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Rocky Mount High School New Principal from Craven County Leon Farrow June 2008

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:48:56 GMT

Leon Farrow to take over as Principal of Rocky Mount High School: June 17, 2008 per the New Bern Sun Journal (and whispers):

Haven't seen this announced by Nash Rocky Mount Schools nor the Rocky Mount media yet??

so, where is Principal Ms. Bradshaw going?

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Leon Farrow was Craven's principal of the year in 2007

West Craven principal leaving for post at Rocky Mount

June 17, 2008 - 4:13PM

Matt Tessnear

Sun Journal

Principal Leon Farrow will leave West Craven High in July to take the principal's position at Rocky Mount High School.

Farrow has worked in Craven County schools since 1999. He became an assistant principal at West Craven in 2005 and principal in 2006. In October 2007, he was named the system's principal of the year.

Farrow said Richard A. McMahon, the superintendent of Nash-Rocky Mount public schools, searched for him and looked his way.

"So I prayed about the situation," Farrow said. "I just really felt that my work here is done. The people of Craven County have been really good to me. This place gave me a chance to learn as an educator and grow as an administrator. It's hard to make a decision to go."

Farrow and his wife, Tarra, have two young daughters, Isla and Nia.

He said he has family in the Rocky Mount area. He said his aunt works for the school system, and he knows another administrator.

"I'm really kind of anxious, though, because I don't know what to expect," he said. "I'm looking forward to sitting down with the superintendent to see what is expected."

Gerald Johnson, Craven County schools' assistant superintendent for human resources, said Farrow's successor at West Craven will be announced Thursday night at the Board of Education meeting.

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Rocky Mount High School-Gryphons--Baseball Team State Champs !! Mudcats Stadium-May 31 2008

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:02:57 GMT

Rocky Mount High School Baseball Team 2008 State Champs at Mudcat Stadium--May 31, 2008 !!!

Simple: WHOOPIEEE!!!!!

from the Telegram:

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CHAMPIONS

By Matt LaWell | Saturday, May 31, 2008, 07:38 PM

7 p.m. After more than a quarter of a century of disappointment and shattered dreams, the Rocky Mount High baseball team is on top of the state.

The Gryphons jumped out to an early, then held on for one of the bigger wins in the history of the program early Saturday night, an 8-6 win over the East Rowan Mustangs in game three of the NCHSAA 3-A state championship series at Five County Stadium in Zebulon.

The Gryphons scored all eight of their runs in the first four innings, then pushed away the Mustangs. Brian Goodwin batted 1-for-2 with a triple and three runs scored, and received the series MVP award. Chris Berry batted 3-for-4 with a double and four RBI, and picked up the save with a 1-2-3 seventh inning. And Benton Moss, a freshman and all of 15 years old, earned another win, his seventh this season against no losses.

The state championship is the fifth for Rocky Mount. The team previously won 4-A state crowns in 1963, 1967, 1973 and 1980.

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FBI: White Collar Crime and Public Corruption-not in our area?

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:46:33 GMT

Item of interest from the FBI (Federal Burueau of Investigation) regarding White Collar Crime and Public Corruption cases. Fortunately, Nash/Rocky Mount/Edgecombe haven't had many instances of this in recent years, have we? Of course, that doesn't mean that some can't pop up in the next year or two, right?

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FRAUD AND CORRUPTION
Stemming the Surge

04/17/08

The FBI is investigating 19 corporate fraud matters related to the sub-prime lending crisis, the Director told litigators in a speech on April 17.

A day after warning the Senate about a “tremendous surge” in the FBI’s mortgage fraud investigations, Director Robert Mueller talked in more detailed terms about the growth in both corporate fraud and public corruption cases at the annual conference of the American Bar Association's Section of Litigation in Washington, D.C.

Despite limited resources, Mueller said that the FBI’s corporate fraud cases have grown more than 80 percent since 2003. Last year, we had more than 490 corporate and securities fraud convictions.

He predicted that the problem will only worsen because of the "ripple effect of the sub-prime crisis and its impact on the credit market.” The FBI, he said, has already “identified 19 corporate fraud matters related to the sub-prime lending crisis … targeting accounting fraud, insider trading, and deceptive sales practices.” And, we’re currently investigating more than 1,300 mortgage fraud matters.

Mueller believes part of the problem is “rampant conflicts of interest in the corporate suites.” He said that FBI investigations “further emphasize the need for independent board members, auditors, and outside counsel. Shareholders rely on the board of directors to serve as the corporate watchdog. ... [But] board members are often beholden to the executives they are expected to oversee.”

