He says he has only used the term twice throughout his entire life.
When describing the culmination of the moment during his final days as chairman of the Onslow/Jacksonville Crime Stoppers Program, Joe Yannessa comedically explained to a crowd of local law enforcement this is now the third time he has said something was bittersweet .
Twenty-one years after he joined the exploratory committee with Naval Criminal Investigative Service that would eventually become Crime Stoppers, Yannessa doesn t know a better way to say how he felt standing in front of the people he has worked closely with during that time. Vice-Chairman Bob Bright has given the program 19 years and beginning in 2021, the two will step down after building one of the most successful programs in the state.