Rowan County: 25 await trials for murder

Published 1:37 am Monday, January 7, 2019

By Shavonne Walker
shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com

SALISBURY — There are 25 men and women who remain in the Rowan County jail who have been charged with murder and whose cases haven’t gone to trial. The oldest of the cases date to 2014 and the earliest just last year.

The following are awaiting murder charges:

• Sindy Lina Abbitt, 35
Arrested: June 23, 2016
Charge: Murder/assault with a deadly weapon
Trial date: March 4
Bond: $2 million

• Darius O’Bryan Abel, 28
Arrested: Oct. 16, 2014
Charge: First-degree murder 2x, possession of phone by an inmate
Trial date: Feb. 4
Bond: $3,002,500

• Kenneth Wayne Abel, 32
Arrested: Oct. 15, 2014
Charge: Murder
Trial date: Feb. 4
Bond: $3 million

• Daniel Real Albarran, 34,
Arrested: Aug. 17, 2016
Charge: First-degree murder
Trial date: March 4
Bond: $2 million

• Juan Renardo Chunn, 50
Arrested: Sept. 7, 2018
Charge: First-degree murder
Next court date: None listed
Bond: No bond

• Joshua Dimitri Clark, 26
Arrested: March 27, 2018
Charge: First-degree murder, possession of a weapon by a felon, robbery with a dangerous weapon
Next Court Date: None scheduled
Bond: No bond

• Jalen Lamont Cook, 24
Arrest: Aug. 1, 2017
Charge: Murder 2x, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury
Next court date: None scheduled
Bond: No bond

• Frankie Eugene Cox, 33
Arrest: May 31, 2017
Charge: Murder
Next court date: None scheduled
Bond: $500,000

• David Myron Dover, 56,
Arrest: May 12, 2016
Charge: First-degree murder, robbery with a dangerous weapon, driving while license revoked
Next Court date: None scheduled
Bond: No bond

• Donald Lee Frye, 52
Arrest: May 3, 2017
Charge: First-degree murder, felony breaking and entering, robbery with a dangerous weapon
Trial date: April 1
Bond: No bond

• Brandon Paul Hodges, 37
Arrest: Aug. 30, 2018
Charge: First-degree murder, robbery with a dangerous weapon, assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, felony breaking and entering
Next court date: None scheduled
Bond: No bond/$250,000 secured bond for robbery

• Xavier Deion Lowe, 19
Arrest: Oct. 22, 2018
Charge: First-degree murder, discharging a firearm into an occupied property with an officer inside, failure to appear x2
Next court date: Dec. 25, 2019
Bond: No bond for murder/$6,500 failure to appear

• Houston Ray McCarn, 22
Arrest: July 22, 2017
Charge: First-degree murder, felony child abuse/serious physical injury
Next court date: None scheduled
Bond: $500,000

• Howard Manuel Mickel, 33
Arrest: June 19, 2017
Charge: First-degree murder, felony possession of a firearm by a felon, failure to appear
Next court date: Dec. 25, 2019
Bond: No bond for murder/$5,000 for weapons offense/$700 failure to appear x2

• Travaree Dvon Miller, 19
Arrest: Jan. 22, 2018
Charge: First-degree murder, discharging a firearm into an occupied property while officer inside, assault with a deadly weapon and possession of a controlled substance on jail premises
Next court date: Feb. 6, 2019
Bond: $1,095,000

• Elijawn Unique Oglesby, 20
Arrest: Aug. 28, 2017
Charge: First-degree murder, discharging a firearm into occupied property officer inside
Next court date: Dec. 25, 2019
Bond: $700,000 secured

• Casey Lynn Parsons, 43
Arrest: March 13, 2018
Charge: First-degree murder, child abuse felony serious injury, common law obstruction of justice, felony concealment of a death.
Next court date: Feb. 14 hearing
Bond: No bond

• Sandy Wade Parsons, 45
Arrest: March 14, 2018
Charge: First-degree murder, child abuse felony serious injury, common law obstruction of justice, felony concealment of a death.
Next court date: Feb. 14 hearing
Bond: No bond

• Tracy Maurice Pruitt, 50
Arrest: July 25, 2018
Charge: Murder, seat belt violation, no financial responsibility, vehicle inspection required
Next court date: None scheduled
Bond: No bond

• Doreen Tamara Richardson, 24
Arrest: May 1, 2018
Charge: First-degree murder
Next court date: Dec. 25
Bond: No bond

• James Michael Robinson, 28
Arrest: Oct. 22, 2014
Charge: Murder, simple possession Schedule II controlled substance, possession of controlled substance on jail premises
Trial date: Feb. 4
Bond: No bond for murder/$5,000 for simple possession

• Taedrin Dashawn Sanders, 22,
Arrest: Feb. 10, 2018
Charge: Murder
Next court date: Dec. 25
Bond: $500,000

• John Calvin Sifford, 31
Arrest: March 7, 2018
Charge: Second-degree murder, first-degree murder, carrying a concealed gun x2, possession of a weapon by a felon, robbery with a dangerous weapon
Next court date: Dec. 25
Bond: $3,505,000

• Terry Eugene Watson, 21
Arrest: Nov. 8, 2017
Charge: Murder, discharging a firearm into an occupied property with an officer inside assault on a female
Next court date: Dec. 25
Bond: $650,000

• Joseph William Whitmire, 25,
Arrest: Aug. 15, 2017
Charge: First-degree murder, robbery with a dangerous weapon
Next court date: Dec. 25
Bond: No bond for murder/$100,000

Contact reporter Shavonne Walker at 704-797-4253.