Charlotte's 88th Murder Victim Jamario Roger Caldwell Age 32

Detectives with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s Homicide Unit are conducting a homicide investigation near the intersection of North Davidson Street and East 12th Street in the Central Division.

  

Jamario Roger Caldwell Photo Courtesy MCSO

On Tuesday, October 8, 2024, at approximately 9:10 a.m., Eastway Division officers responded to an Assault with a Deadly Weapon with injury call for service in the 100 block of Winding Path Way. Upon arrival, officers located an unoccupied vehicle and multiple shell casings.  

A short time later, Central Division officers responded to an Assault with a Deadly Weapon with injury call for service near the intersection of North Davidson Street and East 12th Street. Upon arrival, officers located a male victim suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. The Charlotte Fire and MEDIC also responded to the scene.  MEDIC pronounced the victim deceased on scene.

Facts seems to indicate the victim identified as Jamario Caldwell, age 32 was shot at the first location and was driven to the North Davidson location.

A search of Jamario Roger Caldwell age 32 turned up more than 50 charges since age 18 most were dismissed. The reasons for dismissal range from lack of evidence to lost paperwork. 

We was convicted in 2010, 2011 and 2016. Caldwell had his probation revoked in 2019 and spent 3 months in prison being released in March of 2020.

A go fund me has been started to help the family with funeral expenses. So far the effort has raised $585 of the $15,000 goal.

Da Creek Claims Another Life

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) is investigating a homicide that occurred around 11 a.m. on Monday morning.

CMPD Officers responded to the 400 block of Peachtree Drive South about a call to assist Medic. 

When they arrived, they found a man, 24-year-old Curtis Gregory Lampkin, with an apparent gunshot wound. Lampkin was pronounced dead at the scene, officials said.

Photo Courtesy Iredell Sheriff Office

Lampkin had a history of arrests but had avoided prison since he was released in 2019.

His convictions in Mecklenburg and Iredell counties included, common law robbery, felony B&E, larceny after B&E, and probation and parole violations. 

Charlotte's Latest Homicide Victim A Familiar Path

By most accounts Charlotte's latest homicide victim's life choices led to the rather tragic but standard outcome. 

According to CMPD Detectives with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s Homicide Unit are conducting a homicide investigation in the 100 block of Tom Hunter Rd. in the North Tryon Division.

On Thursday, October 3, 2024, shortly before 10:00 p.m., North Tryon Division officers responded to an assault with a deadly weapon with injury call for service in the 100 block of Tom Hunter Rd. Upon arrival, officers discovered a male victim suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. MEDIC pronounced the victim deceased on scene.

Shortly after, officers received an assault with a deadly weapon with injury call for service in the 6700 block of N. Tryon St. where they located a second victim suffering from a gunshot wound. The juvenile victim was transported by MEDIC with life-threatening injuries.

Just before 11:30 p.m., a third victim arrived at a nearby hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Detectives are working to determine the relationship between the three victims.

Homicide Unit detectives responded to the scene to conduct an investigation and Crime Scene Search responded to process the scene and collect physical evidence. Representatives from the CMPD’s Operations Command, Victim Services, the Charlotte Fire Department and MEDIC also assisted.

Gunned down on the streets that ruled his life.

Derrick Answon Baker was a street thug arrested more than a dozen times since turning 18, every one of those charges dismissed by the courts and Mecklenburg County DA or resulted in a sentence of time served or probation. 

He was released from the MCSO jail just 2 weeks ago. 

The conviction on any one of those charges a decade prior would have led to an active prison sentence and Baker would likely be alive this morning rather than laid out on a cold metal tray at the medical examiner's office. The only thing differentiating him from the others a toe tag as his only ID.

Proving once again incarceration saves lives.

Baker's arrests include:

Assault on a female (6)

Trespassing (5)

Robbery with a dangerous weapon (2)

Breaking and entering motor vehicle

Possession of a stolen weapon

Possession of a weapon by felon (3)

Possession of a weapon on school property

Common law robbery

Carrying a concealed weapon

PWISD marijuana

Resisting arrest

Probation violation

 

Illegals Have Overrun North Carolina's Criminal Justice System

The media is so left leaning that they won't tell you this on Eyewitness news at 6 o'Clock.

Out of the countless media types in Charlotte only Brett Jensen with WBT was brave enough to tell the story CP has been hearing from CMPD Officers.

But his detailed post on "X" below quickly took fire from the left - case in point @BenWike:

"Brett, look at this fucking cesspool of a comment section under your tweet. 

Half of them aren’t even real people but bots and foreign agents. Is this the engagement you are looking for? To what end? What deficit in you is being filled by espousing such tripe?"

Ben's not the only one upset that Brett Jensen will tell you the facts here Christina Brown having a nutty:

"If this is true, there should be public records. So where are they? There are no publicly available mugshots showing his name and picture for any of the crimes you have listed here. I wonder why?"

