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LENOIR, NC (July 21, 2021) -- Joathan Sherwood Watson, 32, of Lenoir, will serve a prison sentence of six to eight years following his conviction for trafficking methamphetamine by transport and possession, and fleeing to elude arrest with…

NEWTON, NC (March 24, 2021) -- A Lenoir man will serve six to nine years in prison following his conviction for multiple offenses during Caldwell County Superior Court on March 15, 2021. Aaron Wayne Douglas II, 25, was given an active…

NEWTON, NC (February 10, 2021) -- A Granite Falls man will spend at least 50 years of incarceration following his conviction in Catawba County Superior Court for a double homicide that occurred nearly five years ago. Eric Terril Yount,…

NEWTON, NC (October 15, 2020) -- The Caldwell County District Attorney’s Office has been closed after an employee tested positive for COVID-19. Court settings in Caldwell County were closed on Thursday, October 15, 2020, and the employee…

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,…