Another South Charlotte Murder

South Charlotte proper, that area south of SouthPark, east of Pineville and west of Matthews has been rather insulated from violence, and homicides are very rare. That sense of security has disappeared. On Saturday Charlotte posted the 3rd murder since July, south of Pineville Matthews Road.

According to CMPD detectives with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s Homicide Unit are conducting a homicide investigation in the 12800 block of James Blakeney Avenue in the South Division.

On Friday, October 25, shortly before 12:00 a.m., South Division officers responded to an Accident with Injury call for service in the 12800 block of James Blakeney Ave. Upon arrival, officers discovered a male victim inside of a vehicle with an apparent gunshot wound. MEDIC pronounced the victim deceased on scene.

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.

On August 13 police found Aryan Jaswal shot to death inside a vehicle.in the 14300 block of  Wynhollow Downs Lane. An unnamed 17 year old has been charged in this case.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department received a call on July 8 for a disabled car on Rea Road between Interstate 485 and Piper Glen Drive. There, they found the body of 36-year-old Derrick Byas.

Eric Watson Photo Courtesy MCSO

41-year-old Eric Watson was found and arrested in South Carolina with help from state investigators and the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office. He has been held at the Mecklenburg County Jail since July 19th.

The latest murder victim has not yet been named and no arrests have been reported.

Murder Before Sunset in Charloot? Why Not.

Detectives with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s Homicide Unit are conducting a homicide investigation in the 1100 block of Oaklawn Avenue in the Metro Division.

On Wednesday, October 23, 2024, shortly after 3:45 p.m., Metro Division officers responded to an Assault with a Deadly Weapon with injury call for service in the 1100 block of Oaklawn Avenue. Upon arrival, officers located a male victim with an apparent gunshot wound. The Charlotte Fire Department and MEDIC also responded to the scene.  The victim was pronounced deceased.

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

The victim in this case has been identified as Carlos Leiva, 25.  The victim’s next of kin has been notified of his death.

Donald Trump is a Fascist!

You can tell by the way Trump has rigged multiple presidential elections in order to cling to power.

Trump ordered the FBI to spy on his campaign opponents based on Russian disinformation. He unleashed the full power of the deep state to persecute his political opponents based on the lie they were engaged in foreign collusion. He undermined his successor's administration for years by launching a Special Counsel investigation, which led to there being no evidence of a crime. Trump turned the press loose to attack his enemies and he bombarded them with 95% negative media coverage. Then Trump fabricated countless hoaxes. He took quotes out of context to make his opponents look racist. He compared people to Hitler based on unverifiable sources. He said they disgraced fallen soldiers. There was no end to the absurd falsehoods he spread about those who opposed him. Although nobody could verify any of these accusations, he still repeated these Big Lies over and over again. And the media dutifully repeated them until people believed they were true. When his critics tried to fight back, he censored them. He de-platformed them across the media landscape. He got them demonetized so they couldn't make a living. He got Big Tech to rig social platforms so that their views were suppressed. Trump organized "fact checkers" to call his opponents' fair and accurate statements "misinformation." He went so far as to claim that their criticism was "disinformation" and that all of his documented scandals were "conspiracy theories." Trump spent hundreds of millions in an election to put drop boxes in heavy Republican areas. He got election laws unconstitutionally changed so that they favored him. He made sure there were tens of millions of impossible-to-trace ballots that flooded the polls. And then he miraculously pulled off a number of razor-thin victories in the early hours of the morning in multiple swing states. Trump's victory defied all odds. He had not run an actual campaign and had won despite having lost historic bellwether counties across America that had been election indicators for nearly a century. When his opponents cried foul, he called them a "threat to democracy." He ensured that judges wouldn't even hear the election challenges based on the merits. Then, the media obediently said there was "no evidence" of the election being rigged. After that, Trump made sure there was no security at the Electoral College despite warnings that there would be riots. When the election objections started being heard in Congress, a violent mob conveniently attacked the capitol to disrupt them. He got his political opponent mass de-platformed in a coordinated takedown after they called for peace. When the election was certified, his opponent graciously said he would immediately step down on January 20. Nevertheless, Trump tried to get his opponent thrown out of office. He brought impeachment charges against him based on a cherry-picked political narrative. When that didn't work, he launched a massive lawfare campaign against his opponent. He got state laws changed to bring damaging civil lawsuits that cost him tens of millions of dollars. He tried to illegally get his campaign rival removed from state ballots and banned from becoming president under the 14th Amendment. He got the White House to collude with state prosecutors in New York and Georgia to have his opponent and his followers imprisoned. He had them blamed for an attack on the capitol to stop them from running for office ever again. Then he joked and laughed about having his political opponent "jailed." Trump sent an FBI raid to his opponent's home. Federal law enforcement even ransacked the former First Lady's underwear drawers. This raid was authorized despite the president being guilty of the very same crime, which was not prosecuted because he got the special prosecutor to say he was too mentally unfit to stand trial. And when that didn't work, Trump threatened to take away his opponent's Secret Service protection if he were ever to be convicted, which was tantamount to issuing a death threat. Then the Secret Service protection was actually weakened and his opponent was subjected to multiple assassination attempts. The first attempt resulted in him getting an ear wound that was inches away from killing him. The second attempt came weeks afterwards, despite assurances that Secret Service protection was being enhanced. His administration then stonewalled the assassination investigations, and the FBI refused to say what had motivated the shooters who tried to kill his opponent, although the shooters were known to be donors to activist Republican causes. Despite promises to turn down the rhetoric, Trump actually escalated his accusations against his opponents, despite the multiple assassination attempts. He compared them to Hitler, Mussolini, and Chairman Mao. He accused them of wanting to end democracy in America for good. He also orchestrated an undemocratic party "coup" after the primaries in order to get his preferred candidate on the ballot in the upcoming election. Trump was responsible for the biggest election interference campaign in U.S. history, while accusing his opponent of being a "threat to democracy." Actually, on second thought, these aren't the actions of Donald Trump. They are things that Trump's political enemies did to him.  

