 years.
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BY PAT KIMBROUGH ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER
HIGH POINT – Three siblings were injured in an early morning house fire in southeast High Point Tuesday. Brothers Bhuwan and Suman Ranapahelee and their sister, Hema, spent 18 years in refugee camps in Nepal before being accepted into a U.S. government resettlement program that brought them to High Point, according to Mark Kadel, affiliate director for World Relief North Carolina’s High Point office. The brothers were spending the night at their sister’s 1214 Asheboro St. home when a fire broke out about 2:45 a.m. Both men suffered critical burn and smoke inhalation injuries and were being treated Tuesday at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center’s burn unit, Kadel said. Hema Ranapahelee was not seriously injured and was being treated Tuesday for
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shoppers because of that. “I feel pretty good about the prices this year,” said Cindy Graham, who shopped in Clover Leaf on Tuesday. “I’m glad the prices are going down, so some who couldn’t afford it before are starting to be able to.” Other items showing a price decrease include whipping cream, a dozen brown-n-serve rolls and fresh cranberries. Homer and Shirley Suggs also shopped in Clover Leaf on Montlieu Avenue for traditional items they will be preparing for their family on Christmas. They plan to
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Nepal to escape a repressive dictatorship about 18 years ago, Kadel said. “They’ve all done very well, becoming self-sufficient, learning English,” Kadel said. “I know the community has been so wonderful supporting those in need and I hope people will provide any help they can for this family.” pkimbrough@hpe.com | 888-3531
Supermarket inserts take a holiday Today’s edition of The High Point Enterprise contains only one supermarket insert – for Lowes Foods and its distribution is limited to selected portions of the community. Enterprise advertising director Lynn Wagner reminds readers that prices advertised in the Food Lion section last week are good for two weeks. She also said all of the normal food inserts would be in the Enterprise on their regular schedule next week.
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