There’s more to Massey (whose mug shot is making the rounds on social media) than what you see.
At 6'2' and nearly 300 pounds Massey should be playing defense for the Panthers, unfortunately he's the poster child for repeat offenders and a justice system that is hopelessly broken.
In short he is typical of what’s wrong with Charlotte - he was picked up last month (September 24, 2025) on drugs and a weapon charge for carrying a Glock with a switch making it full auto resulting in a WMD charge (possessing a weapon of mass destruction).
Timothy Massey Photo Courtesy MSCO
The CMPD Affidavit:
On September 24th, 2025, around 1910hrs, Officers were patrolling the area of 730 High Meadow Ln. This area is known high crime area with numerous drug and violent crime complaints and calls for service.
As Officers were patrolling, they observed black male wearing all black with black backpack holding plastic bag of green leafy material of what Officers knew to be marijuana.
The male was tossing the plastic bag filled with marijuana to person on second-floor balcony but missed his throw and again grabbed the bag filled with marijuana.
At this time, Officers approached on foot to speak with him, and he fled at the sight of Officers.
Officers began chasing him on foot and he refused to stop and ignored police commands to stop and was apprehended short while later.
While being detained, the male who was later identified as the defendant, Timothy Massey began reaching to the front of his waistband. A black Glock handgun fell out of his pants and onto the ground along with the plastic bag filled with marijuana that Officers initially observed.
The firearm was not initially observable when Officers saw the defendant.
Upon closer observation of the firearm, Officers recognized from their training and experience that an auto-sear was inserted into the slide of the handgun. An auto-sear is an aftermarket device which converts the firearm from being semi-automatic to fully automatic and is defined as weapon of mass destruction under NCGS 14-288.8.
(Background - An auto sear and a "switch" are both illegal devices used to convert semi-automatic firearms into fully automatic machine guns. They achieve the same end result but are designed for different types of firearms. Federal law classifies both as machine guns, making their possession or sale illegal. Glock switches are auto sears designed for use on Glock pistols. They attach to the back of a Glock's slide and interfere with the internal trigger mechanisms.)
Photos representative of the presumed weapon
The defendant also does not have concealed handgun permit.
The seized marijuana was weighed at 22 grams.
The firearm is black Glock 22 .40 caliber handgun (BUGA831). 22-round magazine was loaded into the firearm with round in the chamber.
The defendant did conceal handgun on his person which was equipped with an auto-sear and is defined as weapon of mass destruction.
The defendant did possess 22 grams of marijuana with the intent to distribute the marijuana.
The defendant did resist Officers in their duties by fleeing on foot and ignoring lawful commands to stop.
Yet less than 24 hours later he’s released on a no cash bail via PTR (Pre Trial Release). But pre trial release was never designed for these sort of crimes.
So what is PTR?
PTR was put in place decades ago to vet low level misdemeanor offenders for no bail release if they met basic requirements (job and residency).
In Mecklenburg County Pretrial Services assists the courts in making release decisions for defendants awaiting trial.
Key functions of Mecklenburg County Pretrial Services
Assessments: Conducts standardized, validated assessments, such as the Public Safety Assessment (PSA), on qualifying defendants. The PSA uses objective data to evaluate a defendant's risk of future criminal activity and failure to appear in court.
Recommendations: Provides the court with risk assessments and bail recommendations, guided by the county's Release Conditions Matrix. These recommendations are not binding, and the ultimate decision rests with a judicial official.
Supervision: Offers various levels of pretrial supervision for eligible defendants who are referred by a judicial official and agree to the terms. These services are intended to minimize unnecessary detention for those who do not pose a serious risk to the community.
Changes to pretrial release policy: In March 2019, Mecklenburg County changed its bail policy by removing the monetary bail schedule and implementing the non-financial Release Conditions Matrix. This was intended to reduce the use of financial bail and ensure a more uniform process.
Still WMD wasn’t in the plan. Why this POS was released on a zero bond via PTR is unknown.
Sheriff McFadden's soft on crime policies:
If you search the Mecklenburg County Sherriff's website for arrest information this is what comes up for Timothy Massey:
Just 3 arrests.
However if you search elsewhere this is what comes up.
And this, this and this.....
You get the picture. This 22 year old is a POS. He's been arrested over and over yet because the MCSO refuses to keep prior arrests "live" on their web site Massey doesn't seem so bad with just 3 arrests.
When McFadden is asked about this his response is we aren't hiding anything, that information is available in person. Let's face it McFadden hides the criminal records of these people because doing otherwise would be racist.
But there's more....
Despite all these arrests Massey has zero convictions ZERO!
You can thank Mecklenburg DA Spencer Merriweather for that. Because convicting a young black thug and gang member would be wait for it...... RACIST!
But CMPD is trying their best:
CMPD Officers were following up on a prior shooting when they were alerted to a match to the weapon (Glock with a switch) that was recovered from suspect Massey.
CMPD Affidavit:
On August 26, 2025, Officers were dispatched to 4904 Reagan Dr for shot's fired call for service. This location is the Garden Inn hotel.
The call for service stated that there was drive by shooting and multiple vehicles were struck in the parking lot. Call for service stated that the shots were fired five minutes prior to the 911 call being made. Call for service stated that no one was injured from the shots being fired.
Upon arrival to the scene, officers met with Megan Smith, who is the manager at 4904 Reagan Dr. Smith stated she was woken up by hearing gunshots outside. Smith stated when she walked outside, she noticed that her 2012 Hyundai Sonata was shot into. Smith stated she then looked around the property and saw more glass on the ground from the lobby and found that several rooms had also been shot into.
While at the scene, was able to obtain the video and located person who knew to be Timothy Massey arguing with another person knew to be Delawn Moore. After few minutes of arguing, they walk out of that camera view. short time later Massey is seen inside the hotel with firearm running towards the direction of the gunfire.
Many shots are fired and then Massey is seen running back into the hotel.
On 9/24/2025, (Det. T. Hinton) received an IBIS/NIBIN lead inference to this incident and found that there is correlation between the fired evidence from this scene, other shooting scenes as well as an arrest where firearm was seized from Timothy Massey.
During this arrest, Massey was found with the firearm on his person
that is believed to be directly related to the shootings based on the NIBIN correlation.
I believe it is reasonable to believe that Massey had intent to shoot Delawn Moore during this incident and it is proven that the gun was fired due to the NIBIN matching the firearm seized from him to the casings located on scene.
Massey’s arrest was drug related and the 300 pound clown ran (not far) with the weapon and was arrested. Then excellent police work tied the weapon to a shooting at the Hilton Garden Inn Hotel a month earlier on August 25th. Shell casings matched the weapon in Massey’s possession during his arrest. Video also tags Massey.
But since he has been released by MCSO and PTR it took nearly 3 weeks for CMPD to catch up to him again. Had he not been released on PTR the second arrest would have been simple.
Still his bail now set at $100,000 cash, which is far too low for a violent felon.
Cedar's Take the system is broken. Thugs like Massey are running lose on Charlotte streets because the Mecklenburg County DA is important and the sheriff wont's even let taxpayer's know the facts.
CMPD Officers are doing their part but command wants to blame "perception" and "repeat offenders" and not call out the DA and judges and sheriff who are the real problem.
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