Billy Graham Traffic Stop

The Reverend Billy Graham had arrived back home in Charlotte at the Charlotte Douglas International airport.

There, curbside, a long white limousine waited for him. 

Dr. Graham greeted the limo driver and admiring the Cadillac he asked the driver if he would mind if he drove the car himself.

Since it was Billy Graham, the driver said of course not he would not mind at all and with that the driver climbed into the backseat and Dr. Graham got in up front and off they went with Dr. Graham driving.

It wasn’t long and they’re going down of all things the Billy Graham Parkway. Unfortunately, the good reverend was driving pretty fast when a CMPD Rookie Officer clocked the Cadillac doing better than 80.

A minute later the Cadillac was pulled over on the side of the road. 

The CMPD rookie walked up to the driver‘s window as it rolled down, and he was kind of surprised to see it was none other than the famous preacher Billy Graham.

Dr. Graham handed over his drivers license to the rookie and from the backseat also came the registration and proof of insurance.

The Rookie Officer told Dr. Graham he would be right back and went to his patrol unit. There he called his sergeant on the radio

“Sarg I got a little situation here, now I know you told me don’t cut any slack, everyone gets a ticket, even VIPs, but I don’t know what to do with this one."

The Sargent says “well what’s the problem?”

The Rook radios back “Sarg I think I better let this one go because I think I’ve just pulled over God!”

The sergeant somewhat annoyed says “what in the world makes you think you’ve pulled over God?”

The Rookie Officer responds, "I can’t really say for sure because the windows are all blacked out, but he’s riding in this big white caddy limousine and Billy Graham is driving, who else would it be?"

How I Ended Up In Jail - "Diddin Du Nuffin"

Let me be clear about this: all I did was run a stop sign. That's it.

I ran a stop sign. I mean, I guess I'd also had a few beers. Sure. How many? I don't know. I honestly can remember.

But apparently the cops here don't have much to do. And believe me, I'm sorry if I didn't notice the lights flashing and just kept going a few blocks, maybe even speeding a little. 

But so what? I would had stopped like the good citizen I am if I'd seen them. I know for sure I wasn't doing no 130 miles per hour.

And of course, just my luck, or maybe theirs, I lost the back end of the Lincoln around a tight corner, and the car skidded off the road and lightly bumped into an ice cream truck, making all this ice cream spill out on the hot asphalt and start melting—which was kind of funny in a way, but that was also a big fat Destruction-of-Property charge, on top of Reckless Endangerment, DWI, running a stop sign, etc, etc.

Anyway, I didn't have any pants on—apparently illegal in this county, but not Union County, where I'd just come from. Another ticket there. 

That and the car didn't have tags, and I had no insurance to drive it, how am I supposed to know the car didn't have insurance, it wasn't my car so its not my fault. But you wouldn't think that mattered since the car was stolen, but you know these cops, no tags or insurance is a cash cow, and they're gonna go ahead and write the ticket.

If I could have afforded a good lawyer, I could have gotten off on that one, but suddenly the cop pulls his gun all Dirty Harry-style and tells me that dispatch tells him that the car was used in a bank robbery in South Carolina just the week before, and I'm like, Whaaaaaaaat?

Then they bring the dogs in and it didn't help my story that they found ten grand in marked bills and a brick of Mexican weed stuffed beneath the passenger seat. I made a good point that if I'd known about all that cash I'd sure as hell be drinking better beer than the Bull, which I proved to him I'd been drinking by showing off my empties in the glovebox and floorboard, but I regretted that decision immediately because out of the glove box falls a handgun that was, in fact, mine, and a stack of Polaroids that I don't want to talk about.

The cops, figure out about some unpaid parking citation or something from two years ago that they could still legally bust me for—even though, I mention again, the car was stolen, meaning the ticket was not technically mine—but damned if they care. 

They're just plain giddy writing tickets like kids heaping sprinkles on ice cream. Then there comes this thumping from the trunk and a couple minutes later they've wrenched the trunk open and out comes this bank teller who's apparently been tied up back there for a little while.

