UPDATE: The New Hanover County Sheriff's Department has charged Kimberley Wilkins with 22 counts of filing false reports. She said vandals kept marking her house with graffiti. Investigators say she was doing it herself - then calling the sheriff's department.
ORIGINAL STORY:
A New Hanover County woman says she's fed up with the Sheriff's Office. Her house and yard have been vandalized repeatedly, and she says county deputies aren't doing anything about it. Deputies tell a different story. They say they've patrolled Kimberley Wilkins's house for more than 20 hours but caught no one in the act.
Wilkins says someone's out to get her. For the past nine months her house has been broken into four times. Someone's cut her window screens and the gas line to her grill and spray painted profanity and threatening messages all over the place.
Wilkins thinks neighborhood kids or a neighbor she called the police on last August may be to blame. She can't think of any other reason why someone would want to vandalize her home.
"I'm scared to stay home by myself," she said. "I can't work due to health problems, and I just want everything to stop and please, whoever is doing this, please leave me and my husband alone."
Wilkins says she's filed countless reports with New Hanover County Sheriff's deputies, but she's getting little help. The Sheriff's Office says it's taking the problem seriously, but hasn't ruled out kimberley wilkins as a possible suspect.
The Sheriff's Office says Wilkins is on the waiting list for a camera and may get one installed next week.
If
in fact she did the deed, her punishment should include restitution.
While in Williamsburg, I noticed "stocks" as a tourist attraction. In days of old, when one performed minor misdeeds, the offender would be placed in the stocks on display. Towh folks would jeer and maybe even toss rotten fruit or vegetables.
Not a bad idea; might even expand her circle of acuquaintances.
Why would someone vandalize
Why would someone vandalize their own house just to get the attention of the police department? Why would the police tell the press that they believe she's doing it to her own house, and then say they're taking it seriously? This entire article wreaks of crazy.
RE: Why would?
If you were to actually read the article it says they now believe it was her vandalizing her own house for attention in the UPDATE. The original article is where it says they are taking it seriously. Try reading better. Also, you would be surprised what people do to get attention around here. Remember that lady in Brunswick county that lied about being kidnapped by her hispanic boyfriend and then admitted it was all a lie just for attention from him. So yeah, guess what people do stupid things to get attention or noticed these days.
Why?
Why do people cut themselves? Why do people fabricate medical conditions when perfectly healthy?
Doing what she has supposedly done isn't an uncommon thing - and psychiatrists have a name for it.
She sounds crazy to me. I know some of you think the Police are lazy or are mean because they pulled you over when you were driving drunk and instead of giving you a warning made you ride a scooter now but they don't usually charge someone with something like this unless there is proof. There is simply no gain to it UNLESS the person charged IS the one doing it.
Suspect?
They call her a suspect? That is a lame excuse. If they could pull themselves away from Smithfields they could solve a case. Why do they all meet at one time for lunch and not eat in shifts. Usually when you walk into a restaurant there might be 4 to 6 of our finest sitting together at a table.
Or better yet, look down a dead end street where they sit for a couple of hours.
Dumb
You are just dumb if you really think that LEO's all sit around and just say "Well thre's another call, but I think I'll have another cup of coffee". Do you relaize that there aren't 4-5 LEO's available to go eat, becaue there aren't that many on patrol in one given area? sounds like you may be "exagerrating" a little.
Also do you eat at least 1-2 times in a 12 hour period?? That is all they are doing. Have you ever done a ride-a-long?? I have. Do you realize that while they are sitting there eating they are still listening to every call on the radio? If they hear a call come in that they are responsible for they THROW THEIR FOOD AWAY and go to it.
As far as the dead end streets go...you must be a moron if you think that people don't go down those dead end streets to transact drug deals and do other thing illegally.
DUH, they aren't gonna sit in the middle of a 4 lane highway to transact a drug deal.
That is why LEO's patrol these roads often.
PEOPLE, YOU HAVE A BRAIN IN YOUR HEAD...USE IT!!!!!
Sheriff
Yes, I too have recently driven down a neighborhood dead end street (where there are only lots for sale) and there were 4 sheriff deputy cars with all 4 of the them standing around in the street talking. As soon as I drove down there, they all immediately got into their vehicles and drove away. Also, I know that they all have paperwork to complete, but can't they do this paperwork in a high traffic area where the cars can be seen and not on a neighborhood street where no one will ever see them? It seems to me, that they might be able to slow down some of our drivers by sitting in a higher profile area. Also, I agree, why do they all have to go places together? I see 4-8 sheriff deputies going to breakfast every morning in the same location. What other occupations will tolerate this? The restaurant that they frequent certainly benefits from it, but what about those neighborhoods in the vicinity? All of their patrolmen are at breakfast - at the same location! Ridiculous!!!
I dont get it
4 to 8 Deputies in one spot together?I believe that is an exageration. Like prior post have stated at most there is on 3 Patrol Deputies on the South side of the county and 3 on the North side and that is very rare to have that type of full staff. Also it is unreasonablein your eyes for those deputies to meet upat some point during there 12 plus hour shifts and converse with one another. If you saw 4-8 deputies in one restaurant together, just like the other post stated it definetly wasnt Patrol Deputies. Majority of the time meeting for a quick meal which is typically interupted by calls for service which those Deputies answer as it is their job, is the few moments thos Deputies/Officers get to break bread with their fellow LEO. LEO cannot be everywhere all the time but it appears the general public expects them to work 24/7 never stop to eat or restroom breaks or anything, for them to just continue to go non-stop!!!It is not realistic. I know Law Enforcement is a Thankless job but sometimes it appears folks will use any excuse to bash them. If you really want to know what it is like then sign up to do a ride-a-long or for the Citezens academy from what I read both the Sheriffs Office and Wilmington Police have a citezens academy for th gereal public.
