Jessica A. Phillips
Shykwon Rashard Gibbs, 28, of Conover, was sentenced to serve 26 to 33 years in prison following his conviction for second-degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury during Catawba County Superior Court … 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
Sean Christopher Blankenship, 54, of Catawba, will serve 10 to 17 years in prison following his conviction for attempted statutory rape of a person 15 years old or younger during Catawba County Superior Court on Monday, March 10, 2025. The … Read More
Catawba County Assistant District Attorney Jessica Phillips took time away from prosecutorial duties to read a book to kindergarten students at Banoak Elementary School. ADA Phillips read the book “Eraser” by Anna Kang to students in Mrs. Barefoot’s class as … Read More
A Conover teenager will serve an active prison sentence of five to 10 years for sexual offenses involving a minor female victim during Catawba County Superior Court on Monday, February 3, 2025. Cyle Vernon Sidney, 18, was given the prison … Read More
James Drew Ballard, 40, of Morganton, was sentenced to serve six to eight years in prison following his conviction for two counts of trafficking fentanyl on separate occasions during Catawba County Superior Court on Monday, January 13, 2025. The Honorable … Read More
A Maiden man will serve 20 to 29 years in prison following his conviction for sexual assault offenses involving minors. Timothy Joe Parlier Jr., 46, was sentenced to serve the active term of incarceration following a plea to two counts … Read More
Cameron Deshan Harrison, 28, of Claremont, was sentenced to serve 12 to 24 years in prison following his conviction for two counts of first-degree sexual exploitation of a minor on Tuesday, September 17, 2024, in Catawba County Superior Court. The … Read More
Shawn Curtis Fox, 30, of Hickory, was sentenced to an active prison term of six to 23 years for three counts of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor during Catawba County Superior Court on Wednesday, September 4, 2024. The Honorable … 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