William Lavar Brawley, 41, of Morganton, was sentenced to a prison term of 18 to 23 years on jury convictions for trafficking fentanyl during Burke County Superior Court on Monday, December 9, 2024. The Honorable Carla Archie, Superior Court Judge … Read More
A Catawba County jury found a Hickory man guilty of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury at the end of a trial covering parts of four days on Thursday, November 21, 2024, in Catawba … Read More
A Newton man will spend 152 to 248 years in prison after a Catawba County jury found him guilty on 19 counts of sexual offenses with two minor female victims. The jury needed less than an hour to convict 51-year-old … Read More
A Catawba County jury needed less than an hour of deliberation to find a Hickory woman guilty of habitual larceny on Tuesday, February 6, 2024, to conclude a two-day Superior Court trial. Ashley Hoffman, 38, was sentenced to an active … Read More
A Conover man will spend six to eight years in prison after a jury found him guilty of trafficking in methamphetamine by possession and transportation on Wednesday, November 29, 2023, at the conclusion of a trial in Catawba County. The … Read More
A Conover man will serve nearly nine to 11 years in prison after a Catawba County jury found him guilty of drug offenses, and he admitted to his status as a habitual felon. Derrick Shay Bishop, 40, was found guilty … Read More
A Hickory man will spend at least 45 years in prison after a Catawba County jury found him guilty of attempted first-degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury. Kevin Maurice Linder, 46, … Read More
A Catawba County jury convicted Jonathan Ray Lail of multiple sexual offenses on Tuesday, November 1, 2022, bringing a trial of seven days to a close in Catawba County Superior Court. Lail, 35, of Newton, was given an active prison … Read More
A 65-year-old Morganton man was convicted of second-degree murder by a Burke County jury on Friday, October 28, 2022, at the conclusion of a week-long trial The jury found George Lee Allison guilty in the shooting death of Brandon Adams. … Read More
A Conover man will spend the rest of his life in prison after a Catawba County jury found him guilty of first-degree murder on Friday, March 18, 2022, to conclude a week-long trial. Scott Anthony Putnam, 41, of Conover, was … Read More