Henderson Man Faces Numerous Charges
Henderson Police Department Press Release
On Monday, June 13, 2016, members of the Henderson Police Department Special Operations Unit, Criminal Investigation Division, and U. S. Marshall’s arrested Antoine Clack. Clack, 24, of 1218 Toppleman Street, Henderson was placed in the Vance County Jail without privilege of bond. Clack was wanted by the North Carolina Department of Corrections as an absconder and for violating the terms and conditions of his parole.
Charges of first degree kidnapping, first degree burglary, larceny of a motor vehicle, flee/elude arrest with a motor vehicle, assault with a deadly weapon against a government official were lodged by investigators after an incident this past weekend. On Sunday, June 12, Henderson Police Officers responded to 517 Hickory Street. Police were informed that Shante Brown of the residence was forcibly removed from the residence. Brown was released safely at a later time.
During the arrest operation, officers charged Clack with the following additional offenses: Conspiring to traffic in opium/heroin (2 counts), sell and delivery of heroin, resisting a public officer, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possessing a stolen firearm, felony possession of cocaine, and manufacturing heroin.
Clack was placed in the Vance County Jail without privilege of bond for the parole violation. Bond in the amount of 375,000.00 was set for the remaining charges. The defendant will appear in Vance County District Court on June 27, 2016.
Authority: Chief Marcus Barrow
City Council Approves New Budget
On Monday night, the Henderson City Council approved the fiscal year 2016-2017 budget.
There was little discussion before the final budget of $38,065,594 was adopted. The budget review process has been underway for the past six weeks.
Set was the property tax rate at $0.712 to each $100.00 in valuation on taxable property. Despite an increase of .092 (9.2 cents) from this year’s budget, it is not believed that many folks will see an increase in their property tax payments. Many properties in Vance County suffered a 12-to-15 percent decrease in value in the most recent valuation completed.
Water rates increased by three percent. The vehicle tax increased from $10.00 to $30.00.
The demolition funds for property jointly owned with Vance County was established at $33,000, down from the original proposed $80,000. The remaining $47,000 will be held in contingency and will be utilized if or when the County increases its funds for further demolition.
The adopted budget does include more funds for the Henderson Downtown Development plan.
