Man arrested in connection to deadly 2008 Robeson County home invasion James Roscoe McAllister (Source: Robeson Co. Sheriff s Office) By WMBF News Staff | April 22, 2021 at 9:30 PM EDT - Updated April 22 at 9:30 PM
ROBESON COUNTY, N.C. (WMBF) - Authorities have made an arrest in connection to a Robeson County murder that happened over a decade ago.
Robeson County Sheriff Burnis Wilkins said 30-year-old James Roscoe McAllister, of Lumber Ridge, surrendered to deputies on Thursday.
McAllister was previously wanted after a hit from a DNA profile resulted in Robeson County deputies and the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation reopening the cold case and identifying him as a suspect.
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Judge Angelica McIntyre speaks with Dejywan R. Floyd, 29, over a video call during a preliminary hearing at the Robeson County Courthouse on Thursday, April 15, 2021, in Lumberton. Floyd is charged with first-degree murder and discharging a weapon into an occupied property in connection with the shooting death of 47-year-old Julie Eberly.
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Judge Angelica McIntyre speaks with Dejywan R. Floyd, 29, over a video call during a preliminary hearing at the Robeson County Courthouse on Thursday, April 15, 2021, in Lumberton. Floyd is charged with first-degree murder and discharging a weapon into an occupied property in connection with the shooting death of 47-year-old Julie Eberly.
The man charged with killing a Manheim woman when he shot into a moving car on I-95 in North Carolina last month has been denied bail and will remain in jail.
Robeson County Chief District Court Judge Angelica Chavis McIntyre denied Dejywan Floyd s request for bail at a brief court hearing Thursday morning. She also told Floyd he could face the death penalty.
She also appointed a public defender for Floyd. He had previously indicated his sister was going to hire an attorney, but he told McIntyre that she was in hospital.
Floyd, 29, of Lumberton, North Carolina, is charged with first-degree murder and discharging a weapon into an occupied property.
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A man arrested in North Carolina has been identified on social media, without evidence, as George Floyd’s sibling. While Dejwyan R. Floyd, arrested on April 1st, shares the same last name as the late Floyd, Reuters found no evidence that the two individuals are related.
This claim comes almost a year after the death of George Perry Floyd, Jr., a Black man who died after a white police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes, sparking a wave of anti-racist protests across the world. ( here ).
Examples of posts with the claim here and here read: “Why isn’t this on the NEWS Channels? George Floyd’s younger brother, Delywan (sic) Floyd, has been arrested in North Carolina for a “road rage” shooting of a white couple, killing the mother of six sitting in the passenger seat”. Iterations feature a mugshot of a man visible here and a picture of a woman visible in a report by Oxygen here .