By DEUCE NIVEN

An area physician with of-fices in Loris and Little River was arrested last week on an assault charge. Glenn Ross Gangi, MD, 55, of 1703 Waterway Drive in North Myrtle Beach, was booked into the J. Reuben Long Detention Center near Conway at 7:11 a.m. last Tuesday, charged with assault and battery in the third degree. He was freed just after 10 a.m. after posting a $500 secured bond, jail records show. Dr. Gangi, who was Loris Healthcare System’s Physician of the Year for 2010, opened an office in Loris in October 1996. An urologist, Dr. Gangi also has offices in Little River and Mullins. “Dr. Gangi is most assuredly innocent of any assault and battery, and looks forward to having this matter cleared up as soon as possible,” his attorney, Morgan Martin of Conway, said on Tuesday.

Assault complaint Lori Ashli Smith Daniels, 32, of Longwood Road NW in Ash, made her complaint to Officer Joseph Manjarrez of the Horry County Police Department on Jan. 17, two days after she said

was assaulted. Smith told police she had “an ongoing relationship” with Dr. Gangi, and that she was at-tacked while visiting his Little River office between 4 and 5 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 15. She alleged that Gangi

“grabbed her cell phone from her and locked her out of his office,” and that when he re-opened the door, Dr. Gangi “grabbed her by her right arm pulling her into his office where he kicked her in her right abdomen which caused her to fall onto a black couch.”

Gangi also slapped Daniels “on both sides of the head around both ears,” before throwing her phone at her and telling her to leave, Daniels told police. Daniels “sustained bruising to both arms and to her abdo-men and also required an x-ray and cortisone shot for her right arm due to swelling and inflam-mation,” the report said. Daniels told police that she and Dr. Gangi “have had an on and off relationship” for about two years. Manjarrez, in his report, said he would present the case to a magistrate later. That re-sulted in the warrant served on Dr. Gangi last week.

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New post office for Tabor City Tabor City will be getting a new air-conditioned post office in the near future, Congressman Alton Lennon announced. A site for the new post office has not as yet been an-nounced, and will probably not be known until postal authorities arrive in Tabor City to take bids. More space and additional parking should solve two problems now facing local postal employees and Tabor City citizens.

Roseland VFD BBQ sale Sat. Roseland Volunteer Fire Department will hold its an-nual barbecue plate sale this Saturday. Serving begins at 11 a.m. Cost is $7 per plate, eat-in or take-out. For details call Delane McPherson at 910-653-4820.

Dr. Gangi faces assault charge

Testimony lands Soles accuser in jailBy DEUCE NIVEN

“Famous, just famous,” Frankie Lee Jernigan said just after his arrest Friday night on a charge of lying to police.

Jernigan, 28, last month testified that his lies resulted in the arrest and trial of former state Sen. R.C. Soles Jr. on an assault charge. Based on that testimony, Det. Christopher Hilburn obtained the warrant served on Jernigan by Lt. Ron-nie Carroll. His residence listed as 1590 Williams Road, Chadbourn, Jernigan had been the object of a police search much of the

day Friday, Capt. Dean Foley said. He had been reported in the vicinity of Soles downtown law offices, and elsewhere in town. Carroll said he picked up Jernigan about 7:45 p.m. at The Economy Inn in Tabor City. Jernigan was held at the Co-lumbus County Detention Cen-ter under a $1,000 secured bond, Carroll said. He remained there early this week. Jernigan was charged with making a false report to police on Sept. 14, 2011, when he told Det. Hilburn that Soles had struck him with a cane, sprayed him with pepper spray, and stuck a gun at his side while

forcing him to make an audio recording claiming that some-one else had caused injuries to his face that left him with a black eye. The only claim that held up during Soles’ Jan. 13 trial was that the former lawmaker had struck his ex-law client in the face with a metal cane, an act defense attorney Joseph B. Cheshire V of Raleigh said was in self-defense. Soles was in his garage, be-tween Jernigan and his uncle, Deary Jason Fowler, both de-manding money, Jernigan and his wife testified. Jernigan testified that he lied to pressure Soles for money.

Truck out of gas, man dies after walking home A Willoughby Road man collapsed in his front yard, and died, apparently after walking some distance home when his truck ran out of gas Monday morning, Columbus County Coroner Linwood Cartrette said. John Henry McCumbee, 73, was pronounced dead at McLeod Loris Hospital not long after a Tabor City Emergency Services crew delivered him there, Cartrette said. Officers located McCum-bee’s truck on Industrial Park Road, Capt. Dean Foley of the Tabor City Police Department said. “It looks like he ran out of gas, and walked home,” Foley said. “He fell out in the yard.”

Horry embraces pill box progrm A convenient way to get rid of unused prescription medication has been embraced, Sgt. Robert Kegler of the Horry County Po-lice Department says. In use just three months, the Prescription Pill Box Program allowed Narcotics and Vice De-tectives to collect, process, and destroy more than 88 pounds of various medications between Sept. 28 and Dec. 31, 2011. Provided by the National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators, the drop box is located in the main hallway at the M.L. Brown Public Safety Build-ing at 2560 North Main Street in Conway.