So, who are the actual "fascists"? 

Jaylin Johnson 19 Arrested Again WTF?

A 19-year-old was arrested in Union County, on nearly two dozen outstanding warrants Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police said. 

Jaylin Johnson Photo Courtesy Union County Sherriff

Jaylin Johnson is no stranger to CMPD. He was charged with two murders last year, as well as 2 other prior arrests in the last 14 months. 

He was already in custody for the following charges reported back on October 10 of this month. 

24CR429825-1 AWDWIKISI
24CR429825-2 FELONY CONSPIRACY
24CR429825-3 DISCHARGING FIREARM INTO OCCUPIED PROPERTY
24CR429825-4 DISCHARGING FIREARM INTO OCCUPIED PROPERTY
24CR429825-5 DISCHARGING FIREARM INTO OCCUPIED PROPERTY
24CR429825-6 DISCHARGING FIREARM INTO OCCUPIED PROPERTY
24CR429825-7 DISCHARGING FIREARM INTO OCCUPIED PROPERTY
24CR429825-8 DISCHARGING FIREARM INTO OCCUPIED PROPERTY
24CR429825-9 DISCHARGING FIREARM INTO OCCUPIED PROPERTY
24CR429825-10 DISCHARGING FIREARM INTO OCCUPIED PROPERTY
24CR429772-1 DISCHARGING FIREARM INTO OCCUPIED PROPERTY
24CR429772-2 DISCHARGING FIREARM INTO OCCUPIED PROPERTY
24CR429772-3 DISCHARGING FIREARM INTO OCCUPIED PROPERTY
24CR429772-4 DISCHARGING FIREARM INTO OCCUPIED PROPERTY

So the question is why the hell was he released two days later on a $7,500 bond? He walked after paying just $50 dollars.

According to locate new media, "Jaylin Johnson was arrested on Tuesday, Oct. 22. He was wanted on 20 outstanding charges, including assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and shooting into an occupied dwelling."

Jaylin Johnson is being held in Union County on the following charges:

DISCHARGE FIREARM INTO OCCUPIED PROPERTY MECK COUNTY  24CR437847-590 

DISCHARGE FIREARM INTO OCCUPIED PROPERTY 24CR001532-890

WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION 24CR438182-890

ALTER/REMOVE GUN SERIAL NUMBER 24CR438176-890

POSSESSION OF FIREARM BY FELON 24CR438176-890

POSSESSION OF FIREARM BY FELON 24CR438182-890

DISCHARGE FIREARM OCCUPIED DWELLING/MOVING VEHIC MECK COUNTY CHARGES 24CR437851-590

DISCHARGE FIREARM INTO OCCUPIED PROPERTY SERIOUS BODILY INJ MECK COUNTY CHARGES 24CR437851-590

AWDWITK SERIOUS INJURY MECK COUNTY CHARGES 24CR437845-590

DISCHARGE FIREARM INTO OCCUPIED PROPERTY 24CR437845-590

ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON MECK COUNTY CHARGES 24CR437847-590

ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON MECK COUNTY CHARGES 24CR437848-590

ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON MECK COUNTY CHARGES 24CR437849-590

INJURY TO PERSONAL PROPERTY MECK COUNTY CHARGES 24CR437847-590

INJURY TO PERSONAL PROPERTY MECK COUNTY CHARGES 24CR437851-590

INJURY TO PERSONAL PROPERTY MECK COUNTY CHARGES 24CR437845-590

CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT A FELONY MECK COUNTY CHARGES 24CR437851-590

CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT A FELONY MECK COUNTY CHARGES 24CR437845-590

His total bond amount:$1,135,000.00

(You'll notice Union County Judges and Magistrates don't mess around.)

Here's where it gets crazy:

A year ago CMPD Officers were conducting a homicide investigation following a shooting in North Charlotte that left one dead at the scene and hospitalized two others, one of those hospitalized later also succumbed to his injuries. 

According to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, shortly before midnight on Tuesday, October 24th, officers responded to a reported shooting on Beatties Ford Road near mile marker 37 of Interstate 85.

Upon arrival, officers identified three victims suffering from gunshot wounds. One was pronounced dead at the scene and was later identified as Jadarius Marticee McCullough (DOB: 02/16/1996).

Jadarius Marticee McCullough Photo Courtesy MCSO

On Thursday, October 26, 2023, the second victim in this case passed away due to his injuries.  The 2nd victim has been identified as Quaveon Jeremiah Robinson (DOB: 04/26/2004). 

Quaveon Jeremiah Robinson Photo Courtesy MCSO

As a result of the investigation, detectives with CMPD’s Homicide Unit identified and charged Johnson. 

On Friday, October 27, 2023, CMPD’s Violent Criminal Apprehension Team (VCAT) arrested Jaylin Lamont Johnson (DOB: 03/02/2005) in Kannapolis, NC.  Mr. Johnson was then transferred into the custody of the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office and charged with the following:

Murder (2 Counts)

Attempted Murder

Discharge of a Firearm within Enclosure to Incite Fear

But those charges were later dismissed. Because the Meck DA's Office felt they had a "low chance of a conviction due to lack of evidence".

Additionally, he is on a one year probation out of Iredell County on a another felony. In that case the charge was flee and elude resulting in death. Chased by Officers causing 2 fatalities after he crashed his car killing two passengers.

Local media is not telling you the full story.  

Now based on local news media reports Officers in Union County seized six guns during Johnson's Tuesday arrest.

Seriously? 

Johnson is now being held at the Union County Detention Center. He's expected to be in court again on Oct. 31. 

Maybe we are better off if we don't bring this trash back to Mecklenburg County were local magistrates, judges and our Sheriff will just turn him loose again?

Another Weekend Another Child Shot in Charlotte - Updated

According to the local media a juvenile remains hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after becoming the third person shot in October at the same east Charlotte apartment community, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg police. The identity of the child has not been released.

The shooting happened around 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, in an apartment community that uses the address of Trousdale Drive, a public road that did not exist in 2022. 

This shooting was also where one person died in a “justified homicide” and another was wounded on Oct. 5, CMPD said in their news release. 

Police say the latest victim a child three years old was found and taken to a hospital after someone reported an assault with a deadly weapon.

Details of how the shooting happened have not been released, but “detectives are speaking to all parties involved.” “We are not looking for any outstanding suspects,” CMPD said. 

Cedar Update:

According to CMPD:

As a result of the investigation, detectives with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s Crimes Against Children Unit have obtained arrest warrants for a suspect in this case.

On Saturday, October 19, 2024, detectives arrested Mr. Kono Holloway, 21. Mr. Holloway was transported to the Law Enforcement Center (LEC) in Uptown (601 E. Trade Street) to speak with detectives.  At the conclusion of the interview, Mr. Holloway was transferred into the custody of the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office and charged with Storing a Firearm in Manner Accessible to a Minor.

Kono Holloway Photo Courtesy MCSO

Mr. Holloway is the father of the victim in this case. Of course this is not Mr. Holloway's first rodeo.

