2 Durham Men Plead Guilty for 2018 Orange County Home Invasion

Two Durham men pleaded guilty in Orange County Superior Court last week in connection with a 2018 home invasion case.

Jason O’Neal Brown, 38, and Jodeci Mustaffa Gaddy, 27, plead guilty to multiple counts, including assault with a deadly weapon, second-degree kidnapping, first-degree burglary, breaking and entering a motor vehicle and more. The charges stemmed from an incident in October 2018 when the pair broke into a residence off Lucas Farm Road in north Chapel Hill.

According to a release from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, Brown and Gaddy attacked a sleeping woman whose screams then awoke her husband. When he tried to intervene in the attack, the intruders shot him in the hand. Investigators charged the pair five days after the break-in.

Brown and Gaddy are also charged with a home invasion case in Person County with similarities to the Orange County case. Orange County Sheriff’s Office said items stolen in that case included a financial card and the men were identified on security footage using the card at a bank near Northgate Mall. When interviewed by Orange County investigators, Brown and Gaddy confessed to the Lucas Farm Road home invasion. In a previous release, the pair also confessed to numerous car break-ins in both counties.

Brown will serve 360 – 480 months in prison and Gaddy will serve 240-336 months for the Orange County crimes. Both still await sentencing in the Person County cases.

Orange County Sheriff Charles Blackwood shared a statement with the office’s release on the plea hearing and sentencing.

“We all deserve to feel safe in our homes while we sleep, and this crime robbed the couple of that security,” said Blackwood. “I am pleased this case has resolved, and I hope the couple feels an additional sense of security now. Our office would also like to thank the Person County Sheriff’s Office. The successful collaboration between our agencies resolved many personal and property crimes committed by these men.”

‹

Three Men Arrested on Burglary Charges in Orange County

Three men were recently arrested in Hillsborough after allegedly committing a series of residential burglaries and transporting stolen property across county lines. Stanley Washburn, Kyle Dobson and Bruce Faulkner have been charged with multiple counts of breaking, entering and causing injury to real property. The names of the suspects were announced by the Orange County […]

Orange County Sheriff's Office Brings Two Dozen Additional Charges Against Durham Man

Orange County authorities charged Durham's Keshaun Christopher Byrd over a November string of break-ins along Red Hill Lane and Seven Springs Road.

Orange County Sheriff's Office Investigating Death at Nature Preserve

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the discovery of a deceased Durham man Friday morning. Investigators said in a release the body of Calvin Demond Smith-Taylor, 36, was discovered at the edge of a parking lot at the Brumley North Nature Preserve just before 7:30 a.m. Friday morning. The parking lot of the preserve […]

Orange County Sheriff's Office: Sex Offender Arrested, Charged Over Child Porn

An Orange County resident and sex offender faces several counts of sexual exploitation of a minor following an investigation by North Carolina law enforcement and Orange County Sheriff's Office.

Trio of Men Arrested and Charged in Connection to Orange County Murder

The Orange County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday it arrested a trio of men in recent weeks related to a home invasion murder in March.

Authorities Arrest Hillsborough Woman After Kidnapping, Armed Robberies

After a search for several hours on Tuesday, Orange County authorities captured a Hillsborough woman suspected in a string of armed robberies across the community. Several Orange County law enforcement agencies said Tuesday afternoon they were searching for 38-year-old Alicia Inez Moles. Chapel Hill Police sought her for threatening a driver at gunpoint to withdraw […]

Air Conditioner Caper Confounds Orange County Cops

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help as an investigation into a recent theft of air conditioning units heats up. A release from the office on Thursday shared photos of a vehicle used during a larceny of two HVAC units from the Cedar Grove Ruritan Club. The units were set to be […]

Orange County Sheriff's Office Searching for Catalytic Converter Thief

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a suspect in a theft of a catalytic converter from a local church’s vehicle, according to a release Wednesday. Sheriff’s office deputies were dispatched to investigate a larceny at the Wayside Baptist Church off Highway 70 on Saturday. A witness saw a man the catalytic converters off vans in […]

Sheriff's Office: Man Arrested After Fleeing Orange County Traffic Stop

Orange County Sheriff’s Office and other law enforcement agencies arrested a Durham man who fled an Orange County traffic stop on Wednesday. A release from the office said Kahlil Christopher, 24, fled from a vehicle after a trooper from the North Carolina State Highway Patrol pulled the vehicle over on Groucho Road near Highway 70. […]

2 Durham Men Plead Guilty for 2018 Orange County Home Invasion

Two Durham men pleaded guilty in Orange County Superior Court last week in connection with a 2018 home invasion case. Jason O’Neal Brown, 38, and Jodeci Mustaffa Gaddy, 27, plead guilty to multiple counts, including assault with a deadly weapon, second-degree kidnapping, first-degree burglary, breaking and entering a motor vehicle and more. The charges stemmed […]

›