July 2023 – District Attorney Scott Reilly

Catawba Jury Finds Hickory Man Guilty Of Robbery Offenses

July 27, 2023

A Hickory man was sentenced to an active prison term of 10 to 15 years on Wednesday, July 26, 2023, after a jury of his peers found him guilty of multiple robbery offenses a week earlier. Nkosi Abernethy, 21, was … Read More

Sexual Exploitation Of Minors Leads To Lengthy Prison Sentence

July 27, 2023

Robert Oliver Parker, 76, of Hickory, was given an active prison sentence of six to 22 years following his guilty plea to three counts of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor on Tuesday, July 25, 2023, in Catawba County Superior … Read More