A northeast Charlotte homicide case that has lingered since late 2024 saw a major turn on Thursday, May 14, 2026, when a local man entered a guilty plea and accepted a lengthy prison term. The deal, tied to a multi-defendant investigation stemming from a December 17, 2024 shooting on Perennial Terrace Drive, calls for a minimum 13-year sentence under the agreement.
Guilty plea and sentence
According to WCNC, 19-year-old Reginald Anthony admitted his role in the December 17, 2024, shooting on Perennial Terrace and pleaded guilty in court. The station, citing court records, reports that the victim, 28-year-old Raymone Devine Flakes, was struck 14 times. Anthony told investigators he fired in self-defense and that he was 17 years old at the time of the shooting.
Where the shooting happened
Detectives say the gunfire broke out shortly after 11:28 a.m. on December 17 in the 3000 block of Perennial Terrace Drive, where officers arrived to find Flakes suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, according to a release from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. MEDIC rushed Flakes to Novant Presbyterian Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead.
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