Below you will find information about the latest pleas, trials, and important developments in Burke, Caldwell, and Catawba Counties. As an office, we are bound by the Rules of Professional Conduct for all North Carolina attorneys, and special rules for prosecutors. Therefore, we often only comment on cases after final disposition.
For all media inquiries and requests, for all three counties, please contact Nathan Key by phone: 828-695-6193 or email: Nathan.D.Key@nccourts.org.
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
A Vale man will spend 10 to 13 years in prison following his conviction for the attempted murder of his brother during Catawba County Superior Court on Tuesday, June 13, 2023. Rodney Scott Wright, 54, was given the active period … Read More
John David Swink, 45, of Conover, was given an active prison term of seven to 10 years after pleading guilty to two counts of trafficking heroin and fleeing to elude arrest during Catawba County Superior Court on Monday, June 12, … Read More
Javon Dooley, 40, of Hickory, will serve an active prison sentence of six to nine years following his conviction for breaking and entering with admission of habitual felon status during Catawba County Superior Court on Monday, June 12, 2023. The … 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
Caleb Matthew Hale, 27, of Denver, N.C., will serve an active prison sentence of 12 to 19 years following his conviction for attempted statutory rape of a child younger than 15 during Catawba County Superior Court on Tuesday, May 30, … Read More
Nafife Morris Jainlett, 37, of Charlotte, will serve an active prison term of 10 to 13 years following his conviction for breaking and entering, larceny after breaking/entering, and admission of habitual felon status during Catawba County Superior Court on Monday, … Read More
Darwin Aguilar Vasquez, 23, of Conover, will serve an active prison sentence of 12-19 years following his conviction for statutory rape of a child younger than 15 years of age during Catawba County Superior Court on Monday, March 6, 2023. … Read More
The Catawba County Veterans’ Treatment Court (VTC) motto is “Victory Earned Together.” That motto was carried out during a ceremony honoring the first three graduates of the program on Friday, March 3, 2023, at the Catawba County Courthouse. The ceremony … Read More
A Hickory man was sentenced to an active prison term of six to nearly nine years following his guilty plea in Catawba County Superior Court on Monday, February 27, 2023. The Honorable Gregory R. Hayes, Superior Court Judge from Catawba … Read More