Brett Jensen WBT News via "X":

BREAKING: A man that shot a CMPD officer was an illegal immigrant, had been deported twice, and had a lengthy violent criminal record, a senior law enforcement official tells me. Nelson Javier Funez Reyes, 37, was shot and killed by officers on Sept. 22, after he shot Officer Kenneth Kludy in the thigh. Sources say the bullets came close to hitting his femoral artery. Kludy is recovering at home and will be fine. However, questions abound as to why the incident managed to take place. Reyes was previously deported on Oct. 1, 2005. And then again on July 11, 2017, according to a database. In between his two deportations in 2005 and 2017, Reyes had accumulated a lengthy violent criminal record, per the database. Besides having multiple traffic violations in Fairfax, Va., in Alamance & Carteret counties and areas in NC, Reyes was arrested on May 3, 2015, in Mecklenburg Co., for assaulting a female, assault by pointing a gun, and communicating threats. Three days later on May 6, 2015, he was arrested from charges stemming from Sept. 2, 2011, in Durham Co., for assaulting a female, larceny of property and interfering with emergency equipment. Both arrests were later dropped. The first was dropped, according to records, because the witness failed to show in court. The second offenses in Durham were all dismissed by the district attorney. There was no indication as to why. Reyes was again arrested in Mecklenburg Co., according to officials, on Jan. 29, 2016, for again assaulting a female, pointing a gun, larceny and communicating threats. A law enforcement official said the charges appear to have been dismissed so as Reyes could yet again be deported. Then on Sept. 22, when Reyes was shot and killed following officers pulling him over after matching the description of a call for assault with a deadly weapon, according to a CMPD statement. Officers initiated a traffic stop on the vehicle in the 200 block of E. Arrowood Rd. when a suspect produced a handgun causing an exchange of gunfire, per CMPD. Reyes was later pronounced dead.

Nelson Javier Funez Reyes was just one of many violent criminals who are running lose in North Carolina and idiots like "Ben" who scream racist when this fact is pointed out lose their minds.

Any day of the week MCSO arrest blotter is loaded with hispanics in numbers that five years ago would surprise people. How many are here illegally? Hard to say perhaps as high as 50%. Maybe higher.

Jesus Reyes Lopez

The 20-year-old man accused of starting a fire that left 130 Charlotteans homeless this week is an undocumented immigrant and will likely be deported no matter the outcome of his trial for arson and attempted murder. Jesus Reyes Lopez is a Mexican citizen and is wanted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for being in the country illegally.

Back in 2017 when he was arrested Mecklenburg County Sheriff Carmichael noted that he would be deported once he was released from prison. He was convicted of 2 counts of First Degree Arson and sentenced to a maximum of six years and two months.

He was paroled from prison in 2022 and never was deported. The now 27 year old was last known to be living in Georgia. 

Luis Perez-Valencia

A 34-year-old illegal alien in Wilmington, NC has pleaded guilty to the rape of an 11-year-old Leland girl.

This afternoon Luis Perez-Valencia admitted to raping the girl on two separate occasions back in 2011 and attempting to engage in intercourse another time that same year.

A DNA test proved that Perez-Valencia got the 11-year-old pregnant.

Judge Thomas Lock sentenced him to 16 to 20 years in prison. Perez-Valencia is required to complete sex offender treatment while in prison. He must also register as a sex offender and will be under GPS satellite monitoring for the rest of his life.

Perez-Valencia will be deported from the United States after he serves his time. 

He is still incarcerated at a cost to North Carolina taxpayers and is due to be released in 2027.

Untold Numbers

There are 100's of arrests of illegals in North Carolina just last month alone. 

Crimes of rape and murder are many, violent crimes, robbery and DWI often causing death or severe injuries. Yet the liberal media, courts, DAs, judges and sheriffs look the other way.  

Another Uptown Shooting You Won't Hear About

A mass shooting in Uptown Charlotte is apparently no longer considered news. But the local paper, or what's left of it managed to comb through police reports and discovered that "no one was killed". 

Five people, two hospitalized but little detailed information beyond that it happened Saturday night. Not a word from local television news. 

he copy of the local paper story is below. The best part is the photo of the CMPD parked vintage Crown Vic in front of the 7/11.

Oh well on to other news.

An argument near Romare Bearden Park on Saturday resulted in three people shot and a stray bullet going through an uptown 7-Eleven window where workers were inside, according to CMPD reports. 

No one was killed. 

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police charged a teen in the shooting, which happened about 10:46 p.m. at 255 W. Martin Luther King Blvd. Five people were listed as victims in a police report. 

Two women, ages 49 and 22, were hospitalized, the report said. Three men, 42, 43, and 24 were also listed as victims. 

On Tuesday, the store window remained boarded up, and a CMPD car sat outside. 

Kristiana Lazarevic, who has been living in the area for about three years, was home when the shooting occurred, but said she didn’t hear or see anything. 

By the time she noticed what happened, the police were outside, she said. “I don’t know if it’s because of the bars or what attracts people to this area … but I’ve noticed that in this area, it’s gotten worse in recent months,” she said. 

