Man accused of firing at deputies in Bertie County, NC
BERTIE COUNTY, N.C. (WAVY) — A man has been accused of firing at deputies in Bertie County early Friday morning.
Deputies with the Bertie County Sheriff's Office were dispatched to a residence in the 100 block of Weeping Mary Road around 1:20 a.m. for a report of an individual outside of a residence with a firearm.
Upon arrival, deputies identified the suspect as 34-year-old Dominique Javon Thompson. He opened fire on the deputies, striking two patrol vehicles. The suspect then fled the scene in a white 2024 Hyundai Elantra.
A 'be on the lookout' notification was sent out to local, state and federal law enforcement agencies in reference to the suspect and the vehicle information.
Lenoir County Sheriff's Office located the Hyundai Elantra that was operated by Thompson around 9:30 a.m., but the vehicle was unoccupied.
Shortly afterwards, the Kinston Police Department conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle that Thompson was the passenger in. He was taken into custody without incident. Police conducted a consent search of the vehicle and seized a firearm.
Thompson was subsequently taken to Bertie County for processing and served with the following charges: three counts of assault with a deadly weapon on a government official, three counts of discharging a weapon into occupied property, two counts of assault on a law enforcement animal, two counts of damage to government property and possession of firearm by a felon.
Thompson is currently being held at the Bertie-Martin Regional Jail on a $1,200,000 bond. Investigators are still working to determine an M.O.
Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Miami Herald
5 hours ago
- Miami Herald
Son gets call showing duct-taped dad before he's killed in Baltimore, feds say
A Baltimore man lured a father from California to Maryland to discuss their marijuana business, then called the father's son, showing him bound to a chair with duct tape covering his mouth before he was shot to death, federal prosecutors said. Over the FaceTime call, Ziyon Thompson filmed Miguel Soto-Diaz from inside a Baltimore row home and demanded '200 pounds of marijuana and $50,000' from his son in exchange for his father's 'safe return' on May 8, 2022, according to prosecutors. Soto-Diaz was tortured, and when his 'kidnappers' demands were not met, (he) was shot five times,' court documents say. His body was found by Baltimore firefighters, who were called to the home as it burned in a fire, according to prosecutors. Investigators with the city's fire department believe the blaze was 'intentionally set,' court filings say. Now, Thompson, 21, has been sentenced to 22 years and one month in prison over aiding and abetting the killing of Soto-Diaz, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland said in a June 3 news release. 'Murder is widely accepted as the most egregious crime,' prosecutors wrote in a sentencing memo ahead of Thompson's June 3 hearing. 'Here, we have a family that lost a father, husband, and caregiver.' Thompson previously pleaded guilty to use of a firearm resulting in death during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, court records show. Federal public defenders appointed to represent him, Katherine Tang Newberger and Sasha Garcon, didn't immediately return McClatchy News' request for comment June 4. In court documents, his legal counsel argued Thompson wasn't there when Soto-Diaz was killed and that he did not want him to die. 'Nonetheless, he knows he is morally and legally responsible for a death that deprived a loving wife of her husband and a child of his father, and he tears up when discussing Mr. Soto-Diaz, his wife and child,' his public defenders wrote in a sentencing memo. The filing mentions Soto-Diaz's wife was pregnant when he was held for ransom in Baltimore. Others involved in his killing weren't identified by prosecutors. The month before Thompson was accused of luring Soto-Diaz to his death, he visited Soto-Diaz and his family at their California home in late April 2022, according to prosecutors. Thompson stayed with Soto-Diaz to see 'the family's marijuana 'farm,'' then 'agreed to sell Soto-Diaz's marijuana in Maryland,' court filings say. In charging documents, a special agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives described Soto-Diaz as a 'marijuana trafficker.' Soto-Diaz's son regularly communicated with Thompson for his father because Soto-Diaz didn't speak English, according to prosecutors, who said his son would translate their texts and calls. After Thompson's California visit, he had an issue with 'the quality' of Soto-Diaz's marijuana and came up with a 'ruse' to have the father visit Maryland, according to court documents. Soto-Diaz went to Maryland while believing he and Thompson were going to discuss marijuana sales on May 8, 2022, when he was picked up by Thompson at a Baltimore hotel, prosecutors said. Thompson