Authorities have made an arrest in the case of human remains found Sunday morning in a burnt vehicle. Burke County Deputies and SBI Agents Thursday, arrested 33-year-old Brian Jerome Robinson of Morganton without incident, at an address on Oak Forest Drive Morganton just after 2pm. He was charged with Felonious and malice aforethought kill and murder 35-year-old Albert Alexander Austin of Forest City. Robinson is being held without bond with a District Court appearance in Morganton scheduled for today. Just after 8am Sunday, deputies located human remains in a burnt Cadillac Deville on Canoe Creek Way. One of the human remains was later identified as Austin. The investigation is continuing.

The second of two men convicted by a Catawba County jury in December has been sentenced to at least 7 years in prison. 23-year-old James Bryant Moser of Conover received his sentence earlier this week in Catawba County Superior Court. Moser and Emmanuel Martine each were found guilty of one count of armed robbery, three counts of second degree kidnapping, and one count of felony breaking and entering for a 2013 Hickory home invasion. Reports say both men were present during the trials jury selection, but neither returned for the rest of the trial. Whenever the jury returned guilty verdicts for both, arrest warrants were issued. Moser was apprehended by a bail bondsman and surrendered to Catawba authorities. He was also indicted for felony failure to appear. Martinez was given an active prison sentence of up to 10 years, which began in April.