A Currituck County judge has ordered anyone without a valid lease at a Powells Point residence to clear out within 72 hours, following years of complaints about drugs, overdoses and sex trafficking at the address. Superior Court Judge Andrew Womble granted the preliminary injunction on Nov. 4 for the property at 175 N. Spot Road, putting a mandatory eviction and trespass order into effect almost immediately.
According to Outer Banks Voice, the order requires all individuals residing at the property without a valid rental or lease agreement to vacate within 72 hours. Once that window closes, the Currituck County Sheriff’s Office is authorized to arrest and charge anyone still found on the property with trespassing. The injunction capped a civil complaint the Currituck County District Attorney’s Office filed on Oct. 21 seeking court intervention at the address.
Per WAVY.com, law enforcement had responded to emergencies at the residence dozens of times over the past four years before the house was formally designated a nuisance property. Officials with the North Carolina Department of Public Safety pointed to years of citizen complaints and frequent calls for service regarding narcotics activity, drug overdoses, sex trafficking and repeated breaches of the peace as the basis for pursuing the injunction, the same Outer Banks Voice report notes.
Years of Calls Preceded the Shutdown
The case didn’t emerge overnight. The outlet’s follow-up reporting lays out a string of incidents at the Spot Road address stretching back to 2023, when Currituck County Sheriff’s deputies administered Narcan on Sept. 24 of that year after a drug overdose at the property.
More than two years later, on Nov. 26, 2025, drugs were seized from the property and Heather Christie Midgett was charged with several drug-related offenses, the station's report states. Then on Aug. 12 of this year, a SWAT team was called to the property after a shotgun was fired, touching off a standoff that lasted several hours. Barely a month after that, on Sept. 16, deputies seized methamphetamine, fentanyl and crack cocaine from the home, per the same account.
Investigators and Prosecutors Joined Forces
State and local investigators had been building toward the injunction for some time. ALE special agents joined forces with the Sheriff’s Office to complete a formal investigation into the property, Outer Banks Voice reports, work that fed into the DA’s civil filing last month.
Sheriff Jeff Walker said his department is currently conducting an investigation into criminal charges related to the case, according to the outlet's reporting. The civil action itself names four defendants: Heather Christie Midgett, Elizabeth Noel Holland, Caroline Summer Holland and Savannah Lee Holland.
What the Law Allows
The injunction draws on North Carolina’s nuisance-abatement framework, though the exact provisions governing this specific case haven't been detailed in available records. A related statutory excerpt from the North Carolina General Assembly states that such authority may only be exercised upon adequate notice, with a right to a hearing and a right to appeal to the General Court of Justice, though it doesn't specify how those protections applied in this instance.
It remains unclear whether the occupants have left the property, whether any trespassing charges or arrests have followed the 72-hour deadline, or how the underlying civil case and sheriff's criminal investigation will ultimately be resolved.
