Corey Demel Cheek Jr.
On June 5, 2013, Corey Cheek Jr. of 315 Davis Street, Henderson, NC born 10/19/1995 was arrested for the February 24, 2012 homicide of Jerry Olandes Wright that occurred at the Beacon Light Masonic Lodge, 1204 W. Andrews Avenue. Cheek has been charged with 1st degree murder, Assault with a Deadly Weapon with Intent to Kill, Pattern of Gang Activity, Felony Riot, and Discharging a Firearm in the City. He is currently jailed without bond. Other arrest are imminent in this case and information will be released as those arrest are made. With due respect, the family of Jerry Olandes Wright was notified prior to this release being made. This was a joint investigation between the Henderson Police Department and the State Bureau of Investigations.
I have seen this boys face on here way too many times. If these crooked bail bondsmen and our sorry court system would leave these criminals in jail they wouldn’t be committing crimes. Wake up Henderson, this town is turning into the wild wild west.
So let me get this straight……while out on bond for another Murder this boy killed another person? Spedro you are correct in you description of the bail bondsmen in the area. They profit off of illegal activities just as much if not more than the individuals who are out in the street slanging the dope. I have witnessed one particular bond agency that is located within a stone’s throw from the Vance Co. Court house sit outside in the parking lot waiting for a Sheriff’s car or a HPD car pull up with someone who had just been arrested. Does that tell you about the local BailBond Company when they are basically camping out at the Magistrate’s Office waiting to profit on someone’s misfortunes?
If commissioner Brown wants to worry/complain about the salaries of African Americans within county govt. then the Court House is a good place for her to start. Get em’ as they are coming out of the Magistrates Office or better yet….get em’ when they are getting out of the HPD or VCSO cars after being arrested. Ain’t no time like the present!!!!!! Chew on that!!!!
Eighteen years old and already a repeat, serious offender! After the first murder charge he should have been denied bail. I’ve been in Henderson long enough to have heard most mothers of teen offenders say, “Not my son (daughter), he’s a good kid and it was someone else’s fault”…All this begins at home, with parents not caring where their kids hang out, that their children do well in school and defending their misbehaviors at school as the teacher’s fault. What can we expect when our teachers don’t have parental respect and support, the kids don’t have home discipline and our school system won’t (not can’t) provide current text books and are cutting back on everything but their adminstrative salaries? When I first arrived in NC in 1970, the educational system stood at #48 in the nation. In all those years there has been no change. It’s ironic to me that the prolonged fad of bagging is a clear sign of “showing one’s butt”! Let those ignorant butts get publically spanked!
Our town needs a serious overhaul. It has to start with changing the mindset of the people. This kid should have never been let out of jail. It seems that our law enforcement community only cares about the drug money they can get out of these punks. They are killing each other for God’s sake! These sorry bail bondsmen are only adding to the problem at our community’s expense and their own personal gain. They are all crooked! If one of their loved ones was murdered senselessly, would they think it would be okay to let the murderer out on bond?? Of course not, that would be absurd! It starts downtown folks. If you cut the head off of the beast it dies. Our problem lies in our courthouse, and continues to the bondsmen and lawyers. If we want to fix the problem we have to do something about it. Go to church. Pray for our town. Pray for your neighbor. Go out and get involved and take our town back. I’ve been here all my life and I refuse to believe that this is a bad town. I believe that there are still more good people than bad people here and it is our duty to run the crime out of here. Vote carefully, speak your mind and stand up for what is right. It’s the only way to bring about change.
I agree, Spedro, our city and county need transformation. I continue to believe there are more good folks than bad, but I see the bad grow. I come from the time when any adult could correct any child and then send the birdie to tell mom all about it. Now people are afraid to correct even their own children! Sadly, too many of our too young parents were never corrected or taught to be responsible for their actions. It is self perpetrating, ignorance and neglect. If we, as individuals, cannot speak up to the youth, how can they know better? One way or another, we pay for passing the buck. Please excuse me for remaining an idealist after seventy years. I probably won’t ever quit believing that each individual has a responsibility to speak up against wrong.
and now today’s Daily Dispatch has added 2 more African American males that were arrested for MURDER!!!! Both had prior criminal histories and if they were kept in jail until their Court dates then maybe Mr. Jerry Wright wouldn’t have gotten MURDERED at Beacon Light. C’mon commissioner Brown….here’s 2 more young black males that are a shame not only to the community but their own families. Where are the self-proclaimed community activists that always want to YELL when they think something is being done wrong at the HPD? Where are they? An entire generation of young black males are being lost to death/drugs/jail and when is the last time you heard the ‘activists’ about this ISSUE?
With the article on the front page about Rev. Gatewood and the NAACP talking about protesting during “Moral Mondays” he and other members of the NAACP need to beat the streets and try to save these young men/women from a life of crime. That wouldn’t garner the attention that protesting the General Assemby and its crew in Raleigh but it shows that evidently there isn’t much concern about the young black males even by there own clergymen. Chew on that………..