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Semajs Short Teen Killer Murdered In Prison

Semajs Short was seventeen years old teen killer when he took part in a shooting that claimed the life of a two year old toddler has been murdered in a North Carolina prison. According to court documents Semajs Short and a group of accomplices shot up a home in retaliation for another murder that took place earlier that day. Semajs Short would plead guilty to second degree murder and was sentence to 31 years in prison. However Semajs Short would be attacked by a group of inmates at the Bertie Correctional Institution in Windsor and would later die from his injuries. Three other inmates were also injured in the attack

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A North Carolina prisoner convicted of murdering a toddler died Tuesday afternoon after he was assaulted by “a number of other offenders,” officials said.

Semajs Short, 24, was attacked in the housing area at the Bertie Correctional Institution in Windsor just before 2:15 p.m. First responders performed life-saving measures, but he died less than a half-hour later, a news release from Department of Public Safety spokesperson John Bull said.

Three other prisoners were hurt in the group assault. They were taken to an outside medical facility with injuries that were described as non-life-threatening, the release said.

The prison was under a modified lockdown as investigators worked to figure out what happened. No staff members were injured, DPS said.

Windsor police and the State Bureau of Investigation are handling the incident. DPS said it is cooperating and will seek criminal prosecution against any prisoners involved in the altercation.

Short pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of a 2-year-old girl in 2017, according to reports. He was 17 years old at the time of the murder. He was serving a 31-year sentence and was scheduled to be released in May 2042, DPS said.

Short has more than two dozen infractions on his DPS record, including gang involvement, lock tampering, and fighting with weapons

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A man serving a 31-year sentence for murder was attacked and killed by a group of offenders inside a North Carolina prison Tuesday, authorities said.

Semajs Short was attacked in a housing area inside Bertie Correctional Institution by a number of other offenders at 2:14 p.m. Tuesday, March 29, the NC Dept. of Public Safety said.

Prison first responders performed life-saving measures until local paramedics arrived at the scene and also worked to resuscitate Short, authorities said.

Short was pronounced dead by paramedics at approximately 2:37 p.m. Tuesday.

Officials said three other offenders were injured during the group assault and were taken to an outside medical facility for treatment of minor injuries.

Windsor Police and the State Bureau of Investigation are investigating the deadly incident. The Department of Public Safety said it will seek criminal prosecution against any offender involved

The prison was placed on modified lockdown as investigators worked to discover more about what happened and why. No prison staff were injured, authorities said.

Short was convicted of second-degree murder in Halifax County on April 3, 2017. He was serving a 31-year sentence. He was projected to be released on May 7, 2042.

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April Barber Teen Killer Released From Prison

April Barber was a fifteen year old pregnant teen killer from North Carolina when she would murder her Grandparents. According to court documents April Barber was in a relationship with a man twice her age and became pregnant. The teen and her boyfriend decided the only way to be together was to get rid of her Grandparents. The pair would set the house on fire which killed Barber Aaron Barber during the blaze and her Grandmother Lilith would die from her injuries a few days later. April Barber would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to two life sentences without parole however the current North Carolina Governor would commute her sentence to 30 years in prison. April Barber walked out of prison today at the age of 45.

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A Triad woman behind bars for the past 30 years, convicted of killing her grandparents in 1991, is now free after being granted clemency.

April Barber left an Anson Correctional Facility early Thursday morning. She entered prison at 15 years old and was expected to serve two life sentences. She’s now 45 and a free woman

We were there the moment the gates opened for Barber. Corrections officials drove her to a nearby parking lot where family and friends greeted her, including her husband and son.

Barber was pregnant with her son when she killed her grandparents with the help of her 29-year-old boyfriend Clinton Johnson. Johnson died in prison in 1999.

Gov. Roy Cooper commuted her sentence on the recommendation of the Juvenile Sentencing Board.

Barber met her husband, William Scales, while incarcerated, so this was the first time many of her loved ones have ever seen her outside of prison.

She left the prison with her husband and a caravan of cars following them.

Barber’s lawyer tells us she’ll begin working as a paralegal. She received her paralegal certificate while behind bars.

A Charlotte-based group gave her a check for $500 to help her as she adjusts to life outside prison.

Barber was just 15 years old and living with her grandparents in 1991. She got pregnant by a man twice her age. Together, the pair devised a plan to set fire to her grandparents’ home. Barber Aaron Barber died in the blaze. His wife Lillie died days later.

Barber spoke to WFMY News 2 exclusively in 2015 from prison. She told us why she thought she deserved clemency.

“I think I have proven myself as far as that I have changed, that I’m not the same irrational person, and I think that my story in itself could help deter people from making the same mistakes that I did,” Barber said.

WFMY News 2’s Grace Holland will have more on this story during our newscasts on Thursday.

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mency by Governor Cooper got to walk out of prison Thursday morning.

April Barber, who was granted clemency in early March, walked out of Anson Correctional Institute around 9:45 a.m. and was greeted by a handful of family and friends.

‘Freedom fighting missionaries’ gave April a check for $500 to help her get established as she begins her new life.

