Nancy R. Lee
Catawba County Assistant District Attorney Nancy Lee was recognized as a recipient of the Law Enforcement Commendation and Medal by the Catawba Valley Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR). Lee was presented with the award by SAR … Read More
Catawba County Assistant District Attorney Nancy Lee was awarded the Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism Award at the summer conference of District Attorneys held in Wilmington, N.C., June 16-18, 2025. The award was presented to Lee for years of service … 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
Tony Ray Kirkland II, 25, of Statesville, will spend six to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to trafficking methamphetamine by possession, robbery with a dangerous weapon and assaulting a detention officer during Catawba County Superior Court on Tuesday, … Read More
Bryana Salymar Martines, 25, of Shelby, was sentenced to an active prison term of 20 to 25 years following her guilty plea to second-degree murder on Monday, March 25, 2024, in Catawba County Superior Court The Honorable Daniel A. Kuehnert, … Read More
A Newton man will serve an active prison term of six to eight years following his conviction for assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury during Catawba County Superior Court on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. … Read More
Manuel Alejandro Acevedo, 35, of Hickory, will serve an active prison sentence of nearly six to eight years following his conviction for death by distribution during Catawba County Superior Court on Monday, September 18, 2023. The Honorable Lori Hamilton, Superior … Read More
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
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
Jonathan Lynn Sorrels, 35, of Conover, will serve an active prison sentence of nearly six to eight years following his conviction for trafficking opiates during Catawba County Superior Court on Wednesday, February 22, 2023. The Honorable Nathaniel J. Poovey, Superior … Read More