Perquimans Sheriff reports two failure-to-appear arrests, $20,260 in secured bonds

HERTFORD, N.C. — The Perquimans County Sheriff’s Office reported two arrests involving failure-to-appear charges during a reporting period covering July 31 through Aug. 4, according to an official arrest summary generated Wednesday, Aug. 5.

The two secured bonds listed in the report totaled $20,260.

Arrests listed in the report

Both individuals were identified in the report as Hertford residents. Camden Tribune is withholding their complete street addresses because those details are not necessary to report the arrests.

What “FTA” means

The Sheriff’s Office report lists the charge against each person as “2641 - FTA.” FTA is commonly used in North Carolina court records as an abbreviation for failure to appear.

According to the North Carolina Judicial Branch, a judge may treat a missed or late court appearance as a failure to appear and issue an order for the person’s arrest.

The arrest summary does not identify the original charges, court cases, scheduled court dates or circumstances that resulted in the failure-to-appear entries. The incident numbers in the Sheriff’s Office report should not be interpreted as court case numbers.

Secured bonds listed

Otis was listed with a $260 secured bond. Faison was listed with a $20,000 secured bond.

A secured bond is a pretrial release condition requiring money or another form of security to be provided before a defendant may be released. The amounts listed in an arrest report are not fines or findings of guilt.

Public-record notice

This report reflects arrest and charge information recorded by the Perquimans County Sheriff’s Office at the time the summary was prepared. An arrest is not a conviction, and each person named in the report is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.

Charges, bond conditions and case dispositions may later be modified by a magistrate, prosecutor or judge. Readers seeking current court information should consult the North Carolina Judicial Branch court-date system or the appropriate Clerk of Superior Court.

Source: Perquimans County Sheriff’s Office Arrest Summary Report covering July 31 through Aug. 4, 2026, generated Aug. 5, 2026.

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