Service members, public, scammed by jeweler

Current and former North Carolina servicemembers and people living in and around military bases in North Carolina should apply for refunds if they made a purchase from Harris Jewelry since 2014. Harris Jewelry was a national jewelry retailer that operated retail stores in and on military bases, including in Fayetteville near Fort Bragg and Jacksonville near Camp Lejeune.

Attorney General Josh Stein won a $34.2 million multistate settlement with Harris Jewelry in 2022, and many former customers are still eligible for some or total refunds, but they may not know it.

Here’s what you should do if you’ve bought anything from Harris Jewelry since 2014:

• Apply for a refund at www.harrisjewelry.com before April 15, 2023.

• Stop paying any debts to Harris or Consumer Adjustment Corp. (CAUSA). Your account balance is now $0 and you don’t have to make any more payments.

• Check your credit report to make sure all negative consumer reports have been eliminated. If you still have a negative consumer report or judgment because of Harris or CACUSA, email our office at harrissettlement@ncdoj.gov.

If you have questions, contact our office by emailing harrissettlement@ncdoj.gov or call 1-877-5-NO-SCAM.

ARRESTS

FEB. 15: Jarvis O’Neal Adams, 45, 403 Belvedere Circle, failure to appear, assault on female, driving with revoked license, $50,000 secured bond.

FEB. 15: Carl Travis Oliver, 45, 503 S. Cherokee Street, failure to appear, injury to real property, failure to appear, domestic violence protective order violation, no bond.

FEB. 16: Daniel Lee Conner, 33, Kings Mountain, interfering with emergency communication, $2,500 secured bond.

FEB. 21: Aaron Thomas Willobee, 23, 622 Meadowbrook Road, domestic violence act, no bond.

INCIDENTS

FEB. 19: Dollar General, York Road, reported theft of $70 worth of various items.

FEB. 19: KM Auto Sales, 1402 Shelby Road, reported a break-in, damage to a door, and theft of a cell phone.

FEB. 19: A resident of S. Gaston Street reported damage to a vehicle estimated at $700.

FEB. 21: A resident of Fourth Street reported damage to a vehicle estimated at $3,000.

WRECKS

FEB. 13: Officer Hoyle said Mary Brooks Long, 815 Canterbury Road, operating a 2006 Mazda, struck a 2016 Toyota operated by Oliver Sandoval, 403 Phifer Road, stopped at a traffic light on Shelby Road. Long said she was blinded by the sun. Property damage was estimated at $ 2,500.

FEB. 13: Officer Butler said Kimberly Frye, Bessemer City, operating a 2021 Toyota, and Miesha Bridges, 122 Kings Oak Circle Apartments, hit in the parking lot of Food Lion, Shelby Road, doing estimated $2,000 in damages.

FEB. 14: Officer Cooke said Kenneth Mario Briscoe Jr., Shelby, operating a 2002 Honda, rear-ended a tractor trailer on N. Piedmont Avenue. The driver of the tractor trailer left the scene. Estimated damage to the Honda is $8,000.

FEB. 16: Officer McKinney said Amilcar Hernandez-Angel, Washington,

DC, struck a deer on I-85 South doing $5,000 damage.

FEB. 17: Officer Matheson said Tracy Wilson Sutton, 403 Allison Court, operating a 2021 Ford, ran the red light at US 74 Business and N. Piedmont Avenue, and struck a 2017 Honda operated by Margaret Moore Odoms, 212 Scism Road. Sutton was transported by EMS to Caromont Regional Hospital in Gastonia. Odoms said her husband would take her to the hospital.

FEB. 18: Officer Geissinger said Robert Heath Herndon, 1415 Bethlehem Road, operating a 2001 Pontiac, swerved to miss an animal in the road and struck a 2008 BMW operated by James Agee Hunter, Lawndale. The accident happened on Phifer Road. Property damage was estimated at $4,500.

FEB. 20: Officer McKinney said William Granville Vaughn, 260 Belcaro Road, operating a 2020 motorcycle, lost control of the motorcycle on a curve on Phifer Road. Estimated damage is $4,000.

FEB. 21: Officer Carpenter said a 2010 Lexus owned by Anthony McKinney, 201 Reliance Road, was struck by an unknown vehicle whose driver left the scene of the accident. The Lexus was parked in the parking lot of 1320 Shelby Road. Property damage was estimated at $3,000.

FEB. 22: Officer Dee said Elizabeth Rozell Cook, 135 Wiggins Lane 7, operating a 2003 Ford, was cited for unsafe movement after she failed to reduce speed and continued into the intersection of NC 161 and Floyd Street colliding with a 2018 Dodge operated by Linda Hutchens, 1315 Northwoods Drive. Property damage was estimated at $15,000. Injured were taken by EMS to Atrium Health.

SPEEDING CITATIONS

FEBRUARY: Nalongsak Khounmeuang, 52, 1512 Bethlehem Road; Edgar Ingram, Belvedere Circle; Joseph Jefferson Hunt, III, Charlotte, speeding, expired tag, no inspection; Angels