Considering there are only 3
Considering there are only 3 street deputies that work north of Market Street and 3 that work the Monkey Junction area, the only way you could have seen for vehicles together was if the supervisor was there to pick up paperwork or they were about to arrest someone for warrants and they met up before hand.
As far as how many other places allow workers to congregate for food, ALL OF THEM DO....since they are all given an actual lunch break. LEO is not afforded that luxury so they take a breakfast/lunch break when they get a chance.
And while I agree I think it would benefit the community more if they were sitting out in public, there isn't a safe place to sit where they don't have to worry about someone coming up behind them or where they would be too close to the main road to really make a difference
I love comments from people
I love comments from people that don't really have a clue what LEO do. How do you know those 4-6 deputies are patrol deputies? How do you know they aren't on lunch from training? Maybe those deputies you see down a dead end street are down there writing their 10 or so reports that they have taken throughout the day. Until you know what you are talking about, maybe you shouldn't comment.
As far as her being a suspect, why not? She says she is home all the time...how does this happen as much as it does, with her being home, and her not hearing anything? How did the person who cut the video cable wire know there was even a video campera put up?
LEOs
I also have a job that I have paper work to do sometimes I have to do mine at home when I am not getting paid.Im not saying everyone should do that but you have choosen the career path that you are in for a reason.I do not think that 2 officers 3 officers should be down any dead end street they should be in plain view or in a parkig lot the people doing 60 in a 45 or running the stop sign should be aware that they are around.It becomes more and more that you see speeders or law breakers I travel all around wilmington and can count on one hand how many deputies I see if it is the North side South side or were ever Im at do your job or step down and give it to someone else.And I promise my job has many stressful hours and impact on peoples lives as any of the LEOs in our fine state lets keep it that way Fine State
These reports I am talking
These reports I am talking about MUST be turned in by the end of their shift. Secondly, only a handful of police cars have radar in them so they are not able to run radar to begin with. Deputies sometimes meet at dead end streets so their supervisor has a chance to look over their reports and make sure they are correct. They do it for a little bit of peace while they are working and there is nothing wrong with that.
I agree
People if you don't know the facts then keep your mouth shut about LEO. They don't all just abandon their jobs to go eat somewhere. Did you also ever think they just got off shift and decided to meet as a group to eat and releive some stress from their shift? Also, officers are allowed to eat at a restaurant in their area of patrol so if they get a call then can rush to it while they are on shift. Just because people are LEO doesn't mean they are not allowed to take a break to eat and to just try and cool down from a stressful call they just came from. Many deputies and officers meet to plan a raid, warrant, or search warrant service so that they have a plan of action so they can react if something occurs. Also it is true that many times the shift supervisor wants the deputies to meet him somewhere to get all the paperwork at one time as well. There are not an infinite number of deputies either, they can't watch one person's house 24/7 and answer their calls at the same time on a shift. I know several officers and they will have to work overtime on their shift because they still have 10 calls pending that they coudln't get to because they were so busy. I am also a LEO and I should know. I worked an area one night and before 12 midnight I had 63 calls. By the end of the night I still had 7 calls pending. I had to stay over and finish them with help from the oncoming shift and my supervisor. So there is alot to consider before everyone that isn't an officer or knows what all goes on during their shifts runs their mouth about what they should or shouldn't do.
I question you. If you were
I question you. If you were vandalising someones house and saw a car coming down rhe road, would you continue or hide? I have seen them patrol areas with their headlights off. For one very dangerous, two very clearly that it is someone patroling, and three they are not going to do anything without backup, so the vandals will get away.I know for a fact that once I was pulled for so called speeding which I was not doing, because I had proof. When I asked the Sheriff deputy to see the radar, he could not provide it. He told me that he estimated I was speediing and let me go. Once home,I called the Sheriff and he checked into it.As usual, the deputy was not suppose to be in that area and I got a written apology from him and the Sheriff.So put that in your book.
Could you be any
Could you be any misinformted??? I have done several ride-a-longs with the sheriff's office and have seen officers driving down the road with their lights off. It is not unsafe at all...unless someone else is driving with their lights off. The deputies turn their lights on as soon as they see a vehicles lights, or they pull over as if they were a parked vehicle. In fact, if you look it up, just two days ago 3 people were arrested for breaking into a house when the officer was driving down a road with his lights off and heard glass break. And to think an officer isn't going to do anything without backup shows just how ignorant you really are.
As far as you getting pulled over, I don't believe you at all. First of all, a deputy does not have to show you his radar reading when he pulls you over. And an officer pulling you over for estimating your speed is a very legit reason and has been upheld by Courts. The big reason I think you are full of it is because while deputies have "sectors" they work in, they go in other deputies sectors to back them up so I seriously doubt the Sheriff or anyone else would tell you a deputy was not where he was suppose to be and appologize for it. Not only that, those deputies sometimes get switched around during a shift so there is no way to track where a deputy is working and suppose to be.
Try again...but do a little better job of telling your lies
You must be one of those
You must be one of those that visits the local doughnut shop every morning and then uses the excuse of doing paperwork so you can hide and eat it.
Hey Kimberly, its your
Hey Kimberly, its your house, do something about it yourself. The article says you don't work so you have no excuse. The Sheriff's Department is not a house sitting company and can't stay at your house all day like you can.
Yeah, maybe the Sheriffs
Yeah, maybe the Sheriffs dept should place 24 hour shifts at her house until these kids are caught. That would be cost effective. Do something for yourself. Set up cameras, light the area, how about your neighbors lady.
I bet she wrote the 1st negative comment?
She's probably the one who wrote the first bad comment. I bet she's got no friends or neighbors that care because she's hateful that's why she's doing what she does.