Billy Joe ‘B.J.’ Roberts
HAMPTON Sheriff Billy Joe “B.J.” Roberts, 70, peacefully departed this life Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020. He was preceded in death by his parents, Earnest and Viola Roberts; and sister, Nora Barnwell.
A native of South Carolina, Sheriff Roberts was educated in Hampton and earned his high school diploma from Phenix High School. During his high school years, he played football and basketball, and later earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management from Hampton University. He completed the Northwestern University Public Safety Management School in Illinois, the National Sheriffs’ Institute (NSI) program in Colorado, the Virginia Sheriffs’ Institute Chief Executive Training Program and Civic Leadership Institute.
Campaign signs outside Anson County early voting site
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The North Carolina State Board of Elections says investigators are still trying to get to the bottom of claims of voter assistance irregularities in Anson County. In November, a video surfaced showing a man accompanying a voter inside the early voting site and standing with him at the voting machine.
The man at the center of the allegations, John Montgomery, was campaigning for his wife, Dannie Montgomery, the Democratic candidate for register of deeds. A report on WBTV identified the man in the surveillance video as John Montgomery.