Marijuana possession, drunk citations Charges of marijuana possession and pedestrian under the influence of al-cohol are included in recent reports on file at the Loris Police Department. Those reports include:• Christopher GrahamMincey, 32, of 1090 Sun Lit Meadows, was charged by Officer Eric Stevens Satur-day with simple possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, and a vehicle equipment viola-tion. Mincey was stopped by police who noticed a missing panel of glass in the rear of his Dodge truck.• Roger Dale Jordan, 62, of 7161 East Hwy 19, was charged by Sgt. Adam Bell and Officer Alicia Miller with pedestrian under the influence of alcohol after the officers found him stand-ing in front of the Loris IGA, then “having trouble walking” to the officers.• Andrea Hodge, 27, of

Thomas Street, told Officer Blake Jackson Saturday that a man with whom she was arguing “held her down on the ground with his hand around her throat not allowing her to breath.” Hodge had visible scratches on her left hand and a small cut on her left cheek, the report said. Hodge told police she did not wish to press charges, but wanted the incident reported.• John Gary Holt, 51, of Deer Creek Road, Aynor, told Lt. Karen Shepherd Satur-day that an air compressor and generator worth $700 were taken from the back of his 1999 Chevrolet pick-up truck while it was parked at Loris Extended Care on Stevens Street.• Jquella Bellamy, 25, of Bishop Circle, told Sgt. Bell Thursday that a man hit the front fender of her 2003 Chevrolet with his hand, causing $500 in damage.

Police were unable to im-mediately locate the man, the report said.• Anthony Travion Baker, 20, of Retreat Place in Little River, told Officer Greg De-witt Saturday that someone broke the front passenger window of his Lexus. Noth-ing was taken, and damage was listed at $50.• Bob Van Buren told Offi-cer Matt Mahon last Monday that someone broke into a Sun News newspaper rack at the Loris IGA, taking about $10.• Miles Bailey, 30, of Main Street, told Sgt. Bell last Wednesday that a man who was washing cars without a business license had threatened him. Police later learned that Bailey had told the man “he was going to make him a hobby.” Bell reported that this “is be-lieved to be an ongoing feud between the two people.”

- Deuce Niven

Assault arrests: TCPD Arrests for assault on a female and for failing to appear in court to answer earlier charges are included in reports on file at the Tabor City Police Department this week.

Those reports include:• RandyLeeJenrette, 29,of 305 North Wall Street, was charged by Officer Michael Jamison last Wednesday with assault on a female on a complaint from Rhonda Jean Jenrette. She told police that her husband pushed her, causing her to lose balance and fall on the floor. Mrs. Jenrette told police that her hand struck and broke a picture frame, leaving her with a deep cut to the palm of her hand that took six sutures to close.• DustinRyanStackhouse,26, of 203 Chestnut Street, was arrested by Officer Jamison on Jan. 20 on a charge of failing to appear in court to answer an as-sault with a deadly weapon charge.• Roy Darrin Nealey, 42,of 4188 Buffkin Road, Green Sea, was arrested by Officer Jamison on Jan. 20 on a charge of failing to appear in court to answer charges of driving with a revoked license and fishing without a license.• WillifordLarryLeonard,52, of 3344 Dusty Road, Loris, was charged by Lt. Ronnie Carroll last Tuesday with driving without a license, driving with an expired li-cense plate, and operating a motorcycle without wearing a helmet.• DonnilLewis,46,whoseQueen Street home was the target of an arsonist last No-vember and December, told Officer Eric Gause Saturday that someone took electrical wiring worth $100 from the

ceiling of his unoccupied home.• CovelJones,49,toldOf-ficer Jamison Sunday that someone took a fuel tank worth $100 from behind his King Street home. In his report, Jamison noted that the fuel line was taped off with electrical tape, had spider webs on the end of the line, and that it “looks like the tank has been gone for some length of time.”• GloriaPuttmanFowler,83, of Swamp Fox Hwy East, told Lt. Detective Jerry Sar-vis on Jan. 12 that someone took a wallet from the seat of her 2003 Ford while she was inside the W.F. Cox store.• Jonathan Buffkin, 22,told Det. Christopher Hil-burn last Tuesday that someone attempted to break in the car wash on U.S. 701 Bypass at Elizabeth Street. Video surveillance showed a white man with a dark colored hoodie attempting to pry open the door, before apparently being startled and fleeing into the woods.• LindaFayeLong,noageor address listed, told Officer Christopher Cotton on Jan. 21 that she found a $25 sav-ings bond while cleaning a room at a Ray Street home.• AcalltoHorryCounty’s911 center last Tuesday involving a shooting at the Vasco on Fair Bluff Road was apparently false, a re-port by Officer Jamison said. A woman told the dispatcher that people were shooting in the air at the store, and that a friend of hers had been shot. The woman told dispatch-ers she was going to the Timesaver at the state line. Officers, including deputies from the Columbus County Sheriff ’s Office, found no evidence of gunfire at the Vasco, and no shooting vic-tim was ever located. - DN

Workplace safety award ap-plications are being accepted now by the N.C. Department of Labor. Safety awards are given to companies that have above-average worker safety and health programs. Applications are due no later than Feb. 15. “A safety award shows em-ployees and the community that you are committed to a safe work environment,” state Labor Commissioner Cherie Berry said. “A good safety re-cord is something to be proud of, and businesses deserve to be recognized for their efforts.” Businesses that qualify

Apply now for safety awardsfor the award must meet two requirements. They must be free of fatalities at the site for which they are applying. The site’s injury and illness rate also must be at least 50 percent below that of their industry’s average rate. Award recipients will be honored in their communities throughout the state at safety awards banquets co-sponsored by the N.C. Department of Labor and local chambers of commerce and other organiza-tions. For details or to download an application, go to the NCDOL website, www.nclabor.com.

Three charged with flytrap poaching Three Brunswick county residents were charged last week with poaching Venus flytraps from The Nature Conservancy’s Green Swamp Preserve in Brunswick County. The flytraps were returned safely to their home in the swamp, and the Conservancy remains vigilant for the ever-present problem of poaching, a news release from the non-profit agency said. Charged with taking pro-tected plants without the writ-ten consent of the landowner, a Class 2 misdemeanor, were Shallotte residents Kasey Gerald Whaley, Joyce Zarol Whaley and Elizabeth Ann Whaley.