The District Attorney's Office rules in Monday's officer-involved shooting. DA David Learner concludes in a news release issued Thursday that the Burke County Sheriff's deputy acted lawfully in shooting 42-year-old Jeffrey Andrew Jacobs. That conclusion based upon applicable law and the facts as reported by eyewitness accounts-corroborated by the photographs and other physical evidence. The SBI conducted witness interviews, photographed the scene, collected evidence while also reviewing dash-cam video from the deputy's patrol car. The DA's press release states the deputy repeatedly attempted to de-escalate the situation and demanded more than thirty times that Jacobs drop the weapon. The release further remarks that the law of NC recognizes the principle of self-defense, which is the inherent right to use deadly force to protect one's self or others from death or great bodily harm - which was exactly what the deputy reasonably believed under circumstances that were tense, uncertain and rapidly evolving.
The Burke County Sheriff's Office has continued to receive and investigate reports of breaking and entering to vehicles, and an attempted first degree burglary associated with the initial arrests of Kevin Blaine Jenkins and Cody Dean Limbo. These additional reported crimes took place in the Rhodhiss Road and Icard Rhodhiss Road areas of Burke County. Jenkins faces additional charges that brings his total bond to $405,000. A new third suspect, Dylan Thomas Deaton faces multiple charges, including felonious attempted first degree burglary. His bond was set at $95,000. These cases are still open and the investigations are continuing with additional charges expected.
A Wilkesboro man will spend at least six years in prison after pleading guilty to multiple criminal acts and admitting his status as a habitual felon during Catawba County Superior Court on Wednesday. 35-year-old Joshua Allen Bentley's prison sentence was enhanced by prior felony convictions for larceny of a firearm in Caldwell County (July 2006), larceny after breakin/entering in Graham County (March 2008) and obtaining property by false pretense in Wilkes County (July 2011).
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