Crime In Charlotte, NC

Biological evidence led CMPD's Sexual Assault Cold Case detectives to identify and charge two suspects in separate sexual assaults from 2000.

Christopher Lynn Porter, 31, pled guilty yesterday and received a sentence of 12 1/2- 16 years for the June 6, 2000 rape of a woman off Milton Road on Barrington Drive.

In the early morning hours on June 4, 2000, the victim was walking home when Christopher Porter first approached her. A few minutes later he returned with a bandana covering his face, forced her behind the apartments and robbed & raped her at knife point.

Porter has been in custody in South Carolina on federal drug charges and was brought to Mecklenburg County to face charges of first degree rape, first degree kidnapping and robbery with a dangerous weapon.

Porter will be returned to the South Carolina prison to serve the remainder of that sentence. When released in 2011, he will be brought back to Mecklenburg County to serve the sentence in this case.

Michael Neville Watson, 33, was arrested on December 21, 2007 in New Orleans on a fugitive warrant for the June 11, 2000 sexual assault of a 16-year-old girl off Wilkinson Boulevard.

On June 11, 2000, two victims (father and daughter) were at a storage facility loading papers for delivery when the suspect, armed with a shotgun, approached them. The suspect restrained the father, robbed them and then drove around with the daughter before sexually assaulting her.

Watson was transported to Charlotte after his arrest in New Orleans and has been charged with two counts of first degree sexual assault, two counts of kidnapping and two counts of robbery with a dangerous weapon. Watson is being held in the Mecklenburg County Jail with a $350,000 bond.

The CMPD Sexual Assault Cold Case detectives identified and charged 36-year old Darrell Boyd (R) with two brutal sexual assaults committed in 1998:

May 1, 1998: Vinca Circle @ 9:30 am: 22 year-old victim was home alone in her apartment. The suspect entered the apartment through the front door armed with a handgun. He held the victim and sexually assaulted her for more than an hour before fleeing.

May 14, 1998: English Hills Drive @ 11:00 pm. The victim was home alone in her apartment. The suspect entered her residence through a sliding glass door. He held the victim in her residence for nearly three hours, physically and sexually assaulting her, before fleeing.

Police say Boyd was scheduled to be released December 13th from a correctional facility in Ohio where he had been serving two years for a crime he committed there. Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Deputies traveled to the facility over the weekend and transported Boyd back to Charlotte and booked him into the Mecklenburg County Jail.

In addition to an unrelated charge for Trafficking Heroin, Darrell Boyd has been charged with the following crimes: 4 counts 1st degree Rape; 2 counts 2nd degree Rape; 4 counts 1st degree Sex Offense; 3 counts 2nd degree Sex Offense; 2 counts 1st degree Kidnapping; 1 count Robbery; 1 count 1st degree Burglary; 1 count Felony B&E

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The CMPD Homicide Cold Case Unit arrested 33-year old Mandrey Davis in connection with the 1999 murder of 32-year old Kiawana Grace.

On May 11, 1999, CMPD Officers responded to Hilo Drive in reference to a possible deceased person. Upon arriving on the scene, officers found the body of Kiawana Grace inside her apartment. The victim sustained a fatal gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene.

On December 6, 2007, Davis was arrested at his residence on Rozzelles Ferry Rd. He is charged with Murder and Possession of Firearm by Convicted Felon.

Since it began in 2003, the Cold Case Unit has made 17 arrests and cleared 25 homicide cases.

Joseph Keith Perry became acquainted with police when he was 16-years old. He was arrested for stealing a car. At age 18, he was caught carrying a weapon on school grounds.

When Perry was 19-years old, he was out robbing and raping people at gunpoint. Police say Perry approached a man and a woman as they were working on a cell tower site off Brookshire Blvd. Perry held them at gunpoint, took their vehicle and abducted the female victim.

As Perry drove away with the female, the male attempted to help her and Perry fired several shots at him. Perry then took the female to a cemetery off of Beatties Ford Rd, where he sexually assaulted her at gunpoint. The brutal attack occurred in 2003, however, he was not forensically connected to the crime until this month.

Somehow, Perry managed to avoid police for two years. My guess is he skipped town after the robbery and rape. He was back in business when he turned 21. He was arrested three times; once for selling drugs and twice for assaulting a female. When Perry was 22, he violated a protection order. Now... Perry is 23-years old and facing charges which could land him in prison for the rest of his life!

Perry's Criminal Career:
· Age 16: Arrested for stealing a car
· Age 17: Convicted of receiving a stolen vehicle– Received probation
· Age 18: Convicted of possessing a weapon on campus – Received probation
· Age 19: Committed an armed robbery, rape and assault against two victims. – Arrested in ‘07
· Age 21: Arrested for selling, possessing and delivering cocaine
· Age 21: Arrested for assault on a female & possession of marijuana
· Age 22: Convicted of selling drugs- Received probation
· Age 22: Convicted of assaulting a female- Received probation
· Age 22: Arrested again for assaulting a female
· Age 23: Arrested for violating a domestic protection order
· Age 23: Arrested for a terrible and violent crime he committed when he was 19. He is facing charges of: Robbery, first and second degree kidnapping, first and second degree sex offenses, first and second degree rape, assault on a female, felonious restraint and assault with a deadly weapon- with the intent to kill.