From the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office

 

In December of 2013, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office began receiving a series of

reports involving fraudulent checks. The checks used the account numbers of seven different people that live in Beaufort County. Investigators collected evidence and began an investigation.

The fraudulent checks were passed in Beaufort, Pitt, Pamlico, Craven and Carteret

Counties. Investigators compared information from the cases to look for similarities. Video surveillance was obtained from several locations to help identify a suspect. The investigation concluded that over $10,000 in cash, goods and gift cards had been obtained using the fraudulent checks.

After receiving a Crime Stoppers tip and conducting interviews, investigators with the

Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant at a suspect’s residence on North Fifth Street in Aurora. During the search, an indoor marijuana growing operation was discovered, along with a .357 Magnum handgun and hydrocodone pills.

As a result of the investigation, Investigator Christina Dixon applied for and obtained

warrants charging Alfred Da’Von Hardy, 30, of N.C. Highway 33 East, Edward, with three counts of identity theft, three counts of forgery of an instrument, three counts of uttering forged instrument, and three counts of obtaining property by false pretense. Hardy was served in the Beaufort County Detention Center where he was being held on unrelated charges. He was held on an additional $75,000 secured bond set by Magistrate Jasper Mills.

Warrants were also obtained on Quentin Arnez Glaspie, 38, of North Fifth Street, Aurora, charging him with three counts of identity theft, three counts of forgery of an instrument, three counts of uttering forged instrument, possession of a firearm by a felon, manufacturing marijuana, possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana, felony possession of marijuana, maintaining a dwelling, simple possession of schedule III controlled substance, and possession of drug paraphernalia. Glaspie turned himself in at the sheriff’s office on July 11. He was held in the Beaufort County Detention Center on a $30,000 secured bond set by Magistrate Eric Holmes.

Tasha Mikki Harris, 38, of Fifth Street, Aurora, was also charged with manufacturing marijuana, possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana, felony possession of marijuana, maintaining a dwelling, simple possession of schedule III controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Harris turned herself in at the Magistrates’ Office on July 10. She was released on a $5,000 unsecured bond set by Magistrate Jasper Mills.

Additional charges are expected from the other counties where checks were cashed.