Winston man doesn’t want brother tainted by arrest

NICHOLAS JOHNSON/The News-Review Orvie Ben Jordy, right, speaks with his younger brother, Orville Ben Jordy, both of Winston, during an interview with a News-Review reporter intended to set the record straight. It was Orville, not his older brother Orvie Ben Jordy, who had been arrested on suspicion of methamphetamine possession.

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NICHOLAS JOHNSON/The News-Review Orville Ben Jordy of Winston speaks during an interview with a News-Review reporter intended to set the record straight. It was he, not his older brother, Orvie Ben Jordy, who had been arrested on suspicion of methamphetamine possession.

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NICHOLAS JOHNSON/The News-Review Orville Ben Jordy of Winston participates in an interview with a News-Review reporter intended to set the record straight. It was he, not his older brother, Orvie Ben Jordy, who had been arrested on suspicion of methamphetamine possession.

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NICHOLAS JOHNSON/The News-Review Orvie Ben Jordy of Winston participates in an interview with his younger brother, Orville Ben Jordy, and a News-Review reporter in hopes of setting the record straight. It was Orville, not his older brother, Orvie Ben Jordy, who had been arrested on suspicion of methamphetamine possession.

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WINSTON — The confusion began with a blurb in The News-Review. In the Police Logs, it was noted Sept. 2 that Orville Ben Jordy, 43, of Winston had been arrested on suspicion of methamphetamine possession. It was Jordy’s first arrest during the three years he has lived in Douglas County, but he left a long trail of drug and alcohol abuse behind in California. He is no stranger to jail. His half-brother followed a different path. He had a scrape with the law when he was 16, but has maintained a clean record during the nearly 40 years he has …