WCDP Stolen Checks Issue
Finally a whole year later, the checks stolen from the home of the former Wilson County Democratic Party treasurer finally hits the local newspaper.
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Monday, March 11, 2013 10:51 PM
Attempted murder defendant indicted
Murchinson charged in Nov. 13 stabbing at Wilson duplex
By Corey Friedman | Times Online Editor
A convicted felon has been indicted on an attempted murder charge in the November stabbing of a woman at her Wilson home. Shyquwan Murchinson, 19, is accused of stabbing 32-year-old Sharese Jones in the upper torso at her Hooks Street duplex on Nov. 13. Police said a domestic dispute preceded the stabbing and said Murchinson and Jones were in a relationship. Murchinson rode away on a bicycle after stabbing Jones, according to police. He was arrested the next day and charged with attempted first-degree murder. Jones was rushed to Vidant Medical Center in Greenville after the attack. Murchinson served a one-year, one-month prison sentence on a 2009 Wilson County conviction for breaking and entering and larceny, state prison system records show. A Wilson County grand jury returned 103 true bills of indictment last week. Also indicted was a woman accused of harassing and intimidating a witness against Murchinson in the Nov. 13 stabbing case. Maria Murchinson, 39, of 406 Parker Lane, is accused of calling the witness repeatedly and demanding her to drop all charges, according to a warrant for her arrest. Wilson police charged her with intimidating a witness and cyberstalking. Court documents did not explain how Maria Murchinson and Shyquwan Murchinson are related.
SEXUAL ASSAULT INVOLVES 2 MEN Grand jurors last week indicted a Wilson man accused of sexually assaulting another man last July. Christopher Claude Thigpen, 35, of 519 E. Nash St., forced the man to engage in sex acts against his will on July 2, according to arrest warrants. Sheriff’s deputies charged Thigpen with committing a second-degree sexual offense and committing a crime against nature. A registered sex offender has been indicted on a charge of attending a children’s back-to-school fair at a Wilson recreation center in August. Billy Ray Harris, 42, of 1701 Orange St. S.E., is accused of going to the Reid Street Community Center during a back-to-school event. Deputies charged Harris with being a sex offender on child premises. Harris was convicted in January 1999 of a sexual offense with certain victims. The charge applies to those who engage in sex acts with minors while in positions of authority. Harris served a sentence of more than 4 ½ years and was released from prison in August 2003.
A man accused of smuggling nearly 5 pounds of synthetic marijuana into Wilson County from his Robeson County home was indicted on a charge of trafficking a synthetic cannabinoid. Joshua Daniel Speight, 32, was arrested Aug. 23 after deputies stopped his 2007 Chrysler 300 sedan on U.S. 301 east of Kenly. Officials said a sheriff’s K-9 alerted deputies to drugs in the car. The Wilson County Sheriff’s Office contacted deputies in Robeson County who searched Speight’s home outside the town of Rowland. Officials said drug investigators there seized about 242 ½ pounds of synthetic marijuana. Speight’s wife, 26-year-old Christy Marie Speight, was in the car when deputies arrested Joshua Speight, but she was not charged with any crimes in Wilson County.
DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHECKS STOLEN A man accused of stealing $1,850 from the Wilson County Democratic Party by cashing forged checks was indicted on 11 counts each of forgery of instrument and uttering a forged instrument. Daniel Ray Wilson, 54, of Stantonsburg, stole the Democratic Party checkbook from the home of former girlfriend Barbara Dantonio, the party’s then-treasurer, according to police. Wilson then cashed 11 checks that authorities say he made out to himself, overdrawing the Democratic Party’s account at BB&T. The checks were cashed in March and early April. Party officials said Wilson once lived in Dantonio’s home but no longer had access to it. Also indicted last week was a former auto repair shop manager accused of having more than $10,000 worth of work done to his own car under fake customer names. Wilson police say Andrew Catania, 39, of 6305 Amherst Road, Durham, used fraudulent billing methods to have $10,615 in repairs made to his personal vehicle when he was store manager at Monro Muffler on Forest Hills Drive. The repairs were made between Dec. 2 and Dec. 26, 2011, an arrest warrant states. Police charged Catania with embezzlement and obtaining property by false pretense. The grand jury meets monthly at the Wilson County Courthouse. Its next session is scheduled for the week of April 8.
