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LENOIR, NC (July 7, 2020) -- Kenneth Avery Davis, 37, of Granite Falls, pleaded guilty to felony involuntary manslaughter and felony hit and run serious injury/death for the October 2019 death of Marriah Kelly Warren during Caldwell County…

LENOIR, NC (June 5, 2020) -- A Granite Falls man was sentenced to an active prison term of 27 to 33 years following a guilty plea to second-degree murder and other charges during Caldwell County Superior Court on Thursday, June 4, 2020.…

NEWTON, NC (February 6, 2020) -- A Burke County jury needed less than half an hour to find a Granite Falls man guilty of failing to appear for a sentencing hearing related to a plea entered nine months ago. Christopher Gene Crawford, 36,…

NEWTON, NC (January 21, 2020) -- Jakime Raheim Whiteside, 26, of Hudson, will serve an active prison sentence of six to eight years following his conviction for felony trafficking methamphetamine and possession of a firearm by a convicted…

LENOIR, NC (October 22, 2019) -- A Caldwell County man will spend five to seven years in prison following his conviction for two counts of felony breaking and entering, one count of felony flee to elude arrest and admission of his habitual…

LENOIR, NC (September 27, 2019) -- A Lenoir man was given an active prison sentence of 44 to 65 months after he was found guilty of financial crimes by a Caldwell County jury and admitted his status as a habitual felon on Thursday,…

LENOIR, NC (September 27, 2019) -- Aron Eugene Shell, 46, of Lenoir, will spend six to nine years in prison after he was convicted of failure to register a new address as a sex offender, breaking and entering a motor vehicle and admitting…

LENOIR, NC (September 25, 2019) -- A Lenoir man was issued a prison sentence of 18 to 22 years for the 2016 stabbings of his 2-year-old son and the child’s mother. William Henry Pitts, 46, of Lenoir, was given the active term of…

NEWTON, NC (August 5, 2019) -- Skyler Lee Obrien, 32, of Granite Falls, will spend six to eight years in prison following his conviction for trafficking methamphetamine by possession during Caldwell County Superior Court on Monday, August…

LENOIR, NC (July 10, 2019) -- Joshua Lee Lumpkins, 46, of Hudson, will spend at least 25 years in prison following his conviction for two counts of attempted first-degree statutory rape and two counts of taking indecent liberties with a…

LENOIR, NC (June 3, 2019) -- Kelvis Blake Dula was given an active prison term of 10 to 13 years following his conviction for second-degree murder in connection with a drug overdose death during Caldwell County Superior Court on Monday,…

LENOIR, NC (June 3, 2019) -- Erica Sierra Haas was sentenced to an active prison term of six to eight years following her conviction for involuntary manslaughter and conspiracy to traffick heroin during Caldwell County Superior Court on…

NEWTON, NC (April 8, 2019) -- The District Attorney’s Office announced the launch of a new Web site and Facebook page on Monday, April 8, 2019. The Web site, BurkeCaldwellCatawbaDA.com, provides information and links to resources for the…

LENOIR, NC (February 5, 2019) -- Two people were convicted of second-degree murder in connection with the June 2013 death of a Lenoir man during Caldwell County Superior Court on Tuesday, February 5, 2019. Earl Franklin Moore, Jr., 40,…

NEWTON, NC (January 30, 2019) -- Ahmad Shakim Smith, 19, of Hickory, will spend four to six years in prison after being convicted of two counts of robbery with a dangerous weapon, one count of common law robbery and accessory after the fact…

MORGANTON, NC (January 10, 2019) -- Sharon Denise Logan, 60, of Lenoir, will spend six to eight years in prison following her conviction for larceny by defeating an anti-theft device, habitual larceny and admission of her habitual felon…

LENOIR, NC (January 8, 2019) -- A woman tied to the shooting of a Caldwell County deputy in July 2018 will spend 32 to 51 months in prison following her conviction for accessory after the fact to assault with a deadly weapon with intent to…

NEWTON, NC (January 1, 2019) -- Scott Reilly was sworn in as the new District Attorney for the 36th Prosecutorial District during a ceremony held at the Catawba County Justice Center on Tuesday, January 1, 2019. In front of family, friends…

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.…