East Spencer man awaiting trial for murder faces more charges
Published 12:00 am Monday, July 30, 2018
An East Spencer man awaiting trial for murder could see additional charges despite being jailed for nearly a year.
Malik Eric Johnson, 22, was charged in August 2017 with the murder of Jeffrey Allen Ramsey Jr. He was also charged with attempted murder after allegedly stabbing a woman in Asheville.
Ramsey was shot once in the chest at the Three Stars Mini-Mart in Salisbury before he was transported to Novant Health Rowan Medical Center by private vehicle. He died shortly after arriving at the hospital.
Following a true bill of indictment, Johnson now faces additional charges of robbery with a dangerous weapon and assault with a deadly weapon with the intent to kill or inflict serious injury from a past case.
Existing charges included first-degree murder, assault with a deadly weapon, robbery with a dangerous weapon, possession of a weapon in prison, attempted murder and possession of a weapon by a felon.
Johnson is being held without bond on the murder charge, with a $360,000 bond on additional charges: $100,000 for robbery with a dangerous weapon, $10,000 for possession of weapon in prison and $250,000 for attempted murder.
In other Rowan County Sheriff’s Office reports:
- A larceny was reported in the 100 block of Bayview Street on Friday.
- Walter Lee Daugherty was charged with misdemeanor larceny in the 100 block of West Liberty Street on Friday. He was also charged Sunday with misdemeanor larceny.
- Anthony John German was charged Friday with communicating threats in the 200 block of North Main Street. He was also charged Sunday with injury to personal property.
- Brandon Scott Lowe was charged Friday with assault by strangulation in the 200 block of North Main Street.
- John James Galati was charged Friday with simple assault in the 100 block of Country Lane.
- Jeffrey Clyde Overcash was charged Saturday with second degree trespass in the 200 block of Cindy Road.
- Anthony Joseph Little was charged Saturday with larceny from a motor vehicle in the 100 block of West Liberty Street.
- Jimmy Lee Harris was charged Saturday with assault on a female in the 100 block of West Liberty Street.
- Ariel Christina Stilwell was charged Saturday with possessing stolen goods in the 300 block of Trotters Lane.
- Taylor Andrews Evans was charged Saturday with possessing stolen goods in the 300 block of Trotters Lane.
- Kenneth Leroy Horton was charged with larceny in the 100 block of Lyerly Drive on Saturday.
- Everette Leon Young was charged with simple assault in the 200 block of North Main Street on Saturday.
- Heriberto Castro Hernandez was charged with carrying concealed weapons on Sunday.
In Salisbury Police Department reports:
- Jacorey Damarie Ivey was charged Friday with assault with a deadly weapon or assault inflicting serious injury in the 300 block of North Main Street.
- Sincere Jai’von Houston was charged Friday with receiving or transferring stolen vehicles in the 200 block of South West Street.
- Two larcenies were reported Friday in the 300 block of South Arlington Street.
- A larceny from a motor vehicle was reported Friday in the 1800 block of East Innes Street.
- A larceny was reported in the 1600 block of West Innes Street on Friday.
- A larceny from a motor vehicle was reported Saturday in the 300 block of South Arlington Street.
- Darrell Sherwood Thompson was charged Saturday with breaking and entering a vehicle, railroad car or other motor vehicle in the 300 block of Arlington Street.
- A strong arm robbery was reported in the 100 block of North Shaver Street on Saturday.
- A larceny was reported in the 800 block of West Jake Alexander Boulevard on Saturday.
- A larceny was reported Sunday in the 300 block of South Arlington Street.