Teenagers and their parents were charged in a July Fourth brawl in 2023 in that area of uptown, and five people were shot and wounded at Romare Bearden Park on New Year’s Eve, prompting concerns from business owners and more focus on uptown safety from police and city leaders. 

Lazarevic said she likes her uptown apartment and has no plans to move, but would if things became too unsafe. 

Hadiyah Omar, who moved into an apartment near Romare Bearden Park a year ago, said she’s thinking about moving after her lease ends. 

She wasn’t home when the shooting occurred, she said, and she wasn’t aware of it until Tuesday, but said it was “unnecessary.” She doesn’t feel unsafe, she said, but it is one of the reasons — the other being vagrancy just outside of her apartment — she’s thinking about moving somewhere else in the city. 

Maurice Worthy, who heard about the shooting the day after when he saw the damaged window at the 7-Eleven, said it was surprising. He said he’s never felt unsafe uptown. “There’s a lot of chaos going on in the world,” Worthy said. “And everyone just needs to calm down.”

OIS (Officer Involved Shooting) In Da Creek (Steele Creek)

It's had been a remarkably quiet weekend around the Queen City.  

That changed quickly on around 7:25 p.m. Sunday when officers responded to an assault with a deadly weapon call for service. 3 minutes later CMPD's "Real Time Crime Center" spotted the suspect vehicle. 

CMPD officers initiated a traffic stop on the vehicle in the 200 block of East Arrowood Road when the suspect produced a handgun causing an exchange of gunfire. 

At 7:30 p.m. the shots fired officer down call was made.

According to CMPD one officer was struck and transported to the hospital with serious injuries. As a precaution, a second officer was taken to an area hospital as well.

The suspect was also transported to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. 

(We wish both officers a speedy and full recovery.)

CMPD added that a firearm was recovered at the scene.

Steele Creek is CMPD's largest division at more the 70 square miles, it is larger that most of the cities in the in the Carolinas. Everyone who rolls in "Da Creek" knows the problem is too many people in too small of a space.

Apartments on top of apartments. A demographic mix the rivals New Orleans but one that is disproportionate to most of Charlotte. Steele Creek by many metrics is more hood than "Metro" or the once infamous "West Over".

The "Wedge" that area bounded by I-77 and I-485 of Steele Creek 2 has seen four homicides in the last five months. 

100 Block of Kingsford Drive May 27th

1600 Block Sharon Road West June 21st

600 Block Silverleaf Road September 10th

800 Block Farmhurst Drive June 13th

The mental geniuses of local media never fail to ask thoughtful questions:

"When asked about which person shot first, DC Robinson said an investigation will determine that, but talked about the quick decisions officers have to make". WBTV News.

For some reason crime finds its way to Arrowood with more than 500 crimes reported in the last six months. The 200 block of Arrowood has more than 50 crimes reported in the last two years alone, make that 51.

Cedar Update:

On Tuesday, September 24, 2024, the suspect in this case, Nelson Javier Funez Reyes, 37, was pronounced deceased at a local hospital. According to sources Reyes is an illegal alien with a long criminal record. 

Man Who Shot 2 Year Old Arrested

19-year-old Demetrick McDonald has been arrested in connection with a shooting at a west Charlotte apartment complex that seriously injured a 2-year-old over the weekend.

According to police the shooting at the Evoke Living at Westerly Hills apartment complex happened around 2 a.m. on Sunday.

Photo Courtesy MCSO

Officers say that McDonald opened fire from a parking lot on Evoke Living Lane, just off Wilkinson Boulevard in west Charlotte hitting multiple apartments. 

The 2-year-old was taken to the hospital after being shot in the stomach. As of Wednesday evening, the child was still hospitalized. 

A second shooting happened at the same complex just after 4 a.m. Tuesday. 

Detectives with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police said no one was hit in the second shooting. Multiple bullet holes were visible in the siding of one of the buildings. 

On Thursday, CMPD announced that 19-year-old Demetrick McDonald was arrested in connection with the first shooting. He was arrested on Wednesday and charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury and 20 counts of shooting into an occupied dwelling. 

Of course this is not McDonald's first rodeo. MCSO records show four mugshots of McDonald since he turned 18 last year.

Photos from MCSO

MCSO does not publish arrests of juveniles under the age of 18.

McDonald was on probation out of Gaston County on a weapons charge and arrest that occurred on January 2, 2024. He was given a suspended sentence with community service and 12 months probation on March 4, 2024.

                                             

Gaston County Sheriff's Office

But according to Gaston County Sheriff's McDonald was arrested on several charges including drugs, weapons and no drivers license. Those charges were apparently dismissed for a guilty plea to the midsomer unlawful conceal carry weapon charge.

McDonald's September 27, 2023 arrest for possession of a stolen motor vehicle and resisting arrest charges in Charlotte are still pending. His cash bond for those crimes was less than $500.00.

Those charges where later upgraded to include the theft of the motor vehicle that he was in possession of on September 27.

McDonald is currently being held in the Mecklenburg County jail without bail.

Anyone with information is asked to call Charlotte Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600.