3 more charged in Morganton death

Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007

By Marcie Young
Charlotte Observer Staff Writer

Three people turned themselves in to police Thursday on murder charges connected to a botched home invasion in Morganton last week, authorities said.

Elgin Anthony Melson, 23, and Alicia Camille Goode, 29, both of Morganton, turned themselves into the Cincinnati Police Department in Ohio, said Morganton Public Safety's Capt. William Devinney.

Joshua Aaron Crisp, 16, surrendered Thursday to investigators at Morganton Public Safety, Devinney said.

Just before midnight Aug. 24, at least two men broke into Pedro Arnol Ramirez' and Manual Vargas' Jones Street home while the pair was inside, authorities said. Ramirez and Vargas struggled with the invaders, who were armed with a pistol and a rifle.

Ramirez was killed, and Vargas was taken to Grace Hospital, where he was treated for nonlife-threatening gunshot wounds.

Crisp's father, Rodney Crisp, was charged Wednesday with accessory after murder, police said.

Another Morganton teen, 18-year-old Kenneth Raynard Conley, was charged with murder Tuesday in Ramirez's death.


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