Rowan County District Attorney

Jonathan Todd Trexler of Rockwell was convicted on May 20 in Rowan County Criminal Superior Court of felony interfering with an electronic monitoring device that was being used for the purpose of monitoring him as a condition of post-release supervision.

Trexler admitted his status as a habitual felon and Judge W. David Lee sentenced Trexler to a minimum of 26 months and a maximum of 44 months in prison.

On March 14, 2014, the probation and parole department received an alert about the electronic monitoring device assigned to Trexler. A probation officer went to a wooded area where the device was located. It was severely damaged and inoperable after being cut off. Trexler was located and admitted that he had cut off the device.

Trexler was previously convicted of felony obtaining property by false pretenses, felony breaking and/or entering and felony breaking and/or entering, among other convictions.

Paul Leveren Davis of Salisbury was convicted on May 21 in Rowan County Criminal Superior Court of two counts of felony breaking and/or entering, two counts of felony larceny after breaking and/or entering, and two counts of felony obtaining property by false pretenses. Davis admitted his status as a habitual felon and Lee sentenced Davis to a minimum of 58 months and a maximum of 82 months in prison.

On May 15, 2014, and on June 9-10, 2014, Davis unlawfully broke into and entered two storage buildings on Longleaf Drive and on Grace Church Road. He stole various items from each storage building. Following the breaking and entering, Davis pawned some of the stolen items at Pearl’s Pawn and Gun and Quick Cash Pawn Shop.

Davis was previously convicted of felony financial card theft, felony breaking and/or entering and felony obtaining property by false pretenses, among other convictions. District Attorney Brandy Cook stated that if her office had not prosecuted Davis as a habitual felon, he may have received as little as 7 months in prison.