Just a few days before the trial was scheduled to begin, a defendant from Indiana made a shocking announcement and decided to take a guilty plea.
On Friday afternoon, Jamie Weaks, now 24, pled guilty in Onslow County Superior Court to 2nd degree murder in the shooting death of 41-year-old Felicia Parker at the Budget Inn on July 31, 2018. Weaks is sentenced to 264 months to 329 months (22-27 years) in the NC Department of Adult Corrections.
The trial was scheduled to begin Monday, March 8.
In an email to The Daily News from DA Ernie Lee, Weaks went to the hotel room looking for Enoch Parker, who had cheated Weak s sister in a drug deal earlier in the day. Felicia Parker was the sole occupant at the time of the shooting when Weaks cames to the hotel and knocked on the door. When (Felicia) Parker didn t open the door, Weaks fired a 9 mm handgun three times into the room.
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Onslow County has opened vaccinations to the first private practice doctor due to their strong working relationship with the clinic during the pandemic.
StarMed Healthcare in Charlotte has teamed up with the Onslow County Health Department and Onslow Memorial Hospital in order to administer the Moderna vaccine during an event Saturday, focusing on Group 1 healthcare workers, long term care staff and residents, along with Group 2 residents 65 and older.
Dr. Arin Piramzadian of StarMed said he was graciously gifted the vaccines from OMH after the health department recommended sharing their extra doses. OMH has already teamed up with the OCHD in the past in order to transfer extra doses so that they don t go to waste.
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During the first weekly briefing of Onslow County s COVID-19 statistics on Monday, officials announced the county has hit the century mark for virus-related deaths. What followed was news that will affect vaccination efforts for weeks to come.
Over the weekend, Onslow counted five new coronavirus fatalities including four over the age of 65-years-old, bringing the total number to 104 deaths during the pandemic. There were also 308 new confirmed positive cases since the last update on Friday as the county has cleared 11,491 cases.
Onslow continues to increase the number of vaccinations given on a daily basis but the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services threw them and other Eastern North Carolina counties a curveball. Hospitals and health departments were told they needed to finish off their remaining amount of doses before being allocated more.
1. Tell us a little bit about yourself. Are you from the area or do you have any connections to Onslow County? What are some things you would like the people of Onslow to know about you on a personal level?
I am a bit of an outdoor enthusiast, a terrible golfer, and married to an aspiring sommelier. I was born in Massachusetts, but we moved around quite a bit when I was growing up. Eventually, I settled down in Florida’s Tampa Bay area, where I met my wife, Krystal. This year will be our 10th wedding anniversary and mark 15 years together. We have been blessed to be able to travel, experience other cultures, and make friends all over the world. I earned my master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Florida. After spending 20 years in Florida, we moved to North Carolina to be closer to my immediate family. I was working for a professional events company at the time and became familiar with the staff at RDU. My wife’s company has an office in North Raleigh
A Jacksonville woman has been charged with fraud while allegedly using fake hospital bills in order to obtain the insurance money from the payout.
Catelynn Nicolle Marstin, 31, of 404 S. Bridge Drive in Jacksonville is charged with eight counts of insurance fraud, four counts of obtaining property by false pretense and four counts of attempting to obtain property by false pretense, all of which are felonies.
Marstin is accused of filing fraudulent medical records from Onslow Memorial Hospital in order to obtain insurance claims payments from Aflac.
According to the arrest warrants, Marstin obtained $27,320 from Aflac as a result of the false claims and attempted to obtain an additional $34,675. The offenses occurred between July 10, 2018, and May 1, 2019.