Missing golf clubs located No serious wrecks
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Woodfin steps in for bankrupt Versant
On Nov. 14 of last year, papers town tapped the letter, which acts as a
By Matt Tate
were filed in the Western District of bond, for $3.95 million and plans to
North Carolina. Those papers indicate use a portion of the funds to complete
The Town of Woodfin is stepping four area businesses are asking for a the first phase of the project.
in to help a struggling development get total of more than $3.8 million from The first phase will consist of 35
Owner caught trying
off the ground. Versant. homes sites over 40 acres, Young
Versant Properties, the group who Woodfin Town Administrator Ja- said.
promised to bring a luxurious Europe- son Young said Versant gave the town a “We are taking [Versant’s] money
to crush ‘stolen’ car
an-style community to Woodfin, has letter of credit when the town approved and using it appropriately,” he added.
been placed in involuntary chapter 11 plans for the project. Now that the de- “We’ll figure out what needs to be
By Matt Tate
bankruptcy. velopers are toiling in bankruptcy, the
Continued on page 4
A car which was reported
Weaverville police reunite
stolen showed up at an area
crushing facility recently,
turned in by the person who
claimed it was missing.
‘dead’ man with daughter
The revelation led to several
charges related to insurance
fraud for an Arden woman.
Woodfin police arrested Jes-
sica Virginia Hart on Jan. 23
(Jan. 30) at the Weaverville Police
on felony charges of insurance
By Matt Tate
Department. McKnight met with her
fraud, possession of a stolen
long lost father along with her mother,
vehicle and attaining money
Jessica Virginia Hart.
The Weaverville Police Depart- Lynn McKnight, and Wint’s brother
by false pretenses, as well as a
ment made national headlines this and sister-in-law as well.
misdemeanor charge of filing $10,000, including monies and
week helping to expose a double life “The reunion went very well,” Wyatt
a faulty police report. rental car usage.
and then working to bring those two said. “It was a very emotional time for
According to Det. Don Guge “Insurance fraud is the type
halves together. all of them.”
of the Woodfin Police Depart- of crime everyone pays for in
Sgt. Stacy Wyatt assisted in the Wyatt said Wint is now in the
ment, Hart, 24, first reported the long term because of pre-
reunion of 23-year-old Christi McK- process of reclaiming his lost identity
her 2002 Ford Explorer miss- miums. The Woodfin Police
night and her father, Bennie Hardin and spending time with his family in
ing in July of last year. In the Department’s intention is to
Wint, who has been believed to be Marshall.
six months since, police allege enforce all levels of crime,”
dead for 20 years. McKnight had been searching for
Hart defrauded her insur- he said.
Wint saw his daughter for the first her father since Sept. 25, 1989, when he
ance company of more than Continued on page 21
time since she was 4 on Thursday
Continued on page 21
Bennie Hardin Wint.
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