took him to the Baltimore row home, where Soto-Diaz was tied to a chair, with duct tape covering his mouth and zip-ties binding his hands and ankles, according to prosecutors. After Thompson demanded a ransom payment, he texted Soto-Diaz's son, according to prosecutors, writing: 'Pap said send the bags and money so he can be ok and he said don't call the police or he want (sic) be coming home.' An autopsy revealed Soto-Diaz died from being shot in the Baltimore row home, not the fire that burned the residence afterward, according to prosecutors. In seeking a 25-year sentence for Thompson, before he was handed a 22-year and one-month sentence, prosecutors wrote in the sentencing memo that Thompson agreed it was 'reasonably foreseeable that Soto-Diaz would be killed during the extortion.' Thompson's sentence is to be followed by five years of supervised release, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Yahoo
20 hours ago
- Yahoo
Derrick Thompson trial: More evidence he was driving speeding SUV
The Brief Derrick Thompson is charged with 15 counts of criminal Vehicular homicide and third-degree murder. Five young women died when a Cadillac Escalade rented by Thompson slammed into their car at an estimated 80 miles an hour, after reaching speeds near 100. Thompson's defense strategy is to cast doubt that prosecutors can prove he was the one driving. MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - A Minneapolis Police investigator spent hours on the stand Tuesday, presenting various videos to prove Derrick Thompson was the one driving the Cadillac Escalade that slammed into a Honda Accord and killed all five women inside. Sgt. David Ligneel showed videos from the rental car ramp at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, showing Thompson and his brother arriving in a car and both walking inside. When they leave, cameras show Derrick driving the Escalade, no one in the passenger seat, then his brother exiting right behind him driving the car. Another video, zooming in on the aftermath of the crash scene, shows no one exiting the passenger side of the Escalade. An eyewitness testified she saw Derrick emerge from the driver's door. A nurse who treated Thompson for a broken pelvis in the days after the crash testified that Derrick never mentioned anything about being a passenger in the SUV or that anyone else was even in the vehicle. Her impression from things he said is that he was driving. What we know Thompson is charged with 15 counts, three each for the five young women who died when Thompson's rented SUV slammed into them at a Lake Street intersection. The Escalade had just exited the freeway, where it was clocked at 95 miles an hour, and blew threw the red light at Lake Street. Siblings of two of the women testified on Tuesday, adding emotion to what is otherwise a very clinical, video and science heavy trial. "She brought a light to every room she walked in, she was always happy, always kind to everyone around her," said Sundus Odhowa, sister of Siham Odhowa. "And she was taken away from us way too soon." The other side A BCA forensic scientist testified about DNA evidence from the Escalade. On the driver's door was a blood sample that heavily matched Derrick, but it also came back with a slight match to Thompson's brother. This is key for the defense, who raise the possibility that Thompson's brother may have been the actual driver. But the scientist testified that the likelihood ratio of a match to Derrick was in the billions. The likelihood of a match to his brother was in the thousands. But, she conceded, his brother could not be excluded as a possible contributor to that DNA mixture. What's next The trial is expected to last a few more days, but wrap up yet this week. The prosecution has a handful of witnesses on their list they've not called yet. The defense declined to say how many witnesses they plan to call.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Yahoo
Woman arrested after multi-agency pursuit ends with car in orchard
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A driver was placed under arrest Tuesday afternoon following a pursuit that ended just north of Delano. On June 3, an alleged pepper spraying suspect led law enforcement on a chase through at least three cities. The suspect, a woman driving a white Hyundai Elantra, was traveling northbound on Highway 99 at speeds up to 110 miles per hour, according to Bakersfield police. Ethan Hawke in Bakersfield to direct documentary on singer-songwriter Merle Haggard CHP took over the pursuit at 12:03 p.m., and the woman was arrested 12 minutes later, after exiting Highway 99 on the Avenue 24 off-ramp. No injuries were reported in this pursuit. Police initially responded to the 800 block of Union Avenue for a report of a victim who'd been pepper sprayed. After the suspect vehicle was located, the pursuit began, according to police. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