I mean, shit. What are you gonna do?

Anyway, the bank teller is this close to death from exhaustion and dehydration, and as they're putting him in the ambulance, he (of course) looks at yours truly and says: "That's the guy," which could have meant anything, really—it could have meant that I was just a nice guy, but before he can clarify he looks up to heaven and dies, and so then the cops start debating if it's homicide or manslaughter I'm in for, which made me furious.

First off: I wasn't the guy. All I did was run a stop sign. A stop sign partially obscured by an overgrown bush. Second—and a good lawyer could have pointed this out to the judge—how could someone who's been hogtied in a trunk for a week, no food, no water, sit right up and know the face of the guy who put him there?

It just doesn't add up. Not that anyone cares. Legal system is screwed up, man, that's just the way it goes. 

You gonna eat that cookie?

Olvin Calero Martinez - Incarceration Saves Lives

Charlotte, NC - On Monday November 1, 2025 Olvin Calero Martinez, succumbed to injuries sustained last week after he was stuck by a pickup truck on Eastway Drive, he was 45.

Mr. Martinez was an illegal alien from Honduras previously deported with more than 2 dozen recent arrests in Mecklenburg County.

Mr. Martinez was last arrested on July 30, 2025 and despite a "IMMIGRATION DETAINER NOTICE OF ACTION" and a "final order of removal" he was ordered released by Judge Roderick Davis on October 23, 2025.

11 days later on Monday, Nov. 3, 2025, at approximately 6:07 a.m., Eastway Division officers responded to a vehicle crash with injuries call for service in the 2900 block of Eastway Drive.

Upon arrival, officers located a Chevrolet Silverado with front end damage and pedestrian in the roadway. MEDIC transported the pedestrian to the hospital with serious injuries. 

The driver of the Chevrolet, Guadalupe Garcia Martinez, 44, remained on scene and cooperated with the investigation. No charges are expected against the driver Mr. Martinez.

Cedar's Take: Incarceration saves lives.

The costs of Mr. Martinez's visit to the US are immeasurable, but clearly in the thousands perhaps more than $100,000 over the course of 3 years.

ICE and CBP In Charlotte and Democrats Find Jesus (Hay-Zeus)

A funny thing happened on Tuesday November 11, 2025 at 16:30.....

Leonidas Ismael Alpirez-Ambrocio was arrested on drug and weapons charges. (CMPD Affidavit Below).

His bond was set by Mecklenburg Magistrate Stanley at just $50,000.00. Somewhat low for someone who can't prove his resident status and is arrested on 3 felonies. As they say he's a considerable flight risk.

Leonidas Ismael Alpirez-Ambrocio Photo Courtesy MCSO

The following morning he makes a court appearance before Judge Keith Smith and was given a court appointed attorney but his $50,000 bond requirement is left intact. An hour later he is returned to jail.

Then on Wednesday word began to circulate that Charlotte was being targeted for a direct action by ICE and Customs and Border Protection. 

By Thursday both Mecklenburg County Sherriff Garry McFadden and Mayor Vi Liles had issued a statements about the "rumors" and doubling down on their non-cooperation with ICE stance.

At this point Alpirez-Ambrocio has managed to rise enough cash to spring him from the Bote aka Jail.

Then a revelation or a they say someone had a "epiphany" maybe Leonidas Ismael Alpirez-Ambrocio is an illegal alien and should be held for ICE and CBP, or perhaps CMPD and the MCSO found Jesus? Or at least "Hay Zeus". 

Either way in a rare moment of clarity that someone at the MCSO decides maybe we should hold this guy.

A form AOC-CR-663 (CONDITIONS OF RELEASE FOR PERSON WHOM JUDICIAL OFFICIAL IS UNABLE TO DETERMINE TO BE LEGAL RESIDENT OR CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES) is filed.

Others then also agree maybe they should hold Alpires-Ambrocio.

At 5:08 PM Alpirez-Ambrocio posts bail with the help of friends and a bail bondsman.

