LUMBERTON — The speaker of the Lumbee Tribal Council has been accused of assault with a deadly weapon by a person who said he was attacked while distributing political material, and she has responded by accusing the man of trespassing on her property and saying she was “set up.”
Donald Locklear, of Maxton, in a nearly 1,000-word email to The Robesonian, said that he was nearly run off the road by Pearlean Revels after she chased him in her vehicle on U.S. 301 in St. Pauls on Saturday after seeing him leave political fliers on her vehicle.
According to Locklear, he was distributing election fliers in the St. Pauls area and stopped at a home across from Revels Insurance Agency. He said he placed a flier on a silver Chevrolet Impala and after leaving, noticed that someone was in the vehicle and following him.
Locklear said the car sped up and pulled alongside his van in the opposing traffic lane and the driver, whom he says he recognized as Revels, tried to run him off of the road as both vehicles were traveling at about 65 mph.
Locklear said that when he attempted to call 911, Revels pulled her vehicle off to the side of the road and he drove away.
Locklear filed a criminal summons at the Robeson County Courthouse on Saturday accusing Revels of assault with a deadly weapon, the weapon being the Impala. Later the same day Revels filed a summons accusing Locklear of trespassing.
The flier that Locklear was distributing included a copy of a Lewin International casino and gaming contract signed by Jimmy Goins, then chairman of the tribe. Above the contract it reads: “Lumbees, this is the casino/gaming contract engineered by Jimmy Goins, that has possibly destroyed our hopes for federal recognition in Washington!”
On the other side of the flier is an essay written by Sarah Campbell saying that the tribal government has been mishandled by former Chairman Goins, Councilman McDuffie Cummings, and Revels.
Revels, a staunch supporter of Goins for tribal chairman in an election that took place Tuesday, contends that the incident was politically motivated. As speaker of the Tribal Council, Revels has been outspoken for several months concerning what she and other council members feel have been deliberate efforts by Chairman Paul Brooks to not work with the council on issues related to governing the tribe.
Revels told a reporter for The Robesonian that Locklear knew she lived in the home where the Impala was parked and that she was “set up.” She also denied trying to run him off the road.
“I’m looking for my day in court,” she said.
Revels’ seat was not up for re-election in today’s election. Brooks won re-election Tuesday by a slim margin over Goins.
I feel the people working in the office have done a good job and its time they are not judged along with the Tribal Council. They are the ones that pass an outside audit year after year and trust me if they didn't there would be no Federal money at all.
One would think that Revels would be above feeling the need to confront a person simply because they were putting out campaign information (even if she didn't agree with it). Her position was not up for election so it would appear that there is a lot more to the story.
On the other hand, Locklear should have simply taken legal action against Revels if his story is accurate. There was no need to send a letter to the newspaper at this point. I'm sure that the news story would eventually come out if there was anything worthy of reporting.
I never had much of an opinion about Revels one way or the other before reading this article but now there seems to be a feeling of mistrust associated with her name.
Ms. Revels has been in "public service" for quite some time now and should know better. Does she not know how to dial 911? While she looks forward to her day in court, it's the taxpayer who (yet again) foots the bills for this sort of childish nonsense. Any wonder why the court system in Robeson County moves at a snails pace?
Washington, hello! Hello BIA! Is anyone watching this?.......
Goins and Revels have "mishandled the monies of the tribe." Mc Duffie couldn't have done what Sarah Campbell said who is probably kin to the two brothers Terry and Larry Campbell and their cousin who is running today to keep his seat Robert Chavis. He was the manager of the Town of Pembroke at the time of the Lewin contract and could only sign documents dealing with "town business."
I sincerely hope all of those who are in office or have been in office and are running to keep their seat will be sent home by the Lumbee people!
Locklear who lives in Maxton had no business in St. Pauls to begin with.Wonder who paid for his gas for him to go to Pearlean's house?
I voted for all the other guys to let the Tribal Council know "I do not like and do not appreciate what they are doing." At least they cannot critize that Clark lady for this article.
Nice try Brooks and Campbell...guess what? "It didn't work!" not believeable at all.
Simple question, is there a law that says if you live in Maxton that you cannot go to St. Pauls ?
Sounds like someone thinks that certain people have preeminence over others. As far as trespassing, was there a "No Trespassing" sign posted on her property ? Did she have a bold sign in her yard letting everyone know," This is where Pearlean Revels lives? She was probably just another citizen who could be given an information flyer, that obviously, from her drastic actions, she did not care to see. Chew on this and see how it digests.