Youngest brother charged with accessory after murder of Wake County deputy

A third brother was charged Wednesday in connection with the August murder of Wake County Deputy Ned Byrd.

Rolando Marin-Sotelo, 19, of Winston-Salem, was charged with accessory after the fact to murder. He was arrested at the Durham County detention center, where he had been held on a federal retainer since a traffic stop last year. He pleaded guilty to those federal charges on May 1.

Wake County took him into custody after the arrest and added a $1 million bond. Rolando Marin-Sotelo is scheduled to appear in court Thursday. His older brothers, Arturo Marin-Sotelo, 29, and Alder Marin, 25, are already charged with Byrd's murder.

According to warrants dated May 31, Rolando Marin's charges stem from helping his brother, Alder Marin, evade arrest by reselling a 2005 Chevy Colorado truck connected to the crime scene.

Byrd was on his way to K-9 training late in the evening of Aug. 11 when he noticed the suspicious, light-colored truck. Byrd pulled over to investigate, leaving his K-9 in the car. The deputy was found dead around 1:06 a.m. on Aug. 12 with multiple wounds to the back of his head. Authorities found Byrd outside his parked patrol vehicle on the side of Battle Bridge Road in southeastern Wake County.

Surveillance video captured on Byrd's dashcam picked up the sound of six gunshots and shows the truck leaving the scene.

Rolando Marin-Sotelo was linked to the case when investigators checked the older brothers' phones.

The youngest brother was taken into custody shortly after Byrd's death after a traffic stop where he was in possession of marijuana, cash and a gun. He told investigators that his brother Arturo paid him $300 to sell a Chevy Colorado – the same make and model of truck believed to be seen on Byrd's dash cam – to someone known as Beto on Aug. 16. Authorities seized the truck as evidence.