Minutes later at 5:30 PM a second warrant is issued with 12 additional trafficking charges.

At 9:30 PM that warrant is served and Alpirez-Ambrocio is again processed by MCSO.

Leonidas Ismael Alpirez-Ambrocio Photo Courtesy MCSO

At 11:32 PM Magistrate Stokes issues another bond order this time denying bond and ordering that Alpirez-Ambrocio be held until this morning at 10:00 AM.

As of this morning Friday November 14, 2025 Alpirez-Ambrocio remains a guest at the McFadden Hilton. His status can be found here.

It seems that perhaps Alpirez-Ambrocio will be turned over to ICE in the spirt of cooperation?

A pawn offered up by Garry McFadden and Vi Lyles.

Clearly had ICE not been on the move this drug trafficking felon would already be back on the streets and perhaps making a run for the border.

CMPD Affidavit

On November 11, 2025, Detective Rodriguez, assigned to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, was continuing narcotics investigation targeting Leonidas Ismael Alpirez- Ambrocio, known individual connected to trafficking cocaine. Alpirez, born on September 14, 1994, had been under investigation for his involvement in cocaine trafficking activities in the

area. On this date, detectives observed Alpirez leaving his residence located at 4337 Dowling Drive. He entered the driver's seat of Silver Ford F150 pickup truck, bearing North Carolina license plate VHP2386. Based on the ongoing investigation, detectives decided to initiate traffic stop

and take Alpirez into custody in connection with prior cocaine trafficking offenses. At approximately 4:13 pm, the vehicle was pulled over, and Alpirez was taken into custody without incident. During the stop, officers observed Ziplock baggie, visible from outside the vehicle, near the driver's door panel. This provided the officers with probable cause to conduct search of the vehicle. 

Upon further inspection, the search yielded approximately 0.6 grams of cocaine, along with several clear plastic baggies commonly used for packaging drugs, which were found near the center console. Following the vehicle search, Alpirez was asked for consent to search his residence. He provided written consent to search his home at 4337 Dowling Drive. During the search of the residence, officers recovered 483.9 grams of cocaine, along with digital scale found on the top shelf of bedroom closet. 

Additionally, in the master bedroom, officers located .45- caliber handgun stolen from Winston Salem NC (Serial Number: T6368-24AB03417). 

At the conclusion of the investigation, Alpirez was read his Miranda rights. After being advised of his rights, he willingly confessed to all charges, claiming ownership of all the narcotics, drug paraphernalia, and the firearm recovered during the search.

NOTE:

Y'all stop cracking on the grammar and spelling errors these Officers and Detectives are working with some pretty old equipment. Some of these errors are created because the program that up loads the reports is via a document scanner and not direct data. At least one scanner hasn't been cleaned in months and creates lines on the uploaded document. When the computer editor tries to upload the transcript it will scramble the sentences because of the lines on the PDF. (Could someone get some Windex and clean the scanners?)

Dozens of Arrests 100 Charges Why Was Rodriguez Chambers Not In Jail?

The crime scene tape flutters in the autumn breeze at 4224 Oakwood Road. 

There is a lone CMPD Ford Explorer parked in the driveway. Investigators and Crime Scene Techs have finished their efforts and all that is left are endless paperwork and searching out a suspect.

It is getting dark and even the news crews have been gone for an hour now.

The two victims were street thugs only known to police and perhaps family. Their names already forgotten. 

Caleb Johnson

Prince Tribble

Rodrigues Jawon Chambers will eventually be arrested and charged in the double homicide.

His criminal record runs as far back as perhaps as his 13th birthday but that information is not public.

What is known is that on December 9, 2022 Chambers was charged with resisting arrest and carrying a concealed weapon. On November 13, 2024 Mecklenburg County Judge Karen D. McCallum accepted a plea of guilty on the concealed weapon charge and allowed the Mecklenburg Assistant District Attorney Tyler Hill to dismiss the resisting charge. Judge McCallum then issued a "prayer for judgement" and accessed Chambers only the cost of court $183.00.

