ROCKINGHAM — A man who previously served nearly eight years on a murder conviction is now facing charges, accused of pointing a gun at a woman at a gas station.
According to an incident report from the Rockingham Police Department, officers responded to a call around 8:10 p.m. July 17 at Alco Store No. 12 on East Broad Avenue after 35-year-old Kristopher Antonio McNeil, of Rockingham, allegedly pointed a gun at the 39-year-old female victim.
During the investigation, officers reportedly found and seized a Taurus PT111 G2a 9mm handgun, along with 13 unfired rounds of 9mm ammunition.
McNeil was charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and booked into the Richmond County Jail under a $25,000 secured bond. He is scheduled to appear in court on that charge Aug. 5.
The alleged victim reportedly took out warrants for the charges of assault on a female, communicating threats, assault by pointing a gun and injury to personal property.
According to the report, McNeil was initially held without bond on those charges, but jail records now show he was given a $20,000 secured bond. Those charges were not reflected in online court records on July 22.
Jail records show McNeil is also facing four counts of failure to appear on a misdemeanor in Montgomery County.
Online court records show McNeil was supposed to appear in Montgomery County court on several traffic violations — including driving while impaired, speeding and reckless driving — on July 22 and has a court date slated for Sept. 17 on similar charges. All charges are from the same trooper with the N.C. State Highway Patrol.
Records with the N.C. Department of Public Safety Division of Adult Correction show McNeil was convicted in 2009 of second-degree murder in Forsyth County.
He would have been released in 2018, but served another 11 months behind bars for escaping prison in Anson County.
McNeil went back to prison in January of 2020 on a post-release revocation, serving nearly seven months.
Records show he was first convicted in 2003 for carrying a BB gun or rifle on educational property, as well as breaking and entering vehicles and carrying a concealed weapon.
His probation was revoked two years later when he was convicted of possession of a firearm by a felon, assault on a public official and resisting an officer, resulting in a 10-month incarceration.
All defendants facing criminal charges are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