June 29, 2024 Arrest:

CARRYING CONCEALED WEAPON - GUN (M)

September 22, 2022 Arrest:

POSSESS MARIJUANA UP TO 1/2 OZ  - Dismissed 
CARRYING CONCEALED WEAPON - GUN (M) - Dismissed

December 11, 2023 

CARRYING CONCEALED WEAPON - GUN (M) - Dismissed 

May 9, 2023 Arrest:

CARRYING CONCEALED WEAPON - GUN (M) - Dismissed

POSSESS MARIJUANA UP TO 1/2 OZ - Dismissed

DISCHARGE WEAPON OCC PROP-CONVEY IN OPER - Dismissed 

DISCHARGE WEAPON OCC PROP-CONVEY IN OPER - Dismissed 

CARRYING CONCEALED WEAPON - GUN (M) - Dismissed 

August 10, 2021 Arrest:

POSSESS MARIJUANA UP TO 1/2 OZ - Dismissed

Of the above arrests only one wasn't dismissed by the Mecklenburg County DAs Office, the June 29, 2024 arrest. The judge's order was 30 days and surrender the weapon related to the case. However there is no record that Holloway served the time or surrendered the weapon.

The The apartments were Holloway apparently lives are marketed under the name East Side Flats which has a crazy urban Chicago feel. Now with these shootings the vibe is totally South Side Chicago.

Plus the rent is crazy cheap according to their web site a 2 bedroom 2 bath "flat rents for only $735.00 a month. There's a catch in order to rent the 2 bedroom unit a couple must earn less than $60,000 combined annually. If you can stand having say 8 people per Household in a three bedroom unit you can earn up to $98,000.00 combined.

Obviously they don't conduct any background checks.

The man killed Oct. 5 was identified as 50-year-old Demetrius Leon Allen, CMPD said. He was found around 11 p.m., police said.

“Officers also found a second victim on scene suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. That victim was transported by MEDIC with non-life threatening injuries,” officials said. An investigation concluded the killing “justified,” but details of the confrontation have not been released.

Joseph Kinton McAfee Shooting Death Deemed Justified

CMPD says the man killed in NoDa last night was Joseph McAfee, 23. Officers say they have interviewed all people involved in this case and no charges are expected at this time. Additional sources (unconfirmed) further ID'd the victim as Joseph Kinton McAfee age 23 of Monroe. 

Joseph Kinton McAfee age 23 Photo Courtesy Union County Sheriff

If ID'd correctly someone needs to send the shooter a fruit basket and a thank you card. McAfee had more than a dozen convictions and arrests in the last 3 years. Weapons and Theft convictions mainly.

POSSESSION OF FIREARM BY FELON (PRINCIPAL) 04/19/2021

LARCENY BY SERVANT/EMPLOYEE (PRINCIPAL) 05/16/2020

LARCENY OF FIREARMS (PRINCIPAL) 03/06/2020

LARCENY FROM PERSON (PRINCIPAL) 06/27/2020

3M REIMPRISON VIOL (PRINCIPAL) 02/08/2023

POSSESS SCHEDULE VI (PRINCIPAL) 02/07/2023

Sources tell CP that McAfee and another man attempted to rob an individual at gunpoint and that individual exercised his constitutional right and terminated the threat.

While CMPD Detectives decision not to charge the shooter is subject to review by the Mecklenburg DA's Office it is unlikely DA's Merriweather will disagree with thier findings.  

The Garbage The Observer Publishes

NC man’s arrest after alleged FEMA threat a reminder lies can destroy democracy 

 Opinion - Issac Bailey

A FEMA search and rescue team from Maryland search for human remains in debris from a structure in Swannanoa on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024 after Tropical Storm Helene flooded the Swannanoa River. North Carolina officials have confirmed 76 deaths from Tropical Storm Helene. TRAVIS LONG tlong@newsobserver.com

This past weekend isn’t the first time a North Carolina man who had apparently been convinced an extreme conspiracy theory was true allegedly picked up a gun to take matters into his own hands. 

It’s unlikely to be the last time if former President Donald Trump, conspiracy-theorist-in-chief, wins the White House next month — or even if he doesn’t. 

That’s the uncomfortable truth we don’t grapple with enough.

A 44-year-old man named William Jacob Parsons was arrested Saturday and accused of threatening FEMA workers who are helping western North Carolina recover from Hurricane Helene’s wrath. Police said he was armed with a handgun and an assault rifle, the kind of gun that has been a favorite of mass shooters and the young man who tried to assassinate Trump during a rally in Pennsylvania.

Parsons likely believed the lies Trump and too many of his supporters have been telling since Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina. 

