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Sunday, 15 September 2013 06:56

Crack in lotto envelope no winning ticket

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Allegedly keeping crack cocaine in a North Carolina Education Lottery envelope was no winning ticket for a Littleton man Saturday night. It also didn't help his case when he allegedly ran a stop sign at Highway 125 and Smith Church Road just after 9:45.


Lieutenant Anzell Harris of the Halifax County Sheriff's said in a statement issued earlier this morning that he identified the driver as 55-year-old Leander Sykes.

Sykes gave Harris consent to search the vehicle and Deputy J. Keeter and his dog Brody, along with Lieutenant George Evans and Deputy P. Moyer, assisted when the dog allegedly alerted on the center console of the vehicle.

There Harris seized approximately 4 grams of crack, a razor and several pieces of aluminum foil stored inside the lottery envelope. Sykes also allegedly had crack in his pants pocket.

Sykes was arrested and charged with felony possession of cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia and failure to stop at a duly erected stop sign.

He received a $2,500 bond and a December 4 court date.

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