A Hamlet woman is accused of giving police false information and pawning stolen rings

ROCKINGHAM For allegedly using stolen rings as collateral, a Hamlet lady is facing numerous accusations.

A 14-karat white gold wedding ring set on September 7 was stolen by 41-year-old Toni Marie Everette of Hamlet, according to an arrest warrant issued on October 28. She allegedly made arrangements with a man to use the rings as collateral for a $140 loan from a pawn shop in Rockingham.

Prior to the issuance of that warrant, another warrant was filed on October 24 for Everette’s escape from a Rockingham Police officer who was looking into a case of flight to avoid arrest after she was found in possession of an unknown quantity of cocaine.

While looking into a report of a suspicious car, Everette offered another RPD officer a false name and birthday, in violation of a magistrate’s order dated November 11.

After being arrested, Everette was taken to the Richmond County Jail and is currently being held on a $50,000 secured bond for two counts of resisting a public officer, felony larceny, obtaining property under false pretenses, conspiracy to obtain property under false pretenses, possession of stolen property, and possession of a Schedule II controlled substance.

Court documents state that Everette will be arraigned on all charges on December 5.

Everette was found guilty of felon possession of a pistol, conveying threats, and larceny of firearms in January 2023 and was given a suspended sentence, according to documents filed with the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction.

A misdemeanor breaking and entering conviction and accessory after the fact to a felony conviction were Everette’s first convictions in 2004. She was convicted of assault causing serious bodily injury two years later.

She was sentenced to six months in jail in 2007 after her probation for the 2004 convictions was revoked.

In 2011, Everette was found guilty of ID card fraud once more. In 2014, she was found guilty of felony breaking and entering and possession of drugs. The following year, Anson County revoked her probation for the latter offenses, and she spent fewer than seven months in jail.

For the first conviction, the drug conviction is listed in state records as possession of a Schedule I controlled substance; for the revocation, it is listed as possession of a Schedule II prohibited substance.

Due to a three-month re-incarceration violation, Everette was sent back to jail in 2016.

Until they are proven guilty in court, all defendants facing criminal charges are presumed innocent.

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