Update: Three arrested on drug and forgery charges | Eastern NC Now

    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 differentpeople 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.

    Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Quentin Arnez Glaspie is asked to contact Beaufort County Crime Stoppers by phone, text, or through their website. Call (252)974-6400; text a tip anonymously by dialing 274637 on a cellphone and in the body of the message, type BCSO131 and the tip; or submit a tip through the Crime Stoppers website, www.beaufortcountycrimestoppers.com, by following the "Tip Line" link and filling out an online form. Calls, texts, and emails are anonymous. Crime Stoppers will pay up to $1,000.00 for information that leads to Glaspie's arrest. Tipsters do not have to give their name to receive a reward.

• Major Kenneth Watson
•     Beaufort County Sheriff's Office