FOX8 wasn’t allowed to ask questions, but overheard April tell someone she felt “amazing.”

April Leigh Barber was sentenced to two consecutive life terms in 1992, when she was 16 years old, after being found responsible for the deaths of Aaron and Lillie Barber in North Wilkesboro. The Barbers had adopted April as an infant, and they had fought over her romance with a man more than twice her age. They died on Labor Day 1991.

In his commutation, Cooper cited the facts that Barber, now 46, has been employed and participated in significant programming at the prison and had earned her General Education Degree and a paralegal certification.

The commutation order includes specific requirements that Barber must meet and sets her release day for March 24.

Commutations are recommended to the governor by the Juvenile Sentence Review Board that he established by executive order last year. The applications were reviewed by the Office of Executive Clemency, the Office of the General Counsel and the governor, the release said.

“North Carolina law continues to change to recognize that science is even more clear about immature brain development and decision making in younger people,” Cooper said in the release. “As people become adults, they can change, turn their lives around, and engage as productive members of society.”

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Tristan Borlase Teen Killer Murders Parents

Tristan Borlase is a teen killer from North Carolina who would be convicted of the murders of his parents. According to court documents Tristan Borlase would fatally stab his father whose body would be found in the yard and fatally stab his mother who was found sitting in her truck. According to reports Jeff Borlase, 43, and his wife, Tanya, 44, had eight children including a number who were adopted. Tristan Borlase was one of their biological children. Tristan Borlase would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole

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Documents provided by the Watauga County Clerk of Court’s office shed some light on what Watauga County Sheriff’s Deputies encountered on the night of April 10 when the bodies of Jeffery David Borlase and Tanya Maye Borlase were discovered at their home in Deep Gap.

According to an affidavit from Detective Matthew F. Rollins, a call was received by Watauga County Communications at 10:32 p.m. on Wednesday, April 10. Deputies were dispatched to Orchard Road in Deep Gap following a call from a family member that reported a lot of blood and three missing family members.

When deputies arrived, they discovered blood on stone steps of the walkway that leads to the house. Blood was also found on the porch and the doormats just before entering the house. The door was unlocked and deputies proceeded into the home. Blood was found on the floor just inside the door and a blood trail from the entrance going up the main stairs of the residence.

Outside, deputies searched the property and discovered Jeffery Borlase’s body under a hammock behind an outbuilding with puncture wounds to the abdomen.

Deputies continued to search the scene and located a truck in the woods that “appeared to be an attempt to hide the vehicle.” The truck, a 2001 Ford F-150, belonged to the family and had been reported missing. Deputies quickly discovered another deceased victim identified as Tanya Borlase. She was in the bed of the truck covered in a blanket with bags of mulch piled on top of her.

While detectives were still at the Deep Gap crime scene, court documents state that the Watauga County Sheriff’s Office was notified that Tristan Noah Borlase, 17, had been detained and taken into custody in Johnson County, Tennessee. Borlase was driving a truck that was registered to his father and had a female, Evelyn Faith Jackson, in the vehicle with him. According to the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office, Borlase and Jackson both had blood on their clothing and search warrants were issued for both of their cellphones.

Tristan Borlase was charged with two counts of murder and is being held without bond. Borlase will appear in court on May 7. No additional charges against other individuals in this investigation are pending at this time. Defensive attorney Garland Baker is representing Borlase.

Other court documents show that search warrants were issued for the search of a home DVR, a ring.com doorbell camera system, a Snapchat account that is believed to belong to Tristan Borlase and a total of five cellphones that may have pertinent information involving the crimes that occurred.

Tristan Borlase 2022 Information

Offender Number:	1678880
Inmate Status:	ACTIVE
Gender:	MALE
Race:	WHITE
Ethnic Group:	NOT HISPANIC/LATINO
Birth Date:	05/11/2001
Age:	20
Current Location:	CENTRAL PRISON

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Tristan Borlase is currently incarcerated at the Central Prison in North Carolina

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Tristan Borlase is serving two life without parole sentences

Brian Moses Charged In Triple Murder

Brian Moses is a man from North Carolina who has just been charged with three murders after a three year old girl has died. According to police report Brian Moses was arrested after two men were shot inside of an apartment in Lexington North Carolina and a three year old girl was severely injured. The little girl passed away and now Brian Moses is facing three counts of murder as well as robbery and arson charges for allegedly setting a house on fire. Lionel Coker and Robert Lee Stowe were murdered inside of the home. Brian Moses who is a convicted felon was arrested shortly after the murders at his home.

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A North Carolina man has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of two men and a 3-year-old girl last week, authorities said Tuesday. Lexington police said Brian Keith Moses, 54, of Winston-Salem is accused of killing the toddler, who died Friday, two days after she was found severely injured in a Lexington apartment where two men were killed, news outlets reported. Moses also is charged with two counts of first-degree murder, robbery with a dangerous weapon, possession of a firearm by a felon and first-degree arson, according to arrest warrants. He is specifically accused of killing Lionel Coker, 56, of Lexington, and Robert Lee Stowe, 61, of Winston-Salem. He’s also accused of setting fire to a house occupied by Coker in Lexington. Coker and Stowe were found dead inside an apartment after officers were called on March 2 for a report of smoke, police said. Officers also found the girl inside with life-threatening injuries. Moses was arrested at his home without incident, police said

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One person is in custody after two people were pronounced dead Wednesday night and a child found with life-threatening injuries at an apartment complex in Lexington.

