Fuquay-Varina man accused of killing teen who allegedly swiped cell phone held without bond
The Fuquay-Varina man who is accused of killing a 16-year-old after the teen allegedly swiped his cell phone was ordered held without bond during his first court appearance Tuesday.
Posted — UpdatedA Wake County judge ordered David Wendell Dixon, 27, to return to court on June 5. Dixon remained jailed at the Wake County Detention Center after he was arrested early Monday in conneciton with the death of Monterio Devon Whitehead.
The incident began around 2 a.m. when the Fuquay-Varina Police Department was called to a home at 727 E. Broad Street, where they found the body of Whitehead, who was a freshman at SCORE Academy..
Investigators said Whitehead approached Dixon in the parking lot of a Walmart in Fuquay-Varina and asked to use Dixon's cell phone.
Police say Dixon handed his cell phone to the teen, who allegedly ran from Dixon while still holding the phone.
Dixon chased Whitehead from the Walmart parking lot to the Home Depot parking lot in his car.
Dixon drove his vehicle over a parking lot curb and onto the property at 727 E. Broad St. He went through a tree line and down a hill before he struck and ran over Whitehead, authorities said.
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