Inmate accused of intimidating witness in Wake murder trial
A Wake County jail inmate has been charged with intimidating a witness in an ongoing death penalty trial.
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Damieon Levon Jacobs, 21, of 107 W. Maple Ave. in Holly Springs, called a prosecution witness in the trial of Donovan Jevonte Richardson to discourage her from testifying, according to an arrest warrant.
"She could use her 5th Amendment right and ... the D.A.'s Office was just trying to scare her," the warrant accuses Jacobs of telling the witness.
Authorities ordered that Jacobs be held in isolation in the jail, that his mail and phone privileges be revoked and the his communications be limited to his lawyer and jail staff.
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