Raleigh, N.C. – Three brothers pleaded guilty Tuesday to a charge related to murder, as authorities said three years ago that the officer approached a pickup truck late at night in rural areas.
Ald MarinSotero28, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in Wake County Court in the killing of a 48-year-old deputy Ned ByrdK-9 officer. The man’s brother, Arturo Marin-Sotelo32 years old, after the fact-based first-degree murder, he pleaded guilty.
High Court Judge Graham Shirley is sentenced Alder Marin-Sotelo In the opportunity without parole and Arturo Marin-Sotelo Incarceration is about eight to ten years.
The two of them had previously been charged with murder or were otherwise scheduled to be tried in September 2026. Bird’s Colleagues, family and friends filled the plea agreement in court.
“We know that you can learn from the love and support of the Sheriff’s Office (all of whom are here today) that this is a huge loss for our community and the agency,” he said. Freeman Tell the judge.
Freeman The evidence will be presented at trial, indicating that Bird On the evening of August 11, 2022, he was traveling on his patrol car and heading to the law enforcement training center on the way when he found a pickup truck next to a wall cress next to a fence on the side of a dark road. Bird Stop and move the vehicle to the truck.
His camera recording shows Bird I got off the car, and I could hear six guns in just a few seconds, and then pick them up and drop them off. Freeman explain. Prosecutors said in court that the autopsy confirmed the officer was shot four times and three were in the back of the head. The brothers from Mexico ended up in a separate vehicle located in western North Carolina a few days after the shooting.
The reason why legal litigation was delayed is mainly due to April 2023. Alder Marin-Sotelo Escaped from a Virginia prison, he is pleading guilty to a federal government charge of possession of a firearm in the country.
The FBI says Alder Marin-Sotelo He was detained in Mexico a few days later. He held there until February 2025, when Mexico agreed to send nearly 30 federally requested prisoners to the United States.
The death penalty in North Carolina can punish first-degree murder. Freeman Said Tuesday Alder Marin-Sotelo Returning to North Carolina requires prosecutors to sentence death from the table. Otherwise, she said: “If there is a capital case, it is a case that will certainly happen.”
Mignon Perkins, Bird’s Her sister told the court before the sentencing that her brother was “one of the most surprising people you know.” Bird Joined the Sheriff’s Office in 2009.
Perkins told the defendant: “You stole my happiness. You stole my happiness.” “I am a godly woman, but I will never forgive you for taking my brother away.”
Through Interpreter Arturo Marin-Sotelo He said he was sorry for what happened and still asked his sister for forgiveness because he said there was nothing he could do.
Freeman explain Alder Marin-Sotelo In the shooting, the cell phone placed him at the scene of the crime. She said the evidence was backed up Arturo Marin-Sotelo’s Police told the police that the two brothers had driven to Wake County fields to look for deer.
After Tuesday’s hearing, Freeman Confirmed Arturo Marin-Sotelo Tell investigators that he used his rifle to pass through the woods while his brother was parked in the truck. Arturo Marin-Sotelo Then, his brother said on the phone, “I posted that an officer was killed.” The brother went to the other side of the field to pick him up, Freeman explain.
Freeman Crime scene and the pickup truck’s cartridge casing said fired from the same unknown gun, and the brother’s DNA sample matched the collected DNA profile Bird’s The gun fired by the police. Weapons are Bird’s The belt was wrapped around his body when the hood was found. It seems Alder Marin-Sotelo Try to delete Bird’s Give up the front gun, according to Freeman.
