A third man has taken responsibility for his role in the notorious 2021 attack on a Charlotte home that killed a 3-year-old boy as he slept, Mecklenburg County prosecutors say.
Jacob Lanier, 25, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder and accepted a lengthy prison sentence, Mecklenburg District Attorney Spencer Merriweather said in a Nov. 12 news release.
Two other suspects – Qua’Tonio Stephens and Kaleb Lawrence – pleaded guilty to the same charges in 2024, and are serving time in prison, records show…