David Learner – District Attorney, 25th District

NEWTON, NC (August 14, 2018) -- The case against a Lenoir man accused of a June 2018 murder in Burke County will proceed as a capital matter. Prosecutors for the State announced during Burke County Superior Court on Monday, August 13,…

LENOIR, NC (August 13, 2018) -- Granite Falls woman will spend at least four years in prison after a Caldwell County jury found her guilty of robbery with a dangerous weapon and second-degree kidnapping during Caldwell County Superior…

LENOIR, NC (July 27, 2018) -- Tony Aaron Ferguson, 23, of Hudson, was sentenced to serve three to four years in prison following his conviction for trafficking in methamphetamine during Caldwell County Superior Court on Wednesday, July 25,…

LENOIR, NC (July 27, 2018) -- James Wesley Bare, 29, of Lenoir, will spend at least two years in prison after he was convicted of felonious assault inflicting serious injury during Caldwell County Superior Court on Wednesday, July 25, 2018.…

NEWTON, NC (July 26, 2018) -- On the afternoon of Tuesday, July 17, 2018, Mr. Kerry Edwin Townsend died during an officer-involved shooting incident that occurred on Zack’s Fork Road in Caldwell County, N.C. I have carefully reviewed all…

LENOIR, NC (May 2, 2018)…A Caldwell County District Court Judge granted the State’s motion on Wednesday, May 2, 2018, to revoke bond for a man arrested on two counts of possessing a gun on educational property. Judge Wes Barkley revoked…

LENOIR, NC (April 24, 2018)…A Lenoir man was sentenced to spend 20 to 29 years in prison after a Caldwell County jury found him guilty of first-degree sex offense with a child on Monday, April 23, 2018. George William Sheffield, 54, was…

LENOIR, NC (December 4, 2017)…Jerry Edward Killian Jr., 45, of Granite Falls, will serve five to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to sell/deliver methamphetamine and possession of firearm by felon during…

LENOIR, NC (November 3, 2017)…Shawn Henry McLean, 39, of Lenoir, was given an active prison sentence of two to four years after pleading guilty to possession of methamphetamine and admission of habitual felon status. The defendant entered…