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DARRIN FRANKLIN EAKINS

Booked 29th Dec 2009 at 5:10am
Key West Mug Shot
DOB: 02/02/1966
Charges: 1 Misdemeanor Count(s) of 316.193.1C, TRAFFIC OFFENSE – DUI – TRAFFIC OFFENSE – DUI – BREATH ALCOHOL LEVEL OF .08 OR MORE,
2 Misdemeanor Count(s) of 790.053, CARRYING PROHIBITED WEAPON – CARRYING WEAPON OPENLY,
1 Misdemeanor Count(s) of 893.13.6b, MARIJUANA-POSSESS – NOT MORE THAN 20 GRAMS,
1 Misdemeanor Count(s) of 893.147.1, DRUG EQUIP-POSSESS – AND OR USE
Filed under 41-50, DUI

Lender county

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Dr. Darrin Eakins at the N.C. Azalea Festival Kick-off Party on Feb. 12, 2005.


A once prominent Wilmington-area orthopedic surgeon accused of taking a boat from a marine assistance company and breaking into a neighbor’s home in southeastern North Carolina has voluntarily surrendered his license to practice medicine in the state.

Darrin F. Eakins, 44, of Bald Eagle Lane, appeared in court in Pender County on Wednesday, Nov. 10, on charges of unauthorized use of a vehicle, larceny, injury to personal property, possession of stolen goods and breaking and entering. His case was continued to
Jan. 12, 2011, according to the Pender County Clerk of Court’s office.

Eakins was released from the Pender County Jail Wednesday on an unsecured bond, the jail said.

Conditions of his bond include being placed under the supervision of his parents; to not be in possession of an automobile, keys or passport; and to enroll in in-patient treatment for alcohol and prescription drugs, the clerk’s office said.

The alleged offenses occurred between Oct. 29 and Nov. 3, Pender County Assistant District Attorney Todd Fennell said Monday, Nov. 8.

Eakins had privileges at New Hanover Regional Medical Center from August 1998 to December 2009, Erin Balzotti, the hospital’s media relations coordinator, said Tuesday, Nov. 9.

Eakins voluntarily surrendered his medical license in a Nov. 3 letter to the North Carolina Medical Board, the board’s website showed. The board acknowledged the license surrender in a Nov. 4 letter from Executive Director R. David Henderson.

"Dr. Eakins had no history of public action with the board prior to the surrender of his license," Jean Fisher Brinkley, director of public affairs for the state Medical Board, said Tuesday, Nov. 9.

Voluntary surrender of a medical license generally means the voluntary relinquishment of the authorization to practice, pending or in anticipation of an investigation by the board, Fisher Brinkley said. She could not comment if an investigation was pending because such investigative information is confidential under North Carolina law.

Surf City Police officers took Eakins into custody without incident Nov. 1 after seeing him get into his Dodge pickup truck and drive to the Boat House Marina in Surf City – two days after Sea Tow told police a Sea Tow boat was stolen from the marina, according to a news release prepared by Surf City Police Assistant Chief Ron Shanahan.

Sea Tow later told police the boat was found at the Scotts Hill Marina in Hampstead, that the motors and hull were damaged and that video had been taken of the suspect, identified by a Sea Tow captain as Eakins, Shanahan said in the release.

A search of an Island Inn Motel room Eakins had been renting at the time led to the recovery of jewelry, clothing and electronics from an alleged breaking and entering of a home on Bald Eagle Lane that was not his residence, Shanahan said.

Surf City Police had been called to the motel Oct. 29 regarding a man who was acting suspiciously and did not want cleaning services, Shanahan’s news release stated. Police later determined the man, who allegedly had checked in under the alias Tom Woods, was Eakins after officers found the truck registered to him parked one block from the motel, the news release said.

Eakins also was scheduled to appear in court in Pender County on Dec. 8 on misdemeanor charges from the North Carolina Highway Patrol for hit and run, improper loading and no insurance, Fennell said.

Those alleged offenses occurred on Oct. 28, according to the clerk of courts office and the state Highway Patrol in Pender County.

The charges stem from a report of a man towing a boat while driving a Dodge pickup on U.S. Highway 17 near Scotts Hill when the boat became detached from the truck, Trooper H.A. Cannady with the state Highway Patrol in Pender County said Tuesday, Nov. 9.

"He was trying to refasten the trailer to the truck and a car hit the boat," Cannady said. "It was dark, real early in the morning."

Shortly after an ambulance arrived, the truck driver left the scene without the boat before authorities could identify him, Cannady said. The driver of the other vehicle was treated and released, he said.

Eakins was still on probation from a prior arrest in Monroe County, Fla., Assistant State Attorney LeRoy Costner in the Florida Keys said Wednesday, Nov. 10.

Eakins was arrested in December 2009 for driving under the influence and convicted in June in Monroe County Court in Marathon, Fla., Costner said.

Other charges of open carrying of a weapon and possession of drug paraphernalia had a withhold of adjudication, meaning the defendant can legally say he has never been convicted of those crimes and they cannot be used against him, Costner said.

Darrin F. Eakins and Christina D. Eakins are listed on the tax rolls as owners of record on two properties in New Hanover County; 26 Island Dr., and 8032 Bald Eagle Lane, with a mailing address in Steamboat Springs, Colo. And while Eakins listed the Bald Eagle Lane address in Wilmington on his letter to the North Carolina Medical Board, his residence of record with the board was listed as Steamboat Springs.

A Darrin F. Eakins of the same age also has prior charges there, according to law enforcement authorities. They include an arrest in October 2009 for careless driving, open container, and leaving the scene of an accident, Deputy M. Richardson of the Routt County (Colo.) Sheriff’s Office said Monday, Nov. 8. Eakins was convicted of careless driving. He also was arrested in June 2009 on charges of false reporting to authorities, disorderly conduct and criminal mischief, Richardson said. A Routt County Combined Court official said Eakins was convicted of the disorderly conduct charge.