Four charged with murder in Bladen Co.

BLADEN COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - Four people have been charged in connection to a January murder in Bladen County.

Daniel Gene Autry, James Todd Harrelson, Jessica Lynne Sloan and Tanner Scott Harrelson have been charged in the murder of Jerry Edward Martin of Bladenboro.

The charges were served on Tuesday, March 28. They’re being held at the county jail with no bond set.

Martin was found deceased in his home on Jan. 23, and an autopsy concluded that a gunshot wound resulted in his death.

Autry, 35, of Elizabethtown, was charged with first-degree murder, discharge a weapon into occupied property, felony conspiracy and possession of a firearm by a felon.

Sloan, 35, of Bladenboro, was charged with first-degree murder, discharge a weapon into occupied property and felony conspiracy.

James Harrelson, 30, of Bladenboro, was charged with first-degree murder, discharge a weapon into occupied property, felony conspiracy and possession of a firearm by a felon.

Tanner Harrelson, 21, of Bladenboro, was charged with first-degree murder, discharge a weapon into occupied property and felony conspiracy.

Autry was arrested on drug-related charges on Feb. 14 after a vehicle stop. Autry was charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of methamphetamine, maintaining a vehicle for the purpose of keeping/selling controlled substances, possession of drug paraphernalia, and carrying a concealed weapon. Sloan was cited for possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, and carrying a concealed weapon in that case.

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