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LOCAL STATE SATURDAY SFPTFMHFR 17 2005 3B I COURT HEARING HELD Accused toyMemid faces death peraBttw THE CHARLOri'F OBSFRVFR I www charlotte com Aggravating factors cited in death of former UNCC volleyball star that prosecutors would seek the death penalty Goodenow told Superior Court Judge Bob Bell that there were one or more aggravating factors in the killing She did not elaborate Within the past three weeks four suspected killers have been convicted in Charlotte in domestic slayings Two men and a woman were sentenced Thursday to prison terms ranging from nearly 8 years to 15 years Two weeks ago Mecklenburg Assistant District Attorneys Beth Freeman and David Maloney obtained a first-degree murder conviction in the 2002 domestic slaying of 32-year-old Antron Norman Lindsey Rodney Craig 33 was sentenced to life in prison without parole for murdering Lindsey his ex-girlfriend Defense attorney Mark Foster said Friday that Craig will appeal challenging evidence prosecutors were allowed to introduce involving allegations of prior domestic violence against Lindsey and his ex-wife Foster said Craig also will challenge the decision to allow police officers to testify about alleged violence and other misconduct against Lindsey The defense Foster said cross-examine Lindsey client was convicted primarily on his alleged past bad Foster said Lindsey was shot in the head chest and arms defendant made the decision to murder Antron Norman Lindsey a mother daughter and Freeman told the Observer murder was malicious brutal and it was personal pleaded for her life in her last moments but the defendant ignored her pleas and took something that did not belong to him the life of Antron Lindsey By his own actions the defendant imposed upon himself a life Freeman said Craig shot Lindsey as she sat on a bed When she tried to get up the prosecutor said he shot her two more times including in the head I think the trial answered the question of life was Freeman said hopefully there is some peace for Antron and for her family in knowing that the person who took her life has been held Gary Wrighf (704) 358-5052 gwrightcharlotteobservercom By Gary Wright Staff Writer Mecklenburg prosecutors will seek the death penalty against Seyi Tayo Odueso who is charged with murder in connection with the July slaying of his girlfriend former UNC Charlotte volleyball star Christy Ann Galvin Galvin 26 was found slain in UNRELATED CASES DAMAGE LIGHTER THAN 2 will plead guilty in real estate schemes worst Galvin Odueso her bed Her car a silver 2003 Nissan 300Z was missing Authorities in New York found Odueso 27 trying to cross into Canada He was driving her car During a hearing this week Mecklenburg Assistant District Attorney Marsha Goodenow informed Odueso and his lawyers statements about the incomes employment and intent to occupy the purchased homes court records say George and his partners failed to assist in finding renters for the overvalued houses Many buyers went into foreclosure Lenders issued about $34 million in fraudulent loans prosecutors say The Observer featured one Cornelius neighborhood where KenBill Properties worked More than 60 percent of McKenzie Place homes have been foreclosed upon in the past three years A builder a lawyer and two Charlotte real estate investors are among those who already have pleaded guilty George agreed to plead guilty in court documents filed this week He faces 57 to 71 months in prison and fines His attorney Larry Hewitt declined to comment saying present evidence in support of his client at sentencing In case he was accused of recruiting buyers for commercial and residential properties that were promised to generate rental income The buyers often know that Johnson and his co-conspirators had just purchased the properties court Charlotte mortgage broker Salisbury agent accused of fraud By Lisa HammerslyMunn Staff Writer A Charlotte mortgage broker and a Salisbury real estate agent have agreed to plead guilty in separate mortgage fraud schemes Gordon George a Charlotte mortgage broker is accused of taking part in fraudulent home sales that involved homes in Cornelius south Charlotte and other Mecklenburg neighborhoods Most were sold through KenBill Properties a real estate investment company Billy Ray Johnson a Salisbury real estate agent agreed to plead guilty in a second mortgage fraud case George allegedly recruited buyers for homes promising to find renters to pay the mortgage and later sell the home at a profit court documents allege He and his partners tell buyers that they were paying more than the properties were worth The sales also involved false As storm moves away Basnight seeks tougher building codes on coast By Mark Johnson and Sharif Durhams Staff Writers Remnants of Tropical Storm Ophelia the NC unwanted three-day guest left less damage than expected to shoreline communities as it lumbered deeper into the Atlantic Ocean on Friday While aid workers and residents applauded local and state 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