News Roundup

A multi-state search for a woman wanted in connection with a January murder at a Hickory furniture plant is ongoing this week and a U.S. Marshal said that there is a good chance that the woman and her husband, who also is wanted on suspicion of being an accessory after the fact, are still in the greater Hickory area.  Keep reading for more on this story and other news. Hickory Manhunt.  As the Hickory Daily Record reports, federal and state law enforcement are continuing to search for Tangela and Eric Parker as Tangela is the prime suspect in the January 13 murder of Phelifia Marlow at TCS Designs, a furniture plant in Hickory.  Marlow and Parker were coworkers and apparently were involved in an argument at work the week before Marlow was shot at the plant.  Authorities have been searching for Tangela and her husband Eric since the shooting and have recently increased a reward for information leading to their arrest from $5,000 to $10,000.  The couple, who are considered armed and dangerous, were last seen driving a beige 2019 Honda CRV with North Carolina tag FAM5669.  High Point Standoff.  As WXII 12 reports, three High Point police officers were shot on Friday, February 5, during an hours-long standoff at a suspected murder scene. Fortunately, none of the officers’ injuries are life-threatening.  Late in the night on the preceding Thursday, officers responded to gun shots at a home on West English Road where they found Josue Drumond-Cruz brandishing a rifle on [...]