Jurors send up charges in 22 cases
By John Joyce
Published in News on August 14, 2012 1:46 PM
The Wayne County grand jury has handed down 22 true bills of indictment for July, including charges of statutory rape, kidnapping, child abuse, taking indecent liberties with a child, cruelty to animals and nearly a dozen drug violations.
Grand juries in North Carolina are convened to determine whether the facts constitute probable cause for the prosecutor's office to proceed with court proceedings against a person charged with a crime. They are made up of 12-18 people impaneled by the Superior Court, usually for a term of one year.
These true bills were returned by the Wayne County Grand Jury:
* Gustavo Gaspar, 36, of Dudley, rape of a child by an adult offender, statutory rape of a 13-year-old, taking indecent liberties with a child, statutory sex offense of 13-year-old.
* Isaiah Martin, 18, Selma, first-degree kidnapping, assault with intent to kill inflicting serious injury.
* Yondra Wooten, 25, 908 S. Audobon Avenue, felony child abuse.
* Johnny Ray Willis, 29, 1005 Harris Street, indecent liberties, lewd and lascivious act.
* Nicholas Shields, 18, 407 W. Grantham Street, breaking and entering of a motor vehicle, resisting a public officer, possession of stolen goods.
* Roger Wade Houston, 50, 903 Hopkins Street, cruelty to animals.
* Kenneth Dekeyser, 44, 1000 Devereaux Street, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, habitual felon.
* Joseph Irvin Powell, 38, of Mount Olive, possession and distribution of an immediate precursor chemical.
* Katrina Anderson Whaley, 46, of Dudley, possession and distribution of an immediate precursor chemical.
* Michael J. Lozier, 29, of Mount Olive, possession and distribution of an immediate precursor chemical.
* Christopher Mark Adams, 29, 112 Deer Meadow Drive, possession and distribution of an immediate precursor chemical.
* Christopher Adolph Jones, 35, of Mount Olive, possession and distribution of an immediate precursor chemical.
* Lance Patrick Gardner, 28, of Princeton, manufacturing a controlled substance, possession of an immediate precursor chemical to manufacture methamphetamine.
* Casey Roberto Madox, 20, of LaGrange, breaking and entering, injury to real property, larceny after breaking and entering, possession of stolen goods, resisting a public officer.
* Evelyn Nicole Tucker, 28, of Pikeville, possession of a controlled substance.
* Leland Daniel Underhill, 32, of Stantonsburg, possession of a stolen firearm, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
* David Jae McCarty, 23, of Dudley, breaking and entering of a motor vehicle, larceny, possession.
* Janelle Kay Ham, 26, 401 Whitfield Drive, forgery, uttering.
* Jonathan Seaman, 30, of Proctorville, first-degree burglary.
* Ryan Oshea Hall, 19, 110 N. James Street, possession of a controlled substance, keeping and maintaining a dwelling for the purpose of controlled substances, possession of a stolen firearm.
* Kenneth Lamel Fullard, 23, 706 W. Chestnut Street, possession with intent to sell and deliver controlled substances, driving while license revoked, keeping and maintaining a vehicle for controlled substances.
* Lashawn Anthony Mccullen, 26, Mount Olive, selling a controlled substance, delivering a controlled substance, possession with intent to sell and deliver a controlled substance.