Habitual felon will spend at least 8 years in prison Jason Roebuck will serve at least 8 years in prison. (Source: Rowan Sheriff s Office) By David Whisenant | May 12, 2021 at 11:24 AM EDT - Updated May 12 at 11:24 AM
ROWAN COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) - Jason Emmanuel Roebuck of Salisbury was convicted by a jury this week in Rowan County Criminal Superior Court of felony possession of a firearm by convicted felon and his status as a habitual felon, according to a press release from Rowan County District Attorney Brandy Cook.
Following the jury’s verdicts, Judge William A. Wood sentenced Roebuck to a minimum of 101 months (8.41 years) to a maximum of 134 months (11.16 years) in prison.
Long hair, beard and a miffed judge
February 11, 2021ALTON Attorney, Rotarian and New Durham resident Ron Cook was the speaker-designate at the Alton, New Durham, Barnstead Centennial Rotary Club for its weekly Zoom meeting on Thursday, Feb. 4. He spoke about his long (50 years) and interesting career as an attorney and about other ventures he has engaged in along the way.
He told a humorous story about the time when, as a law student employed by the U.S. Senate in
Washington, D.C.; his job then was to operate an elevator in the U.S. Capitol that carried both visitors and Senators from the underground subway there, to all the floors including the Senate Chamber. A family, mom and dad with their three pre-teen children, got in the elevator but then had to wait a minute for Strom Thurmond, the now deceased senator from South Carolina, to join them. As the elevator reached the third floor and while the door of the elevator began to open, the Senator,
joining me now is great family attorney larry cook. thank you, first of all, for being here attorney cook. you re welcome. thank you for having me. now, the other prisoner in the van says he heard light banging, light banging. that s very different from what was reported in the washington post. what s the family s reaction to all of these reports? the family s reaction to all of these reports is that right now there s a lot of rumors swirling around there s contradictory evidence swirling around. we ve had no opportunity to review the evidence to verify it so the family really is in a posture where they are waiting to see what the actual evidence is, what the actual statements are, what the prosecutors now has in her possession and to see what actually happened at least as far as the evidence shows, before they make any statements or judgments about where this case is going right now. attorney koch who would have given the washington post the