Acknowledging recent FBI missteps resulting from inadequate internal controls—and a new Office of Integrity and Compliance to identify risks before they become problems—Mueller said, “As we all understand, it is better for a company to self-report and remediate its own wrongdoing before the FBI and the Department of Justice become involved. Executives who let the situation escalate to the point of a sudden restatement—and a resulting loss of shareholder confidence—often do greater harm to the companies they are trying to protect than if they had exercised early intervention."

Mueller said that in his days as a defense counsel, he “met a number of executives who could rationalize every bad decision,” warning that “it is a slippery slope from behavior that skirts ethical or legal boundaries to behavior that crosses the line completely.”

The FBI also works to combat corruption in the public sector—our top criminal priority—because, as the Director pointed out in his remarks, “democracy and corruption cannot co-exist.”

Currently, the FBI has more than 2,500 open public corruption cases, an increase of more than 50 percent since 2003. During the past two years alone, more than 18,000 public officials have been convicted.

“The FBI,” Mueller said, “is uniquely situated to address public corruption. We have the skills to conduct sophisticated investigations. But more than that, we are insulated from political pressure. We are able to go where the evidence leads us, without fear of reprisal or recrimination.”

In the end, Mueller said, “it does not matter if the corruption is national or local … if it is millions of dollars or merely hundreds. There is no level of acceptable corruption.”

We encourage you to read the full text of the Director’s speech. And learn more about our efforts to combat both corporate fraud and public corruption.

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Church Embezzlements: $20,000. & $750,000. mercy, why?

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 02:19:37 GMT

Reading the news it looks like there is a rash of embezzlements from churches by trusted employees--there are more but I'm posting just two of them recently in North Carolina. How does the church organization get so lax as to let the funds get taken---and for the employees to get into the position to take the funds. Certainly there should be better controls. Thank goodness we haven't read about any of this in the Rocky Mount/Nash/Edgecombe area. where are the church leadership organizations in all of this?

This first church embezzlement from the New Bern/Trent Woods area of NCarolina is reportedly in the range of $750,000. Mercy, what's going on?

DA asks state to investigate alleged church embezzlement

By Francine Sawyer

March 14, 2008 - 5:17PM

Sun Journal Staff

District Attorney Scott Thomas has asked the State Bureau of Investigation to investigate an "alleged embezzlement" at Garber United Methodist Church in Trent Woods.

Thomas said he is joined in the request by Craven County Sheriff Jerry Monette and Trent Woods Police Chief Mike Register.

Thomas said the church Administrative Council met Wednesday night and decided to file a formal report of the missing money with the District Attorney's Office.

Thomas said the financial crimes unit of the S.B.I. will investigate.

"The unit will work with church officials to determine how much money is missing, the person or persons responsible and where the money was placed or spent," Thomas said.

Thomas said that once the investigation is complete, he will meet with the investigators and church officials to review their findings and make a decision about any criminal charges.

Thomas said he was telephoned Wednesday night after the council met. Church leaders subsequently sent Thomas a letter asking for the investigation.

An administrator at the church resigned after she was found to have taken a large amount of money over several years, according to church officials.

Church members were told about the missing money in a letter from Garber's 2008 Administrative Council. The 19-member council oversees various church administrative duties.

The letter, dated Feb. 27, said the woman had admitted taking the money. Church leaders said at the time that they wanted restitution.

The church's pastor, Powell Osteen, said recently that arrangements had been made to take the "Christian approach" in handling the matter.

"The Christian approach is confession, repentance, restitution and restoration," Osteen said. "We are going to pursue the restitution route."

Some members of the congregation, who did not wish to be named, said Friday that a local attorney has been hired by church leaders to address the options in the matter. The attorney is not a member of the church.

Francine Sawyer can be reached at 635-5671 or at fsawyer@freedomenc.com

Church administrator resigns after money found to be missing, officials say

DA asks state to investigate alleged church embezzlement

from Trenton, NC.. church theft: Woman is charged with taking from church

ZAC GOLDSTEIN

January 19, 2007 - 12:00AM

TRENTON — A Trenton woman was arrested last week for taking money from a church where she was treasurer.

Bertie Health Sutton, 58, was arrested Jan. 12 and charged with one count of embezzlement. She was formerly the treasurer of Trenton Missionary Baptist Church.

Wesley Moses, the church’s pastor, said she took about $20,000 from the church.

“We found out through some things that she did,” he said. “We suspected, but we couldn’t prove it until the 8th of August.”

At that time, Moses said the state convention notified the church they hadn’t received mission offerings that Sutton was supposed to have turned in. An auditor was brought in, and several discrepancies were revealed, he said.

Sutton was a member of the church for about 17 years, Moses said.

Sutton was arrested following an investigation by the State Bureau of Investigation requested by former Jones County Sheriff Tim Morton. She was released under a $10,000 bond and is scheduled to make her first appearance in court today.

Zac Goldstein can be reached at 635-5673 or at zgoldstein@freedomenc.com

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