Three arrested on drug and forgery charges | Eastern NC Now

    Press Release:

    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, NC. 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, age 30, of Highway 33 East in Edward, NC 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 $75,000.00 secured bond set by Magistrate Jasper Mills.

    Warrants were also obtained on Quentin Arnez Glaspie, age 38, of North Fifth Street in Aurora charging(more) 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^th. He was held in the Beaufort County Detention Center on a $30,000.00 secured bond set by Magistrate Eric Holmes.

    Tasha Mikki Harris, age 38, of Fifth Street in 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 Magistrate's Office on July 10th. She was released on a $5,000.00 unsecured bond set by Magistrate Jasper Mills.

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

• Major Kenneth L. Watson
•     Beaufort County Sheriff's Office