Let's stop here. 

This is the truth, the system is broken. After years of DEI, liberal woke mentality and endless logistical screw-ups, the criminal justice system fails to deliver justice and fails our communities.

Here's why, after the above arrest and subsequent judgment normal people would decide they would rather not go to jail again. 

Sadly there is a segment of our population that just don't care. They are arrested again and again even while awaiting trial, never mind that getting arrested again is reason to have your bond revoked. 

Fast forward to the following spring in 2023.

On April 1, 2023 Chambers commits an armed robbery.

On April 4, 2023 Chambers commits another armed robbery.

On April 5, 2023 Chambers commits felony larceny.

In total Chambers is charged with 54 counts that include auto theft, robbery, credit card theft and fraud.

Chambers is soon arrested and held without bond. But that bond is soon reduced.

Despite the massive amount of paperwork and evidence, on September 2, 2023 Chambers is released on a combination of secured and unsecured bonds.

(Keep in mind that the December 9, 2022 charge (above) has not yet gone to trial.)

On October 31, 2023 just 58 days after being released from jail on Chambers is arrested again charged with aiding and abetting felony larceny and conspiracy.  He is held until February 2, 2024 when he is released again!

At this point he has nearly 100 charges pending.

On May 21, 2024 he's arrested on charges of Assault by Strangulation Assault on a Female, Domestic Violence and False Imprisonment. 

Chambers is released 3 days later on May 23, 2024.

On July 24, 2024 Chambers is finally taken into custody for violating of the terms of his pretrial release. 

On July 31, 2024 Chambers pleads guilty to:

Identity Theft / Fraud - Class G Felony

Financial Card Fraud - Class 2 Misdemeanor 

Larceny - Class H Felony

Conspiracy to Commit Larceny LARCENY - Class I Felony 

All of the other 48 charges in the April and May 2023 crime spree, including the domestic violence related are dismissed.

Chambers is sentenced to 24 months of probation. Not a typo probation.

On November 13, 2024 Chambers is given his Prayer for Judgment on the first charge as an adult. Basically a free pass despite being an absolute career criminal. 

Chambers is now a convicted felon on probation.

February 28, 2025

ON FRIDAY FEBRUARY 28, 2025 THE VICTIM WAS LOCATED AT 3709 NORTH TRYON STREET TH BURGER KING. THE VICITM STATED SHE JUST RAN FROM 3700 NORTH TRYON AT THE THRIFT MOTEL AFTER SHE WAS ASSAULTED BY THE KNOWN DEFENDANT. OFFICERS OBSERVED MARKS AROUND THE VICTIM'S NECK AND OBSERVED HER LIP HAD DRIED BLOOD ON IT.

THE VICITM STATED THE DEFENDANT ASKED FOR HER PHONE IN THE PVA OF THE BUSINESS. THE DEFENDANT OBSERVED TEXT FROM THIRD PARTY MALE AND BECAME VISIBLY FRUSTRATED. THE VICTIM STATED THE DEFENDANT STARTED TO YELL AT THE VICITM. THE VICTIM STATED INA FIT OF RAGE THE DEFENDANT THE DEFENDANT WRAPPED BOTH. HANDS AROUND HER NECK AND STARTED TO SQUEEZE. THE VICITM STATED SHE FELT LIGHT HEADED AND WEAK WHILE BEING CHOKED. THE DEFENDANT THREW THE VICITM DOWN AFTER HE STRANGLED HER.

THE VICTIM STATED THE DEFENDANT (RODRIGUEZ CHAMBERS) GOT IN A CAR AND DROVE AWAY BEFORE FIRST RESPONDERS RESPONDED.

