Verdicts and Sentences

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (114+ words) The case ultimately resolved through a plea rather than a capital trial. Judge Michael Duncan ordered Cook to serve three consecutive sentences of 300 to 372 months for the three murders, plus 64 to 89 months for arson, putting his total exposure between 964 and…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (201+ words) A Lenoir woman is now on the Burke County Sheriff's Office's Most Wanted list after failing to show up in court to face felony methamphetamine charges stemming from a traffic stop more than a year ago. Ashley Nicole Creasy, born…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1638+ words) Listen to this story (16 minutes) A lawsuit challenging conditions in North Carolina’s foster care system poses a “danger” because of the way plaintiffs are pursuing their claims, according to a new court filing. Lawyers representing Gov. Josh Stein, the Department…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (347+ words) The attorney for Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother accused of strangling her three children in 2023, asked President Donald Trump to pardon his client on Tuesday after a mistrial was declared last week in the high-profile murder case. Attorney Kevin Reddington…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (239+ words) After pleading guilty to kidnapping and possession of a firearm by a felon, a man who kidnapped an employee during an attempted robbery in 2025 will spend over a dozen years in prison. A judge sentenced Deangelo Shamond Toomer, 41, of Winston-Salem,…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (139+ words) A Chadbourn man will spend at least 23 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder for killing his 17-year-old son over a truck. Matthew Mercer, 44, appeared in court on Monday, for sentencing. After hearing emotional testimony, the judge sentenced…...