Monday, October 4, 2010

D.A.'s Crimes Against Persons Team Convicts 45 Violent Felons

Forty-five (45) defendants plead guilty to violent felony crimes in Mecklenburg County Superior Court from September 27,2010- October 1, 2010. The defendants entered their pleas before The Honorable Yvonne Mims Evans, Superior Court Judge.

The convictions were for crimes that included armed robbery, assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, child sex offenses, rape, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Based on the structured sentencing laws in North Carolina, sentences ranged from probation to fifteen years in prison; some of them included:

Edward McVey, Jr., (38) was convicted of second degree rape of a child and was sentenced to 90-117 months in prison.

John Foster (42) was convicted of common law robbery and was sentenced to 19-23 months in prison.

Luis Gomez-Cantor (22) was convicted of second degree rape of a child and was sentenced to 58-97 months in prison.

Jason Mera-Tubay (21) was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury and was sentenced to 25-39 months in prison suspended for 36 months supervised probation with 270 days in jail.

Anthony Ferguson (20) was convicted of two counts of robbery with a dangerous weapon, two counts of attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon, common law robbery and possession of a stolen motor vehicle; Ferguson was sentenced to 136-182 months in prison.

Antonio Meadows (27) was convicted of robbery with a dangerous weapon and he admitted his status as a habitual felon; Meadows was sentenced to 93-121 months in prison. (Dropped charges include: Assault with a deadly weapon- intent to kill, conspiracy, three armed robbery charges)

Taquarius Mobley (20) was convicted of attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon and conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon and was sentenced to 46-65 months in prison.

Iyesha Brown (29) was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury and was sentenced to 25-39 months in prison suspended for 36 months supervised probation with 90 days in jail.