- Three Harnett County teens who are accused of killing
a 12-year-girl last week made their first court appearance Tuesday morning
and remain jailed under high security as they prepare for another hearing
today.
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- Van Roger Smith, 16, Sherrod Nicholas Harrison, 19, and
Michael Graham Currie, 18, briefly appeared in Moore County court and were
appointed attorneys. All of the suspects have Cameron addresses but live
in Harnett County.
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- Another hearing is scheduled for Wednesday in District
Court in Carthage, but authorities have declined to disclose the time of
the hearing for security reasons.
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- The teens were being held without bond Tuesday in the
Moore County Detention Center. They have all been charged with first-degree
murder and breaking and entering in the death of Emily Elizabeth Haddock.
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- Emily was found dead Friday in her home on Marks Road
outside of Vass. She had stayed home from school with strep throat and
was alone when someone broke into the house and shot her several times
with a .22-caliber handgun.
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- Two of the teens lived on Marks Road about six miles
from the Haddock home.
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- Harnett County authorities got a break in the case when
they located a stolen .22-caliber handgun on Monday in a car with stolen
plates in the Carolina Hills area of the county.
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- Another teen, Perry Ross Schiro, 19, was charged in that
case. He is in the Harnett County Jail on charges of burglary, larceny
and possession of stolen property, but is not charged in the murder. Mr.
Schiro, who also has a Cameron address, is being held on $100,000 secured
bond.
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- He is accused of stealing the gun last Thursday and authorities
believe it could be the weapon used in the murders.
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- The Moore County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday it is
still waiting test results to make a final determination if the stolen
gun was used in the murder.
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- One of the three teens charged in the slaying is suspected
in yet another break-in near the scene of the murder. He is considered
a "person of interest" in an attempted break-in last Friday about
a mile from the Haddock home. He was seen in the area of the break-in before
Emily's death.
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- Two of the three accused killers and Mr. Schiro have
extensive criminal records and now are on probation.
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- Mr. Harrison is on probation for three breaking and entering
charges.
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- Mr. Currie has a long list of convictions including trespassing,
simple assault, possession of stolen goods, unauthorized use of a conveyance
and misdemeanor larceny.
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- Mr. Schiro is now on probation for charges of possession
of stolen goods, possession with intent to sell schedule five narcotics,
simple affray and simple assault.
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- Mr. Smith has no record with the North Carolina Department
of Corrections.
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- Overhills High School Principal John Castriano said Mr.
Smith was a student at his school and the principal was shocked at the
news.
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- "He was just a nice guy so I can say he must have
literally fell in with the wrong crowd," Mr. Castriano said. "He
was a pleasant young man."
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- Mr. Castriano said Mr. Currie was a former student at
his school.
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- "I really didn't know him except to say he attended
school here," he said.
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- He did not know about Mr. Harrison's history.
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- According to The Fayetteville Observer, Emily was laid
to rest Tuesday in front of a packed church in front of 400 people in Hope
Mills. Flags at the school she attended flew at half-staff in her memory.
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