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Prominent NC Democrat Arrested for Stealing Trump Signs

Prominent NC Democrat Arrested for Stealing Trump Signs

In North Carolina, a prominent Democrat running for the State House of Representatives was arrested after getting caught red-handed in the act of theft. The suspect was caught stealing Trump signs off the roadside and hiding them in his car.

WRAL reported that a deputy of the Moore County Sheriff’s Office spotted Lowell Simon, the 68-year-old head of the Democratic Party in Moore County, removing political campaign signs off Seven Lakes Drive in the West End community on Thursday (October 10). The deputy visited Simon’s house and found the signs in his car. Simon admitted to removing and carrying the signs and admitted he shouldn’t have done it:

“My worse angels got the better of me and I removed the signs. I shouldn’t have done that. I didn’t do it in the stealth of night or anything. I did it when it was five o’clock in the afternoon.”

Simon then also tried to rationalize his act, which passes for theft, by stating that he needed to remove those Trump signs because they were improperly placed and were obscuring his own campaign signs that he had placed along the same street.

Law enforcement issued an arrest warrant for Simon on Friday and after his arrest, Simon was charged with two counts of misdemeanor theft. Simon was then released and is required to appear in the Moore County District Court on October 30.

Following the news of his arrest and the criminal charges against him, Simon resigned as chair of the Moore County Democratic Party. The Pilot cited him as:

“I don’t want anything about my personal story to distract from the important work that needs to be done by the Democratic party.”

However, Simon will remain as the Democrat on the ballot for the House of Representatives race against Republican Neal Jackson.

The arrest of Simon for theft comes two months after a prominent Democrat in Alexandria, Minnesota, was arrested along with his wife for stealing more than 200 political signs as well as other kinds of signs. Judd Hoff of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party was charged with aiding and abetting felony theft and receiving stolen property, a crime led by his wife, Wendy Hoff, who was charged with felony theft. SC Times reported (August 12) that the couple had stolen and stored around 240 signs, worth nearly $5,000, in their backyard. They planned to reuse these signs after repainting them for their own political campaign.

Hoff already was a convicted criminal before the theft incident as he was found guilty of felony second-degree assault in August 2021. He was sentenced to 13 months in prison of which he spent nearly eight months in the St. Cloud prison before being put on supervised release. The decision of the DFL Central Committee to endorse Judd Hoff to run for the House 12B election this year despite his felony record sparked criticism of his party. But it appears quite clear that the Democrats don’t care.

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  1. stranger danger

    Why does Dempsey’s main goal seem to be to divide us, turn one against another, with his fraudulent journalism?

    Could it be he’s a Pakistani ISIS member looking to cause friction without facts?

    On this one, he states: “a prominent Democrat running for the State House of Representatives was arrested after getting caught red-handed in the act of theft. The suspect was caught stealing Trump signs off the roadside and hiding them in his car.”

    OK, he’s a Democratic Party County Chair, or at least he used to be, since he resigned before Dempsey printed the story as reported by the same source Dempsey used. Can’t expect division-maven Dempsey to be up to speed on news affecting his smear. So, the guy WAS a county party chair for a middle-of-the-road bumfuck county of about 100K people making slightly above NC average wage. This county never makes the top ten list, but is shortly listed thereafter, or thereabouts. Not a fantastic place, but a good place. I live in a county like it.

    His county is 2:1 Republican, stealing Republicans signs is wrong, criminal, but will not affect a 2:1 outcome.

    I am sure he will drop from the NC House race.

    Then, as is his way, Dempsey links another Democratic sign stealer from another state where he concludes: “The decision of the DFL Central Committee to endorse Judd Hoff to run for the House 12B election this year despite his felony record sparked criticism of his party. But it appears quite clear that the Democrats don’t care.”

    Dempsey has got to think his readers are dumber than bricks. He’s seems amazed that a felon might run for office. He seems to think only Democrats steal signs. He is not an idiot, he is purposefully spinning this, and spin he does. With a five minute search:

    *https://www.cbs17.com/news/local-news/man-charged-after-harris-walz-campaign-signs-stolen-along-highway-in-moore-county/* And in Moore County to boot.

    Suffice it to say, I can list dozens of Republicans stealing many, many, political signs. But it appears quite clear that Dempsey don’t care. What he does care about is turning us against each other for his own personal reasons. Again, he hails from a Muslim nation with close ties to the Taliban, ISIS, Al Quade and other terrorist organizations. You be the judge.

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    • Frank stetson

      Democrats are assholes

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  2. Darren

    If CNN found a republican stealing Democrat signs, it would be all over the news.
    But NO, Democrat’s are just twisted individuals!

    Reply
    • stranger danger

      Darren,
      as i noted, there’s plenty of this from both sides. Not right, arrest and punish them all.

      but it IS all over the news:

      *https://www.google.com/search?q=republican+caught+stealing+political+signs&rlz=1C1VDKB_enUS1130US1130&oq=repub&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqBggAEEUYOzIGCAAQRRg7MhIIARAAGEMYsQMYyQMYgAQYigUyEggCEC4YQxjHARjRAxiABBiKBTIVCAMQLhhDGMcBGLEDGNEDGIAEGIoFMg8IBBAAGEMYsQMYgAQYigUyBggFEEUYOTIGCAYQRRg8MgYIBxBFGDzSAQkxMDcwM2owajeoAgCwAgA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8*

      I don’t think anyone knows who is the best or worst at this. Feel free to assume what you will with all that entails.

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  3. Americafirst

    Why would the story above that Dempsey put out be lies? It is all over the internet about the crime. The real lies are from So-called Stranger danger who cannot believe the Democrats would ever do anything illegal. Some idiots just want to make sure that others see their posts so we can believe those lies. Wrong! Darren is correct with the inks proving it. Maybe felon Stranger danger is also doing illegal unconstitutional crimes? Easy to blame others when you are complicit!

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    • Mike f

      Why would anyone care about someone stealing Republican signs. Must be a slow news day. Urnst (and the rest of you idiots) don’t seem to care that your presidential candidate stole information/documents at the highest classification level (and refused to turn them over when requested to). and you’re writing about someone stealing signs? Can I just say it once republicans are idiots…😡

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  4. Americafirst

    Why would the criminal Stranger Danger say Dempsey is trying to divide us. It looks to me, Stranger danger, the aka Frank, AC, and others are the ones dividing us with their lies and uncontrolled verbiage is doing just fine with the division. Dempsey’s story is not just a story, it is out online just as he says. I feel so sorry for those here that can’t read, can’t research, can’t check anything out. They must be about 5 or 6 years old. Their stories are always I, I, I, me, me, me, mine, mine, mine. They get worse by the day. Sick puppies! I really do wonder if they really do have criminal backgrounds. They call EVERYONE out especially the writers of the articles that they all get off the internet. What a shame those criminals are. For shame, for shame.

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  5. stranger danger

    ooops, made an error. Dempsey did not that this guy quit. My bad, I sincerely apologize but hold the rest of my facts verified as valid.

    As far as being accused of doing that same, that’s just projecting, a phycological defensive mechanism. There is no factual proof of that for me, AC, and “the others,” whoever that may smear.

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