OFFICERS ARE SEEKING THE FOLLOWING CHARGES ON THE DEFENDANT. ASSAULT BY STRANGULATION, ASSAULT ON FEMALE, AND CRIME OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Chambers is arrested on March 18, 2025

He is charged with 

ASSAULT BY STRANGULATION

MISD CRIME OF DOM VIOLENCE

ASSAULT ON A FEMALE

DISCLOSE PRIVATE IMAGES/ADULT

PROBATION VIOLATION

Despite violation of the terms of his probation and prior arrests for domestic violence Chambers is again released on March 20, 2025.

On June 22, 2025, at 12:23 Officers responded to shots fired call for service at 3700 N. Tryon Street. Officers arrived on scene and located the victim with gunshot wound. The victim was pronounced deceased at 12:36am.

Officers located witness on scene who identified himself as Rodriguez Jawon Chambers, 10/7/2003 This interaction is captured on the officer's body worn camera. Chambers is black male, shoulder length dreads, wearing grey t-shirt with writing on front,, black pants, and black and white tennis shoes. Officers positively identified Chambers on scene

Detectives obtained video surveillance from the scene. In the video Chambers is seen walking around the parking lot prior to the shooting wearing the same clothing as he is wearing in the interaction with the officer on body worn camera

At 12:21:35 Chambers is seen on the video surveillance with handgun, and he fires three shots before running around the back side of the hotel

Rodriguez Jawan Chambers, 10/07/2003, was found guilty of Felony Larceny which is punishable as a Class H felony, with maximum sentence of 25 months. This felony was committed on 04/05/2023 and the defendant plead guilty on 07/31/2024 in Mecklenburg County Superior Court Charlotte, NC and was sentenced to 10-21 months in prison

Based on the information given by the defendant, body worn camera footage, the positive ID and surveillance video, Detectives are seeking warrant for Possession of Firearm by Convicted Felon.

No arrests have been made and the murder victim has not been identified by CMPD.

On July 17, 2025 CMPD Officers request and are granted a warrant for Chambers arrest signed by Mecklenburg Magistrate J. Parker

On July 28, 2025 at Officers locate Chambers and transport him to the Meck County Jail.

Chambers is booked at 1445 hours

Mecklenburg Judge Magistrate F. Wilson orders Chambers held without bond.

The following morning Judge Cecilia Oseguera sets Chambers bond at $35,000 secured and appoints a public defender. 

On August 10th Chambers manages to raise the $3,000.00 to pay the bondsman to secure his release. He is released at 0153.

2 Weeks Later on August 24th Chambers is arrested again:

On Sunday August 24,2025 at approximately 1131 hours, The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department conducted traffic stop on silver Ford Fusion displaying paper tag with tinted plate cover in the 1100 block of Sugar Creek Rd. 

Upon approaching the vehicle Officers made contact with the defendant later identified as Rodriguez Chambers. Mr. Chambers was asked to roll his window down which he did briefly prior to rolling it back up. 

Officers advised him to roll it down and informed him not to do it again. Mr. Chambers did begin to roll it up again at which point Officers asked him to step out of the vehicle. 

Per United States Supreme court case Pennsylvania v Mimms, Police Officer may order person out of car during lawful traffic stop for Officer safety. Mr. Chambers refused several commands to exit the vehicle at which point Officers had to forcefully remove him from the vehicle and arrest him. 

While Officers were searching Mr. Chambers during the arrest, he spit in the face of the Officer striking him in the face. 

Officers then had to place Mr. Chambers in the vehicle as he continued to resist and began kicking the door of the patrol car after it was closed. Officers then had to apply rip-hobble to restrain Mr. Chambers legs. He was then transported to intake where he is being charged with RDO, and malicious conduct by prisoner.

On August 26 at 0348 hours Chambers is released via the Pre Trial Release program on an unsecured $5,000 bond.

At this point Chambers has been arrested 5 times since his November 2024 prayer for judgment and 8 times since his July 31, 2024 sweetheart plea deal and his sentence to probation, yet his is still released from jail.

November 2, 2025

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police responded to a reported shooting on Oakwood Road, just off Statesville Avenue, around 2:30 p.m. last Sunday November 2, 2025. When officers arrived, they found 23-year-old Caleb Johnson and 32-year-old Prince Tribble suffering from gunshot wounds. Both men died at the scene. 

