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Jordan Kita, a former New Hanover County Sheriff s Office deputy who was terminated for his alleged involvement in an armed incident, is halfway through his trial.
Kita, 24, is accused of leading an armed group that showed up at the wrong house in Pender County looking for his missing sister.
Kita is charged with forcible trespass, breaking and entering, and willful failure to discharge duties.
According to the New Hanover County District Attorney s Office, the first half of the trial was completed in December, but was sidelined by COVID when the second half of the trial was set to take place. Further details about why the trial was paused were not immediately available.
Lawsuit filed against former New Hanover Co. deputy accused of terrorizing Pender Co. family last year
Civil rights lawsuit filed against former deputy and others By WECT Staff | January 26, 2021 at 3:59 PM EST - Updated January 26 at 10:19 PM
PENDER COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - A lawsuit has been filed against a former New Hanover County deputy who is accused of leading an armed group of people that showed up at the wrong house last May 3, looking for a missing girl and terrifying the residents who answered the door.
The complaint, which was filed Tuesday in Pender County Superior Court on behalf of Monica and Dameon Shepard, lists former deputy Jordan Kita among the defendants.
PENDER COUNTY â A Rocky Point, N.C. mother and son have filed a lawsuit against 15 people, including a now-former New Hanover County Sheriff s deputy, who they allege attempted to invade their home last year.
The lawsuit, which lists Monica and Dameon Shepard as plaintiffs, alleges that a mob of known and unknown white residents led by then-New Hanover County Sheriff s Deputy Jordan Kita attempted to forcibly enter the Shepards home in Rocky Point on May 3, 2020.
Kita was wearing his official New Hanover County Sheriff s Department uniform at the time and carrying his official sidearm, according to the lawsuit and comments at a press conference in May 2020 made by District Attorney Ben David.
From left to right, Dameon Shepard, his mother Monica Shepard, and their attorney Jim Lea. (Mark Darrough/Port City Daily)
PENDER COUNTY As part of our countdown to 2021, Port City Daily is revisiting some of its biggest stories of 2020.
Coming in second is coverage of an armed “vigilante mob” that threatened a Laney High School senior in his home in a case of mistaken identity.
The story hit national headlines from every major U.S. news outlet, likely due to its racial components (which occurred weeks before George Floyd’s death).
One of the men in the group was armed, wearing a New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office uniform.
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