A North Carolina man has pleaded guilty to shooting a newspaper delivery man in East Charlotte after he knocked over a trash can.
Corey Geter, now 35, admitted that on April 29, 2024, he fired at a newspaper carrier for knocking over a trash can along Woodthrush Drive. The incident occurred in March 2020, according to WBTV3.
After hitting the trash can, the delivery driver “noticed that a black sports car was following him,” according to an arrest report obtained by the newspaper.
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The delivery driver told police that as he drove away, he heard three gunshots, one of which struck the driver’s side window while he was still inside the vehicle. The delivery driver fled to a nearby gas station and called 911. Meanwhile, Getter patrolled the gas station parking lot. When police arrived, they found a black Chevrolet Camaro fleeing the scene. A traffic stop was conducted and the suspects were arrested. WBTV 3 reported that police found a 9mm handgun in the car with Getter, who was a passenger, and he admitted firing the gun, but not directly at the delivery driver.
On April 29, Getter pleaded guilty to the crimes police had already accused him of. He was sentenced to a suspended prison term of 64 to 89 months and 36 months of supervised probation. However, he will have to serve 90 of those days in jail, according to WBTV 3.
According to records, the getter is Mecklenburg County Jail.