On Thursday, CMPD arrested Rodriguez Chambers, 22, in connection with the case. Chambers is charged with two counts of first-degree murder, discharging a firearm in the city, possession of a firearm by a felon and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. 

CMPD Charging Affidavit

On November 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM, North Division Officers responded to an ADW with injury call for service. Upon arrival, officers located Prince Tribble and Caleb Johnson lying in the front yard with multiple gunshot wounds.

The victims pronounced deceased on scene.

Information obtained during the investigation showed that Prince Tribble, Caleb Johnson and Unknown Male, and Rodriguez Chambers arrived at the residence on November 1, 2025 in a gold Buick Regal. 

A witness identified that Caleb Johnson was armed with a black handgun and that the four came and went from the residence together numerous times during the next 24 hours.

On November 2, 2025 Rodriguez Chambers and two individuals left 4224 Oakwood Road in-a Toyota Prius, which female inside/4224 Oakwood Road owned. The Prius is observed being used in carjacking at 1301 West Sugar Creek Road with three individuals at approximately 3:00 AM. The Chevrolet Malibu was still in the backyard of 4224 Oakwood Road during the murder investigation. The tag for the Buick Regal was located with the Chevrolet Malibu.

Call Detail Records indicate that Rodriguez Chambers was located around 13301 West Sugar Creek Road at the time of the robbery and then retuned to the rea of 4224 Oakwood Drive.

The owner of the Buick Regal was contacted and her advised the Rodrigues Chambers took his vehicle of October 277, 2025. He advised that he did not permit Rodriguez Chambers to take the car. On November 3, 2025, he obtained a warrant of Rodrigues Chambers for Unauthorized use of a Motor Vehicle.

Information was obtained during the investigation that after 11 AM, Prince Tribble Caleb Johnson, Rodriguez Chambers and the unknow male were arguing over clothing in the stolen Chevrolet Malibu. Information obtained during the investigation suggests these four were the only individuals present at the residence after 12 PM.

Information from witnesses of the murder advised hearing at least two separate volleys of gunfire. Just after the individual courses of gunfire, a witness heard a male voice saying, "Are you hit?" and shortly after, a gold Buick Regal quickly drove through the yard, and sped quickly out of the neighborhood. Real time crime video shows the gold Buick Regal speeding away from the scene.

Cellphone records place Rodriguez Chambers at 4224 Oakwood Road throughout the day, up until 1.40 PM, after which the phone is cut off, and no further data is available until 4:00 PM, when he is no longer at 4224 Oakwood Road.

Evidence gathered from 4224 Oakwood Road suggests that multiple firearms had been used during the murder and numerous 9mm discharged cartridge casing were recovered. No guns remained on the scene, indication that Rodriguez Chambers and the unknown male had taken Caleb Johnson's firearm.

On October 20, 2025, a carjacking occurred at 300 North Tryon Street. Rodrigues Chambers was identified as a suspect in the case, and a 9mm discharged cartridge casing was collection. A NIBIN Lead was obtained linking his discharged cartridge casing to a discharges cartridge casing from 4224 Oakwood Road.

Due to the above information, I request a warrant be issued for Rodriguez Chambers for tow count of First-Degree Murder.

It is assumed that CMPD is still looking for the "unnamed" second person.

Cedar's Take:

At what point do we acknowledge that the system is broken and needs a complete overhaul?

Based on Chambers criminal record up to the November 2024 sentencing, there is no reason he should have been given anything but an active long term prison sentence.

At the first violation of his probation just five months after sentencing his probation should have been revoked.  The subsequent arrests in July and August should have put him away for years not just days. 

Charlotte's African American Community is willing to accept this level of violence because they have become a culture of violence embracing criminality and gun play. Much of Charlotte believes that since Charlotte is a big city crime is unavoidable. Because in this case the two victims are street thugs it is not a big deal.

As the Mayor says Charlotte "By and Large is a Safe City".

