Jessica A. Phillips
The last of three men with connections to a substantial Mexican drug trafficking organization was convicted for his involvement in bringing cocaine and heroin into and through Catawba County. Juan Olmos, 56, of Claremont, was given an active prison term … Read More
Catawba County Assistant District Attorney Jessica Phillips recently was honored by the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation for her work in the prosecution of an international child sex enterprise. Phillips received the SBI Director’s Partnership Award for Merit during … Read More
Robert Oliver Parker, 76, of Hickory, was given an active prison sentence of six to 22 years following his guilty plea to three counts of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor on Tuesday, July 25, 2023, in Catawba County Superior … Read More
Caleb Matthew Hale, 27, of Denver, N.C., will serve an active prison sentence of 12 to 19 years following his conviction for attempted statutory rape of a child younger than 15 during Catawba County Superior Court on Tuesday, May 30, … Read More
Darwin Aguilar Vasquez, 23, of Conover, will serve an active prison sentence of 12-19 years following his conviction for statutory rape of a child younger than 15 years of age during Catawba County Superior Court on Monday, March 6, 2023. … Read More
Allen Joseph Gambill was given an active prison term of 20 to 29 years after pleading guilty to sexual offenses involving a minor during Catawba County Superior Court on Monday, January 9, 2023. Gambill, 47, of Hickory, entered a guilty … Read More
A Catawba County jury convicted Jonathan Ray Lail of multiple sexual offenses on Tuesday, November 1, 2022, bringing a trial of seven days to a close in Catawba County Superior Court. Lail, 35, of Newton, was given an active prison … Read More
Jose Luis Garcia, 40, of Hickory, was sentenced to an active prison term of 12 to 19 years following his conviction for multiple sexual offenses during Catawba County Superior Court on Monday, June 27, 2022. The Honorable Reggie E. McKnight, … Read More
A Hickory man will serve at least 12 years in prison following his conviction for sexual offenses on Monday, April 11, 2022, during Catawba County Superior Court. Andrew John Kenneth Patrick, 45, was given the active prison term of 12 … Read More
Joshua Jezreel Duncan was given an active prison sentence of nine to 12 years following his conviction for multiple drug offenses during Catawba County Superior Court on Tuesday, March 29, 2022. The Honorable J. Thomas Davis, Superior Court Judge from … Read More