Next-door neighbors say there was blood on the steps at an apartment unit off Burgess Street. They also say there was blood on the gravel next to it.

As of now, the stairs have been cleaned.

Lexington Police have arrested 54-year-old Brian Keith Moses of Winston-Salem after they say two men were found dead inside.

“This man did not deserve that,” said Octavia Silei, the neighbor who lives next door.

The victims have been identified as 61-year-old Robert Stowe and 56-year-old Lionel Coker.

Neighbors say the scene last night was just smoky. That’s when they say they heard bullets.

“Literally, that’s next door,” Silei said. “The bullets could have came through the wall or anything.”

Speaking of one of the victims, Silei says he was loved in the community.

“You could be walking down the street, oh you need something to eat, oh come and get you a plate, that was the kind of guy he was,” she said.

A 911 caller told police that blood was on the steps and a gun was in the parking lot.

The Lexington Police Department says officers responded to the apartment to assist the Lexington Fire Department with the crime and forced their way in.

“As the officers went into the apartment, they immediately encountered smoke,” said Police Chief Robby Rummage. “They they made their way through the apartment to look at what’s going on and they saw two adults in the apartment with obvious traumatic injuries.”

Police say the fire started from the stove. It was not a structure fire.

We’re told officers also found a 3-year-old girl inside the unit suffering from traumatic injuries.

“They grabbed that young child and ran out the door and ran up the street to where Lexington firefighters were sitting there waiting,” the chief said. “They immediately started rendering first aid.”

Officers say they worked with the Winston-Salem Police Department to locate the suspect, Brian Moses’ home, where his vehicle was.

They say it matched the description that a Burgess Street resident gave them.

“This was senseless violence that at this point some of the reasons behind this are unknown.” Chief Rummage said.

Authorities say it was not uncommon for Moses to visit the home as he was an acquaintance the residents. They say the shooting was not random and Moses is the only suspect.

“I saw the gun,” Silei said. “The gun was laying in the gravel with a puddle of blood with eye glasses and a remote.”

Silei says she’s looking for a new place to live and says she’s still trying to process the incident.

“You could tell that he was struggling, that he was fighting, that he was defending himself,” she said.

Now, the 3-year-old girl is still at a N.C. Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem recovering with her parents by her side, Lexington Police say.

The suspect Brian Moses has been charged with two counts of murder, arson, robbery with a dangerous weapon and possession of a firearm by felon.

He will be booked at the Davidson County jail.

If you have any information, you’re asked to call Lexington Police at 336-243-3302 or Lexington Area Crime Stoppers at 336-243-2400

https://wcti12.com/news/state-news/lexington-police-have-one-person-in-custody-after-an-incident-that-took-place-last-night

David Little Charged In Carolyn James Murder

David Little has been charged in the murder of his roommate Carolyn James who disappeared a few days ago. According to police reports David Little would confess to killing Carolyn James after he called 911. When police performed a well being check they would find the body of Carolyn James inside of the home. As of yet no motive or how Carolyn James was killed has yet to be released. For the reason on why David Little is smiling in his mugshot is also unknown

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David Little has been charged with murdering a 71-year-old woman, who he was renting a room from in Union County, police said.

Officers responded to a home Friday at around 6 p.m. on Ashie Avenue for a welfare check. Neighbors said the woman who lived there had not been seen recently.

Once police got inside the home, they found Carolyn James dead. Investigators said James’ cause of death was suspicious and determined that David Little, 31, was a person of interest in the case

Stallings police told Channel 9 that Little was in Charlotte Friday night and called 911, confessing to killing his roommate. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police then responded to his location and took him into custody. Little was then transferred to the Stallings Police Department.

“He actually called 911 in Charlotte and said he had just murdered his roommate,” said Assistant Chief James Perry.

After further investigation, Little was charged with first-degree murder. He is currently being held at the Union County Jail without bond.

A neighbor told Channel 9 that she got a text from a friend worried about James. On Friday, Theresa said she used a key James gave her to let officers inside for a welfare check.

“They had a pact as she called it that they would call or text one another because they were both single ladies and she hadn’t heard from Carolyn,” Theresa said.

She said she was worried about her friend renting rooms, and that she recalled James wanting Little to move out because of some strange behavior.

“We said, ‘off the internet’ maybe that’s not such a good idea.’ This fellow and one other I did not get good feelings about,” Theresa said.

Police said this does not appear to be a random act and that there is no threat to the public. Detectives are still working to learn Little’s motive.

“Carolyn was special. She was a friend to my mom. She was willing to take my mom to medical appointments,” Theresa said. “She will be missed. She will be greatly missed.”

Anyone with any information on this case is asked to contact the Stallings Police Department at 704-821-0300.

No other details have been released at this point

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