ROCKINGHAM — A man is in the Richmond County Jail accused of threatening a witness in another county’s case.
According to court documents, 22-year-old Jessie Jaquan Pratt, of Candor, was indicted July 17 in Richmond County for allegedly making threats against a witness in a Montgomery County court case.
Pratt allegedly threatened to kill and inflict bodily harm if the witness did not dismiss charges filed in the case, court documents show.
An order for his arrest was issued the same day the true bill of indictment was returned.
He was arrested in Randolph County and booked into the Richmond County Jail on Aug. 12.
Pratt is charged with a felony count of intimidating a witness and a misdemeanor count of communicating threats. His bond was set at $400,000 because he is also facing charges of intimidating a witness and obstructing justice in Montgomery County, court records show.
He is scheduled to appear in Richmond County Superior Court on Sept. 3.
Pratt also has a number of pending drug charges in Montgomery County: trafficking in cocaine; trafficking opium or heroin; possession with intent to sell or deliver cocaine; possession with intent to sell or deliver heroin; possession with intent to sell or deliver marijuana; felony possession of marijuana; maintaining a vehicle, dwelling or place for a controlled substance; simple possession of a Schedule IV controlled substance; possession of marijuana paraphernalia; and possession of drug paraphernalia.
His court date for all Montgomery County charges is Aug. 28.
Records with the N.C. Department of Public Safety Division of Adult Correction show Pratt’s only prior conviction was in 2016 for misdemeanor possession of a Schedule VI controlled substance.
All defendants facing criminal charges are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
