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…

LENOIR, NC (November 3, 2017)…A Granite Falls resident will spend at least the next six years in prison after pleading guilty to multiple criminal charges and admitting to being a habitual felon during Caldwell County Superior Court on…

MORGANTON, NC (November 3, 2017)…Jason Miller, 21, of Lenoir, was given an active prison term of four to six years following his plea to robbery with a dangerous weapon and second-degree kidnapping on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017,  during Burke…

LENOIR, NC (September 15, 2017)…The third and final co-defendant from a break-in at a southern Caldwell County business pleaded guilty to the charges against him on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017, and will spend at least six years in prison.…

LENOIR, NC (September 13, 2017)…Matthew Charles Minton, 27, of Lenoir, was sentenced to serve five to seven years in prison after pleading guilty as charged to felony breaking and entering a motor vehicle, felony failure to appear, felony…

NEWTON, NC (August 24, 2017)...On Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, Mr. Jeffrey Andrew Jacobs, 42, was shot in Burke County by a Deputy from the Burke County Sheriff’s Office. The shooting occurred while the Deputy was responding to a violent domestic…

LENOIR, NC (August 14, 2017)...A Hudson man will spend at least seven years in prison after he was found guilty of multiple property crimes by a Caldwell County jury on Friday, Aug. 11, 2017. Thomas Victor Rinehart Jr., 46, was sentenced to…

LENOIR, NC (May 8, 2017)...James Clifford Sharpe, 41, of Lenoir, was given an active prison sentence of five to seven years for pleading guilty to manufacturing methamphetamine during Caldwell County Superior Court on Thursday, May 4,…