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Attempted murder defendant indicted
Murchinson charged in Nov. 13 stabbing at Wilson duplex
By Corey Friedman | Times Online Editor
A convicted felon has been indicted on an attempted murder charge in the November stabbing of a woman at her Wilson home. Shyquwan Murchinson, 19, is accused of stabbing 32-year-old Sharese Jones in the upper torso at her Hooks Street duplex on Nov. 13. Police said a domestic dispute preceded the stabbing and said Murchinson and Jones were in a relationship. Murchinson rode away on a bicycle after stabbing Jones, according to police. He was arrested the next day and charged with attempted first-degree murder. Jones was rushed to Vidant Medical Center in Greenville after the attack. Murchinson served a one-year, one-month prison sentence on a 2009 Wilson County conviction for breaking and entering and larceny, state prison system records show. A Wilson County grand jury returned 103 true bills of indictment last week. Also indicted was a woman accused of harassing and intimidating a witness against Murchinson in the Nov. 13 stabbing case. Maria Murchinson, 39, of 406 Parker Lane, is accused of calling the witness repeatedly and demanding her to drop all charges, according to a warrant for her arrest. Wilson police charged her with intimidating a witness and cyberstalking. Court documents did not explain how Maria Murchinson and Shyquwan Murchinson are related.
SEXUAL ASSAULT INVOLVES 2 MEN Grand jurors last week indicted a Wilson man accused of sexually assaulting another man last July. Christopher Claude Thigpen, 35, of 519 E. Nash St., forced the man to engage in sex acts against his will on July 2, according to arrest warrants. Sheriff’s deputies charged Thigpen with committing a second-degree sexual offense and committing a crime against nature. A registered sex offender has been indicted on a charge of attending a children’s back-to-school fair at a Wilson recreation center in August. Billy Ray Harris, 42, of 1701 Orange St. S.E., is accused of going to the Reid Street Community Center during a back-to-school event. Deputies charged Harris with being a sex offender on child premises. Harris was convicted in January 1999 of a sexual offense with certain victims. The charge applies to those who engage in sex acts with minors while in positions of authority. Harris served a sentence of more than 4 ½ years and was released from prison in August 2003.
A man accused of smuggling nearly 5 pounds of synthetic marijuana into Wilson County from his Robeson County home was indicted on a charge of trafficking a synthetic cannabinoid. Joshua Daniel Speight, 32, was arrested Aug. 23 after deputies stopped his 2007 Chrysler 300 sedan on U.S. 301 east of Kenly. Officials said a sheriff’s K-9 alerted deputies to drugs in the car. The Wilson County Sheriff’s Office contacted deputies in Robeson County who searched Speight’s home outside the town of Rowland. Officials said drug investigators there seized about 242 ½ pounds of synthetic marijuana. Speight’s wife, 26-year-old Christy Marie Speight, was in the car when deputies arrested Joshua Speight, but she was not charged with any crimes in Wilson County.
DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHECKS STOLEN A man accused of stealing $1,850 from the Wilson County Democratic Party by cashing forged checks was indicted on 11 counts each of forgery of instrument and uttering a forged instrument. Daniel Ray Wilson, 54, of Stantonsburg, stole the Democratic Party checkbook from the home of former girlfriend Barbara Dantonio, the party’s then-treasurer, according to police. Wilson then cashed 11 checks that authorities say he made out to himself, overdrawing the Democratic Party’s account at BB&T. The checks were cashed in March and early April. Party officials said Wilson once lived in Dantonio’s home but no longer had access to it. Also indicted last week was a former auto repair shop manager accused of having more than $10,000 worth of work done to his own car under fake customer names. Wilson police say Andrew Catania, 39, of 6305 Amherst Road, Durham, used fraudulent billing methods to have $10,615 in repairs made to his personal vehicle when he was store manager at Monro Muffler on Forest Hills Drive. The repairs were made between Dec. 2 and Dec. 26, 2011, an arrest warrant states. Police charged Catania with embezzlement and obtaining property by false pretense. The grand jury meets monthly at the Wilson County Courthouse. Its next session is scheduled for the week of April 8.
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