ROCKINGHAM — A Hamlet woman is facing multiple charges after allegedly using stolen rings as collateral.
According to an arrest warrant issued Oct. 28, 41-year-old Toni Marie Everette, of Hamlet, stole a 14-karat white gold wedding ring set on Sept. 7. She then allegedly conspired with a man to use those rings as collateral for a $140 loan at a Rockingham pawn shop.
Before that warrant was issued, Everette was caught with an unspecified quantity of cocaine and ran from a Rockingham Police officer who was investigating a case of fleeing to elude arrest, according to another warrant issued Oct. 24.
A magistrate’s order dated Nov. 11 also alleges that Everette gave a false name and birthdate to another RPD officer who was investigating a call of a suspicious vehicle.
Everette was arrested and booked into the Richmond County Jail where she is being held on a $50,000 secured bond on the following charges: felony larceny; obtaining property by false pretenses; conspiracy to obtain property by false pretenses; possession of stolen property; possession of a Schedule II controlled substance; and two counts of resisting a public officer.
Court records show Everette is scheduled to be arraigned on all charges Dec. 5.
Records with the N.C. Department of Adult Correction show Everette was given a suspended sentence in January of 2023 when she was convicted of larceny of firearms, possession of a firearm by a felon, and communicating threats.
Everette was first convicted in 2004 of misdemeanor breaking and entering and accessory after the fact of a felony. Two years later, she was convicted of assault inflicting serious bodily injury.
In 2007, the probation for the 2004 convictions was revoked and she was imprisoned for several months.
Everette was convicted again in 2011 of ID card fraud, and in 2014 of felony breaking and entering and drug possession. Her probation on the latter charges was revoked in Anson County the following year and she was incarcerated for less than seven months.
(Note: state records show the drug conviction as possession of a Schedule I for the initial conviction and possession of a Schedule II controlled substance for the revocation.)
In 2016, Everette was sent back behind bars for a three-month reimprison violation.
All defendants facing criminal charges are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
