(Wentworth, NC) – A Jury in Rockingham County Superior Court found fifty year old Edward Watlington of McLeansville guilty of being an habitual felon yeasterday (September 7, 2010). Watlington also pled guilty to Felony Failure to Appear this morning (September 8, 2010) and was sentenced to 101-131 months in prison by Judge Ed Wilson. In March, [...]
(Wentworth, NC) – A 19 year old man pled guilty to First Degree Rape of a Child and First Degree Sex Offense with a Child this week in Rockingham County Superior Court. Permaine Keivon McCollum was sentenced to 94-122 months in prison by Judge Patrice Hinnant. McCollum was also placed on lifetime satellite-based monitoring, ordered [...]
(Wentworth, NC) – Jerry Huthinson, 41, was found guilty in Rockingham County Superior Court this week of Possession of Cocaine, Driving While Impaired, Driving While License Revoked, and Fleeing to Elude Arrest. Judge Patrice Hinnant sentenced Hutchinson as an Habitual Felon to 122-156 months in prison. On October 21, 2009, troopers with the North Carolina [...]
(Wentworth, NC) – A jury found Damion Lavon Taylor, 23, of Eden guilty of Robbery with a Dangerous Weapon, Conspiracy to Commit Robbery with a Dangerous Weapon, and Possession of a Firearm by a Felon this week in Rockingham County Superior Court. Judge Edgar B. Gregory sentenced Taylor to 9 – 12 years in prison. [...]
(Wentworth, NC) – According to annual reports compiled by the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts, the Rockingham County District Attorney’s Office handled nearly 23,500 criminal cases and infractions last year, an increase of more than 2,500 cases over the previous year. In superior Court, felony filings by the District Attorney’s Office increased 22.2% [...]
(Wentworth, NC) – Elwanda Captola Chester, 33, of Eden, NC, pled guilty to two counts of Trafficking more than 28 grams of Opium, in Rockingham County Superior Court on July 13, 2010. Judge Carl Fox sentenced Chester to 18-23 years in prison, and entered a fine against her in the amount of $500,000.00. Shortly after [...]
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(Wentworth, NC) – A jury convicted two Eden residents on July 8th, 2010, in Rockingham County Superior Court for their involvement in a November, 2009 robbery. Joshua Brian Oliver, 20, was found guilty of Robbery with a Dangerous Weapon, and Ariel Cheree Williams, 19, was convicted of Common Law Robbery. On November 11, 2009, officers [...]
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(Wentworth, NC) – Johnathan Earl Raines, age 25, pled guilty to Attempted Trafficking >28 grams of Opium this week in Rockingham County Superior Court. Raines was sentenced to 93 – 121 months in prison by Judge Ed Gregory. On August 25, 2009, detectives with the Eden Police Department went to the defendant’s residence at 107 [...]
(Wentworth, NC) – Rockingham County District Attorney Phil Berger, Jr. has been re-elected to the Executive Committee for the North Carolina Conference of District Attorneys. Berger, 38, was selected to serve a third term as a director for the organization at a recent District Attorney’s conference in Lexington. The North Carolina Conference of District Attorneys [...]
(Wentworth, NC) – Jonathan Wesley Evans, age 35, pled guilty to Robbery with a Dangerous Weapon in Rockingham County Superior Court, earlier this week. The Reidsville resident was sentenced to 51 to 71 months in prison by Judge Richard Stone. On January 7, 2010, Evans entered the I & H Food Mart in Reidsville with [...]