Editor's Pick NC dad beat man to death who had behaved inappropriately with teen daughter, attorney says Sarah C. Johnson Sep 9, 2024 Sep 9, 2024 Updated Aug 5, 2025 0 × Starla Stamey, middle, walks out of the Burke County Courthouse after the district attorney’s motion to increase her bond was denied. Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Three rows of benches in an Alexander County courtroom were filled on Monday with supporters of a Lenoir man charged with murder. Bentley kAmr2D6J r92C=6D q6?E=6J[ bb[ @7 {6?@:C[ H2D 492C865 H:E9 >FC56C @? %9FCD52J 7@==@H:?8 E96 562E9 @7 dd\J62C\@=5 z6??6E9 *@F?8] q6?E=6J H2D :?:E:2==J 492C865 H:E9 2DD2F=E :?7=:4E:?8 D6C:@FD 3@5:=J :?;FCJ[ 244@C5:?8 E@ 4@FCE 5@4F>6?ED]k^AmkAmq6?E=6J’D H:76[ w2=6J q6?E=6J[ H2D :? 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Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. Related to this story Morganton woman charged with producing child porn leaves Burke courthouse Starla Stamey, middle, walks out of the Burke County Courthouse after the district attorney’s motion to increase her bond was denied.
Morganton woman charged with producing child porn leaves Burke courthouse Starla Stamey, middle, walks out of the Burke County Courthouse after the district attorney’s motion to increase her bond was denied.
