May 28, 2022
A jury convicted Robert Brodie of Henderson, North Carolina, on all counts of the charges filed against him including kidnapping with bodily injury, aggravated battery, aggravated assault against a law enforcement officer, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, and theft by receiving stolen property.
He was convicted and sentenced to life in prison without parole on Thursday for shooting a woman he kidnapped and a responding deputy, the Banks County Sheriff’s Office says.
Around 2 a.m. on February 8, 2022, deputies were on patrol when they noticed a suspicious car in the parking lot of the Super 8 Motel at Banks Crossing.Â
The deputies attempted to wake the people in the car and that’s when investigators say Brodie pulled out a gun and shot the woman, identified by North Carolina authorities as Mary Ann Joyner. Brodie and the deputies exchanged gunfire. Brodie was shot several times and Deputy Dillon Crump was shot in the hand.
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Crump was treated and released from the hospital. At the State Capitol weeks later, state lawmakers recognized Crump and two other deputies, Cale Mathis and Sgt. Jeffery Ledford, for their courage and valor.
The February incident was not the first time Brodie was accused of kidnapping Joyner, with whom he had a previous romantic relationship, according to reporters.