They lied about the federal response, lied about the government blocking help from civilians, lied that people in the affected area would receive only $750. 

They lied to struggling residents that federal officials are coming into the area to seize property and “bulldoze bodies under the rubble” rather than assist local and state officials and volunteers. 

The lies have led to residents refusing help they desperately need, slowed recovery efforts as well as anti semitic and other threats against federal employees.

Though Parsons was the man with a gun — fears of an armed militia descending on Rutherford County convinced FEMA to temporarily remove personnel — he’s indicative of something larger, more sinister and disturbing. 

Shortly after the 2016 election between Hillary Clinton and Trump, then-28-year-old Edgar Maddison Welch drove from Salisbury to Washington, D.C. to rescue imaginary children from an imaginary child sex ring rumored to be run by Clinton and other Democrats. 

The children were supposed to be in the basement of Comet Ping Pong pizzeria. The restaurant has no basement. There were no children. Welch didn’t figure that out until after shooting inside Comet. 

The lies have something uncomfortably in common with the FEMA lies. The “Pizzagate” conspiracy was a fantastical demonization of Trump’s political opponents. The FEMA lies are designed to make it more difficult for Vice President Kamala Harris to defeat Trump in three weeks. 

Maybe the worst lies are those that have convinced millions of Trump supporters that the 2020 election was stolen. Those lies led to a violent insurrection attempt on our Capitol that left multiple people dead, caused millions in damage and gave a black eye to our democracy that remains. 

It’s disturbing Trump and his supporters are not only quick to believe the lies and conspiracy theories, but to spread them. It’s more disturbing that seemingly nothing can convince them to change course.

Trump chose a man as his partner, Sen. J.D. Vance, who refuses to admit the former president lost four years ago or commit to certifying an election if he becomes vice president. Imagine if Harris did the same, decided to not certify next month’s election if Trump wins. Imagine the chaos. 

Imagine the ugliness that would result. As bad as things got on Jan. 6, 2021, they would likely be worse if Harris is as irresponsible as Vance has said he’ll be. 

That’s why the lies being told aren’t only bad for western North Carolina, though slowing down recovery efforts when so many people need help is ghastly. 

A man named Parsons apparently following in the footsteps of a man named Welch because each bought into lies is sobering. 

Because the lies are also affecting the underpinnings of our democracy that should scare every American, no matter who you want to win in November. Issac Bailey is a McClatchy Opinion writer in North and South Carolina.

Cedar's Take:

The above "Opinion Piece" is a good example of the far left looney birds mindset. All the gaslighting buzz words are there; extreme, conspiracy theory,  assault rifle, insurrection, threat to democracy, and Donald Trump.

Parsons was indeed upset, and he figured he'd drive down to Lake Lure and put a fire under FEMA's ass to get things moving. 

His threat posted on Facebook: "We the people are sick and tired of the BS. We the people are seeking volunteers to join us and overtake the FEMA site in Lake Lure and send the products up the mountains this Saturday". 

But when Parsons got to the FEMA site at Lake Lure, he ended up volunteering. In fact he worked at the FEMA site all day.

Parsons told Newsweek: "They want to sit here and lie and say I was carrying guns around. I had one gun on me, which was legally owned and sitting on the side of my hip, and I had a rifle and another pistol that were in my vehicle that were both lawful and legal to own."

William Jacob Parsons Photo Courtesy Rutherford County Sheriff's Office

Parsons was arrested and released on a $10,000.00 secured bond according to the  Rutherford County Sheriff's Office.

Once his mugshot was made public the left loonies could not help themselves commenting that he looked like a "Trumper" and that he was obviously racist terrorist.

The Washington Post dug through his facebook account and discovered he was a "anti-vax" and "anti-mask" supporter and "backed Donald Trump" the horror!

Frankly Parsons looks like 90% of western North Carolina residents I've met. Mrs. Cedar's family in Maine has neighbors with the same rugged weathered look and no nonsense approach to life. No Bill Parsons I don't expect has ever had a double mocha latte at Starbucks. 

Seriously the "White guys for Harris" crowd need to get over themselves. 

I'd guess there is a pretty good chance all charges will be dropped in the next week.

Truth is people are upset, and the Federal Government has never been known to ever move with any great urgency.  

But why is the Observer publishing this left wing socialist garbage? Why is a distorted fictional account of what actually happened published as fact under the shelter of "opinion" and without any fact checking whatsoever?