Is Summerfield Town Manager Charles “Twig” Rollins a Deadbeat?

Public documents sent to me anonymously appear to indicate that the recently hired town manager for Summerfield, North Carolina has a history of stiffing small businesses, evictions, and repeatedly failed to pay state taxes.

An individual performed an online background check using the PeopleFinders website for Charles Rollins back on September 23, 2024.

The phone number on this document matches the phone number Rollins has listed on his profile for the North Carolina City & County Management Association.

Additionally, a past address is geographically consistent with having previously worked for the town of Wallace and Duplin County.

The 37-page document sent to me includes the following information:

• past addresses and phone numbers
• affiliated business entities
• court cases filed by creditors seeking to collect outstanding debts
• judgments, liens, and eviction filings
• court documents
• State of North Carolina Department of Revenue documents listing outstanding tax bills

I have removed all of the pages with personal information and uploaded a 27-page document with just the public records and court documents.

It is unclear whether all of these documents were received through the PeopleFinders search or if it is an amalgamation of various search efforts.

If these records pertain to the Charles Rollins hired by the Summerfield town council last fall, it paints a very unflattering picture of the town manager and raises considerable questions about the level of due diligence undertaken by the governing body.

EVICTIONS

Two separate actions pertaining to evictions are listed in the documentation.

• In March 2006, Rollins faced eviction on an apartment located in Wilmington (Case #: 2006CVM001013).

• In September 2013, Rollins’ landlord filed for eviction on a different apartment in Wilmington (Case # 2013CVM003229). A forcible detainer was issued by the court on October 1st.

FAILURE TO PAY STATE TAXES

Rollins also has a history of stiffing the State of North Carolina on taxes.

Not once. Not twice. But THREE times!

That’s right — North Carolina filed three separate liens on Rollins totaling more than $46,000.

• Case #: 2013M001502 – Amount Owed: $25,534
• Case #: 2013M001508 – Amount Owed: $7,081
• Case #: 2019M000413 – Amount Owed: $13,972

JUDGMENTS – STIFFED A FUNERAL HOME

In addition to the two evictions and three liens, Rollins also has two judgments leveled against him.

Incredibly, Rollins stiffed Andrews Mortuary & Crematory in Wilmington back in 2005. It appears it was for burial services related to the passing of Charles G. Rollins, Sr.

According to court records (Case #: 2005CVD3839), Rollins never showed for any court proceedings and a default judgment was issued by the judge. The total amount owed was $8,900.

In 2019, an individual named Clarence Alford, Jr. sought to recover a debt exceeding $6,800 (Case #: 2019CVM00157). A quick Google search reveals a dentist by the same name with a practice in — you guessed it — Wilmington.

ROLLINS: PROLIFIC DEADBEAT SPANNING 20 YEARS

Over the past 20-years, Rollins has ducked out on more than $60,000 in debts and obligations. And this does not even count the amount he cheated his former landlords in those two evictions.

Assuming that the Charles “Twig” Rollins listed in these documents is the same Rollins serving as the Summerfield town manager, it begs many questions.

But chief among them is an examination of the recruitment process utilized by the governing body and clarification as to what background checks, if any, were conducted before extending an offer of employment.

Did the members of the governing body even know about this financial history?

It would seem fair to ponder whether an individual who has a demonstrated pattern of financial mismanagement should be placed into a position of leadership overseeing millions of dollars.

It is interesting to note that shortly after Rollins started as the new town manager on October 13th, the North Carolina Department of Revenue canceled the Certificate of Tax Liability on October 16th.