A Johnston County case proves that crime doesn't pay – at least not much.Rex Harold Smith, 54, of North O'Neil Street, was charged last week with obtaining property by false pretense and felony conspiracy. He was being held Monday in the Johnston County Jail under a $7,500 bond.
Authorities said Smith removed aluminum siding off the house he was renting near Clayton and sold it to a scrap metal recycler.
"I said, 'What did you do with the siding? Why did you take it off?'" said Phyllis Chalk, Smith's cousin and landlord. "He said, 'Well, I thought there might be termites under.'"
Chalk said she found large chunks of siding missing when she went to the house to evict Smith, who she said refused to pay her any rent. She said she had agreed to let him stay in the house for $100 a month because he was facing some tough times.
Stealing from a relative who's trying to help you out. Doesn't that make you a democrat by definition?
Now, last November, did Smith here vote for the hope and change candidacy of Barack Obama or four more years of George Bush?
Thanks to RT @ The Republic Endures for the heads up.
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