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Tuesday, August 4, 2015
First Drip First Drip (8/4/15): Three Gaston County men arrested for conspiracy against U.S. government
Posted By Ryan Pitkin on Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 11:03 AM
Three Gaston County men are facing charges of conspiracy against the United States after a weekend FBI raid on the parlor and their homes. Agents arrested Christopher Todd Campbell, 30, owner of Capone's Tattoo Parlor in Belmont; Christopher Barker, 41, manager of Capone's; and Walter Eugene Litteral, 50. According to an affidavit released yesterday, the three men believed the federal government was planning to impose martial law and were plotting to use deadly force against federal agents, including an alleged plan to lure authorities onto a large plot of land owned by one of them in Clover, South Carolina, and ambush them with explosives and firearms. The FBI was reportedly acting on a tip from a military surplus store that two of the men were trying to buy explosives.
Owners of 131 Main in Dilworth have reportedly sold the restaurant for $2.7 million, but say the East Boulevard location will stay open. Real estate records show that East Blvd. Restaurant Partners sold the 11,000-square-foot property to Colson Investments in Naples, Florida. The restaurant's owner said he is leasing the restaurant from Colson, and it exploring options for relocating but wouldn't disclose details.
Shortly after the Environmental Protection Agency finalized a plan yesterday to regulate carbon emissions, which will reduce carbon emissions by replacing coal with natural gas to generate energy, Gov. Pat McCrory said his office will sue the Obama administration over the new rules. The proposed rule from last year, which was dismissed by a federal judge in June 2015, required North Carolina to make some of the most severe cuts to power plant emissions in the nation. The finalized rule, released yesterday, puts the state closer to the middle of the pack, with about a 35-percent reduction in power plant carbon emissions from 2012 to 2030.
Lincoln County commissioners will now start each meeting with a moment of silence as opposed to the normal religious invocations after the chairman walked out of a recent meeting during a Muslim prayer. Carrol Mitchem reportedly left the meeting after the leader of an interfaith group began led off with a Muslim prayer. “I ain’t gonna have no new religion or pray to Allah or nothing like that,” Mitchem told WBTV, saying that anyone opposed to Christian prayer can “wait until we’re done praying.” Mitchem had said for weeks earlier that only Christian prayer would be allowed at Lincoln County meetings. They will now begin with no religious invocation.
Visitors at Pawley's Island, South Carolina called police after seeing a seven-foot alligator walk ashore yesterday. Multiple callers reported a gator in the surf and authorities were able to follow it for hours before catching it with a noose and apprehend it. Authorities said the beach usually gets about two alligator visits a year, although they are usually much smaller.
Owners of 131 Main in Dilworth have reportedly sold the restaurant for $2.7 million, but say the East Boulevard location will stay open. Real estate records show that East Blvd. Restaurant Partners sold the 11,000-square-foot property to Colson Investments in Naples, Florida. The restaurant's owner said he is leasing the restaurant from Colson, and it exploring options for relocating but wouldn't disclose details.
Shortly after the Environmental Protection Agency finalized a plan yesterday to regulate carbon emissions, which will reduce carbon emissions by replacing coal with natural gas to generate energy, Gov. Pat McCrory said his office will sue the Obama administration over the new rules. The proposed rule from last year, which was dismissed by a federal judge in June 2015, required North Carolina to make some of the most severe cuts to power plant emissions in the nation. The finalized rule, released yesterday, puts the state closer to the middle of the pack, with about a 35-percent reduction in power plant carbon emissions from 2012 to 2030.
Lincoln County commissioners will now start each meeting with a moment of silence as opposed to the normal religious invocations after the chairman walked out of a recent meeting during a Muslim prayer. Carrol Mitchem reportedly left the meeting after the leader of an interfaith group began led off with a Muslim prayer. “I ain’t gonna have no new religion or pray to Allah or nothing like that,” Mitchem told WBTV, saying that anyone opposed to Christian prayer can “wait until we’re done praying.” Mitchem had said for weeks earlier that only Christian prayer would be allowed at Lincoln County meetings. They will now begin with no religious invocation.
Visitors at Pawley's Island, South Carolina called police after seeing a seven-foot alligator walk ashore yesterday. Multiple callers reported a gator in the surf and authorities were able to follow it for hours before catching it with a noose and apprehend it. Authorities said the beach usually gets about two alligator visits a year, although they are usually much smaller.
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