Yet time and time again the victims of this violence are not thugs and hood rats. They are young teenage boys, and 4 year old toddlers, nursing students and Ukrainian refugees and restaurant owners and businessmen. 

Mecklenburg judges and the DA are not going to fix problem it will take the North Carolina General Assembly to remove judge's ability to give a free pass to violent felons. Enough is enough.

Where are they now? (As Requested)

Rodriguez Chambers Charged In Double Homicide

Rodriguez Chambers has been charged with the murder of Caleb Johnson, 23, and Prince Tribble, 32.

                                                    Caleb Johnson                              Prince Tribble

Both Johnson and Tribble had extensive arrest and prison records.

Suspect Chambers has at least 18 arrests since turning 18 with nearly 100 charges all  achieved over the last two years.

Rodriguez Chambers Photo Courtesy MCSO

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police responded to a reported shooting on Oakwood Road, just off Statesville Avenue, around 2:30 p.m. last Sunday November 2, 2025. When officers arrived, they found 23-year-old Caleb Johnson and 32-year-old Prince Tribble suffering from gunshot wounds. Both men died at the scene. 

On Thursday, CMPD arrested Rodriguez Chambers, 22, in connection with the case. Chambers is charged with two counts of first-degree murder, discharging a firearm in the city, possession of a firearm by a felon and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. 

One Charlotte "Media Partner" stated "Detectives determined the incident was isolated and the community wasn't at risk of another attack."

CMPD Charging Affidavit

On November 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM, North Division Officers responded to an ADW with injury call for service. Upon arrival, officers located Prince Tribble and Caleb Johnson lying in the front yard with multiple gunshot wounds.

The victims pronounced deceased on scene.

Information obtained during the investigation showed that Prince Tribble, Caleb Johnson and Unknown Male, and Rodriguez Chambers arrived at the residence on November 1, 2025 in a gold Buick Regal. 

A witness identified that Caleb Johnson was armed with a black handgun and that the four came and went from the residence together numerous times during the next 24 hours.

On November 2, 2025 Rodriguez Chambers and two individuals left 4224 Oakwood Road in-a Toyota Prius, which female inside/4224 Oakwood Road owned. The Prius is observed being used in carjacking at 1301 West Sugar Creek Road with three individuals at approximately 3:00 AM. The Chevrolet Malibu was still in the backyard of 4224 Oakwood Road during the murder investigation. The tag for the Buick Regal was located with the Chevrolet Malibu.

Call Detail Records indicate that Rodriguez Chambers was located around 13301 West Sugar Creek Road at the time of the robbery and then retuned to the rea of 4224 Oakwood Drive.

The owner of the Buick Regal was contacted and her advised the Rodrigues Chambers took his vehicle of October 277, 2025. He advised that he did not permit Rodriguez Chambers to take the car. On November 3, 2025, he obtained a warrant of Rodrigues Chambers for Unauthorized use of a Motor Vehicle.

Information was obtained during the investigation that after 11 AM, Prince Tribble Caleb Johnson, Rodriguez Chambers and the unknow male were arguing over clothing in the stolen Chevrolet Malibu. Information obtained during the investigation suggests these four were the only individuals present at the residence after 12 PM.

Information from witnesses of the murder advised hearing at least two separate volleys of gunfire. Just after the individual courses of gunfire, a witness heard a male voice saying, "Are you hit?" and shortly after, a gold Buick Regal quickly drove through the yard, and sped quickly out of the neighborhood. Real time crime video shows the gold Buick Regal speeding away from the scene.

Cellphone records place Rodriguez Chambers at 4224 Oakwood Road throughout the day, up until 1.40 PM, after which the phone is cut off, and no further data is available until 4:00 PM, when he is no longer at 4224 Oakwood Road.

Evidence gathered from 4224 Oakwood Road suggests that multiple firearms had been used during the murder and numerous 9mm discharged cartridge casing were recovered. No guns remained on the scene, indication that Rodriguez Chambers and the unknown male had taken Caleb Johnson's firearm.

