Lake man threatens to kill three

By BOB HIGH
Staff Writer

Timothy Bryan Larrimore, 38, of Lake Waccamaw, was sent to Dorothea Dix Hospital in Raleigh Wednesday for examination after being charged with communicating threats to State Sen. R.C. Soles Jr., Brunswick County Sheriff Ron Hewett, and a Columbus County court official.

Larrimore was arrested Friday on the three misdemeanor charges after a handwritten letter was sent to The News Reporter that stated Larrimore wanted Soles, Hewett and the court official arrested and then “shot to death at the firing range located at Southeastern Community College.”

Court records also show Larrimore faxed the same handwritten letter to the General Assembly building in Raleigh, naming Soles, Hewett and the court official and his desire to see them shot.
This letter contained Larrimore’s Social Security number, phone number and full name.

A second letter was faxed to the Financial Services Office of the General Assembly in Raleigh and this document also showed Larrimore’s home address, phone and Social Security numbers.

Governor threatened

This second letter stated Larrimore wanted Gov. Mike Easley and “every member of the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Department and the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Department hanged.”

It is not clear at this point, but authorities in Raleigh, Brunswick and New Hanover counties are investigating the threats by Larrimore, and a previous threat from the suspect concerning a Federal court official is also being probed.

Larrimore appeared in Superior Court Wednesday on a charge of probation violation. An attorney was appointed to handle his cases, and he was ordered sent to the Raleigh hospital.

The resident of Council Avenue in Lake Waccamaw was convicted in Wake County Superior Court on July 19, 2004 of threatening a legislative official in Raleigh.

Larrimore was placed on probation for three years, with a prison term of six to eight months suspended. The defendant was told he was to “not threaten any government officials” while on probation, and his first violation was filed last Friday when the letters were faxed to this newspaper and to the two Raleigh offices.

January action

Larrimore has long filed numerous civil matters – all found to be frivolous and lacking merit -- in the Columbus County court system.

Superior Court Judge Jack Hooks Jr. barred Larrimore on Jan. 4, 2007 from filing any more civil actions without it first being reviewed by a Superior Court judge.

Hooks’ order showed there is “no file or pleadings” in the Clerk of Superior Court’s civil division here and a laundry-list of complaints by Larrimore were dismissed.

The judge’s order noted all “Calendar Requests” for the list of filings were denied. Larrimore somehow obtained official “Calendar Requests” forms from an attorney’s office and used them during the past three years to ask the court to schedule his complaints to be heard.

The list of complaints filed by Larrimore include:

• A complaint against Ted Parker of Robeson County, stating that Parker is engaged in drug trafficking and a motion to send the judge to prison for 45 years if no jury trial is granted.

• A complaint against R.C. Soles Jr.

• A complaint against “Raleigh judges who refuse to give me a jury trial.”

• A complaint against Columbus Regional Healthcare System.

• A complaint against Marvin J. Tedder, local attorney.

• A complaint against Dr. Richard Berry, Whiteville physician.

• A complaint against Andrew Hutchinson.

• A complaint against Resident Superior Court Judge William C. Gore Jr. asking that Gore be imprisoned for 57 years.

• A complaint against Superior Court Judge Gary Locklear.

• A complaint against Christopher Russ.

• A complaint against Junius H. Rose III.

• A complaint against Odell Williamson of Ocean Isle Beach.

• A complaint against Columbus County Sheriff Chris Batten.

• A complaint against Brunswick County Sheriff Ronald Hewett.

• A complaint against Federal Court Judge James C. Fox.

• A complaint against Dorothea Dix Hospital.

• A complaint against Batish Family Medicine.

• A complaint against Gov. Michael F. Easley.

• A complaint against the State of North Carolina regarding “$1,499 paid before larceny.”

• A complaint against the State of North Carolina regarding “lawyer fraud.”

• A calendar request for George Douglas Larrimore vs. State of North Carolina.

In this ruling, Hooks found that Timothy Larrimore is not a lawyer and has no authority to issue such a request for George Larrimore, whose criminal files have been closed from five to 10 years.

• A complaint against BB&T Bank.

• A complaint against Eli Lilly and Company.

• A complaint against Dr. Essam Eskander of Chadbourn.

• A complaint against Exxon Mobil Corporation.

• A complaint against Michael Ramos, a Brunswick County attorney.

Assaulted in jail

Hooks found Larrimore was making repeated filings without merit, and in the request for action against Eskander, Judge Locklear had previously enjoined Larrimore from filing motions without prior judicial approval.

“As such, these repeated filings are abusive, without legal merit, and such orders as are necessary should be entered to prevent further frivolous and abusive filings,” Hooks said.

Larrimore was placed under a $250,000 cash bond last Friday. The next day he filed assault warrants against two other inmates in the local jail.

Larrimore claimed Devin Devon Scott, 20, of Lee Street, Whiteville, and Henry Barfield Jr., 37, of Pleasant Plains Church Road, Whiteville, beat him Saturday.

Scott and Barfield are charged with kicking and beating Larrimore in the head and causing a wound to his upper lip that took four stitches to close, the warrants show.