Dexter Leon Surratt, 49, of Hickory, will spend eight to 10 years in prison after he was found guilty of failure to register as a sex offender and attaining status as a habitual felon by a Catawba County jury. The … Read More
Gregory Shawn Kain, 57, of Newton, will serve seven to 10 years in prison after he was found guilty of trafficking fentanyl by a Catawba County jury on Wednesday, July 15, 2026. The sentence was imposed by Superior Court Karen … Read More
A Catawba County jury needed about an hour of deliberation to find a Sparta man guilty of breaking and entering and larceny after breaking and entering during Catawba County Superior Court on Tuesday, June 30, 2026. The Honorable Nathaniel J. … Read More
A Catawba County jury needed about 15 minutes of deliberation to find a Hickory man guilty of trafficking methamphetamine by possession on Tuesday, April 14, 2026, to conclude a trial after a day and a half in Catawba County The … Read More
Jordan Ashlee Abernathy was sentenced to an active prison term of six to eight years after he was found guilty as charged on all drug offenses by a jury to conclude a two-day trial in Catawba County Superior Court on … Read More
A jury returned a guilty verdict for 56-year-old Cornelius Sylvanus Burnett on child sex offenses to conclude a week-long trial in Burke County Superior Court on Monday, November 10, 2025. The Honorable Gary Gavenus, Superior Court Judge from Yancey County, … Read More
Oscar Alexander Huffman, 52, of Granite Falls, was sentenced to serve eight to 11 years in prison after he was found guilty of breaking/entering and larceny after breaking/entering by a Catawba County jury on Thursday, October 30, 2025. The Honorable … Read More
A Catawba County jury needed less than an hour to find a Statesville woman guilty on counts of trafficking methamphetamine by possession and transportation on Wednesday, October 8, 2025. Tiffany Michelle Ramos, 39, will serve six to eight years in … Read More
A Catawba County jury returned a guilty verdict in a drug trafficking case for a Newton man to conclude a four-day trial in Catawba County Superior Court on Thursday, July 31, 2025. Tyrus Terrill Sanders, 48, was sentenced to serve … Read More
“Justice has been served.” Those were the words of Marcus McLean after a Catawba County jury found a Hickory man guilty of first-degree murder in the death of McLean’s mother, Iris Ranae Robinson, on Thursday, May 22, 2025, bringing a … Read More