A court hearing is set for Sept. 25 in North Carolina for the owner of S. John’s Wharfside Village, who was arrested Sept. 5 in Wilmington on charges he broke into a home and terrorized and assaulted a man.
According to the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office, a warrant was issued for Joseph Decourcy, 46, on Sept. 4 after he allegedly broke into the home of his former partner and punched a man several times in the face, causing apparent injury.
Decourcy was arrested the following day and posted $4,000 bail. A disposition hearing is set for Sept. 25 in District Court of New Hanover County in Wilmington, North Carolina.
The incident follows a complaint filed in the same court in August by his former partner, Olivia Howington, seeking child support and joint custody of their two young children.
According to her complaint, Decourcy has refused to pay adequate child support, and the court’s order “should include the reasonable apportionment of medical, dental, prescription drug, ophthalmologic, mental health and other medically related expenses incurred on behalf of the minor children that are not covered by insurance.”
Additionally, the complaint states that “upon information and belief, this is a high-income case and the North Carolina Child Support Guidelines do not apply.”
Decourcy’s company, WVJD LLC, has owned the Wharfside Village property on St. John since 2016 and, in 2018, announced plans to spend between $3 and $4 million “refurbishing and refreshing” the shopping center following damage caused by hurricanes Irma and Maria.