On October 20, 2025, a carjacking occurred at 300 North Tryon Street. Rodrigues Chambers was identified as a suspect in the case, and a 9mm discharged cartridge casing was collection. A NIBIN Lead was obtained linking his discharged cartridge casing to a discharges cartridge casing from 4224 Oakwood Road.

Due to the above information, I request a warrant be issued for Rodriguez Chambers for tow count of First-Degree Murder.

It is assumed that CMPD is still looking for the "unnamed" second person.

Cedar's Take:

CMPD and local media will discount this double homicide as not a random attack. The idea is that this sort of thing happens in a big city and that as the mayor has said before 'By and Large Charlotte is a safe city". 

Yet every year there are a dozen cases where bystanders, passersby and children are injured or killed. Enough. Stop releasing violent felons back onto Charlotte's streets with minimal bail.

Plaza Midwood Murder at Pool Builders Supply - Adam Latif Mercado Charged

Three homicides across two counties in one night were linked to a convicted felon from Monroe with a lengthy criminal record.

Adam Latif Mercado, 34 Photo Courtesy MCSO

Adam Latif Mercado, 34, was arrested in connection with the double homicide of 52-year-old Matthew Charles Moody and 49-year-old James Curtis Wallace in Monroe, as well as 68-year-old Gerald Barnes in Charlotte.

Barnes was found dead with multiple stab wound on Central Avenue in Plaza Midwood around 9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police said.

CMPD Charging Affidavit:

On November 6, 2025, officers with the Eastway Division responded to 1124 Central Avenue in reference to Death Investigation call for service. Upon arrival officers located the victim, Gerald Thomas Barnes, inside the building suffering from multiple stab wounds Officers pronounced Barnes deceased at 2117 hours.

Video footage shows that at approximately 1400 hours a black male with his hair in twists and a goatee wearing blue shirt and orange gloves arrive at the location in brown Hyundai sedan. 

The male talks to the victim and then attempts to show the victim an item in his bookbag.

As the victim looks the male stabs the victim in the neck and then demands that he surrender his car keys. 

The victim surrenders his car keys stabs him several more times as the victim falls to the ground. 

The male then goes through the victim's pockets and takes his wallet. Footage then shows the male drive the victim's black Honda Fit over to the Hyundai Sonata he arrived in. The male loads items into the Fit and then drives away.

Detectives sent BOLO regionally for the black Honda Fit. Officers in Anson Count occupied one time by male identified as Adam Mercado DOB 01/11/1991. Detectives were able to positively identify Mercado as the suspect in the homicide footage. Mercado is being charged with First Degree Murder and Robbery with Dangerous Weapon.

Mercado is being held at the Mecklenburg County Jail without bond.

Hours after he killed Barnes, just after midnight going into Friday, Monroe police were called to an apartment on Nelda Drive for a welfare check. There, they found Moody and Wallace had been killed.

He will be held in Charlotte on the Union County Charges for the time being.

Massive Criminal History

Mercado’s first felony conviction happened in 2009 in Cabarrus County. He was charged with common law robbery and placed on probation.

Department of Correction records showed he was charged with several other felonies over the years in Union and Mecklenburg counties. His most recent conviction was in 2024 for possession of a schedule II substance.

In 2019, he was convicted of breaking and entering into a house of worship in Union County.

Mercado in 2018 attempted to break in to a woman’s workplace after she evicted his girlfriend. By that point, police said he faced almost 50 charges within the last four years.

Cedar's Take:

Same Bat Shit Crazy Story same Bat Shit Crazy Channel

Based on court documents this MoFo was released from Union County jail on October 30, 2025 less than a week ago.

The system is broken. There is no uniform reporting of crime or arrests and sheriff department records are difunctionally inadequate.

This information should be easy access and uniform across all 100 North Carolina counties.

McFadden hides arrests, Union County outsources the data and it is never up to date. The North Carolina General Assembly needs to correct this since the courts will not protect us from violent felons at least we can have access to know who they are.