LUMBERTON — The son of a man charged with killing a Maxton resident in December is now accused of taking part in the crime, according to the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office.
Tony Cornelious Locklear Jr., 16, of Pembroke, was charged Friday with first-degree murder, first-degree kidnapping and conspiracy.
Locklear and his father, Tony Cornelious Locklear Sr., 43, are accused in the Dec. 4 death of Braxton Chavis Jr., 55, of Chavan Drive, a Sheriff’s Office release said.
The father is accused in two murders over 15 days about 1,100 miles apart, one in Maxton and the other in Maine. For the murder of Chavis, the elder Locklear faces charges of first-degree murder, first-degree kidnapping and conspiracy.
Chavis’ body was found in a wooded area off Alma Road about four miles southeast of Maxton. Before the body was found, Chavis’ son reported that his father had been kidnapped, authorities have said.
Locklear Jr. is being held in the Robeson County Detention Center without bail.
Locklear Sr. was arrested March 3 in Alabama, a Sheriff’s Office release said. He has been extradited to Millinocket, Maine, where he is charged with murder and robbery in the Dec. 19 shooting death of Wayne Lapierre. The victim’s wife was also injured. Millinocket is a small town in central Maine, about 75 miles north of Bangor.
Christopher Murray, 38, of Maxton, also is charged in the incident in which LaPierre’s wife was injured. He is being held in Maine in the Penobscot County Jail. Locklear Sr. was extradited to Maine shortly after he was arrested, the Sheriff’s Office release said.
Earlier this month, Locklear Sr.’s daughter, Alexis Locklear, 21, who is Murray’s girlfriend, was arrested in Maxton. She has been indicted by the Penobscot County grand jury on murder and robbery charges in the same case, according to the Bangor Daily News in Maine.
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