I had to slam my head in a door a couple times to make sure I was not imagining what Crime in Charlotte pointed me to — another young career criminal repeatedly arrested without consequence.

This time it is 19-year-old Gregory David Tillery. Let’s take a look.

Tillery first appears in the system as a 16-year-old in January 2005, after being arrested on three charges including felony possession of stolen firearm. Tillery’s other arrests since then:

  • September 2005 two more misdemeanors, including resisting an officer.
  • April 2006, driving while license revoked.
  • May 2006, driving while license revoked, fictitious info to the police, bond revoked.
  • July 17 2006, felony flee arrest with a motor vehicle, resisting public officer, and driving while license revoked.
  • July 30 2006, driving while license revoked, no bond.
  • September 2006, misdemeanor city/town violation.
  • December 3 2006, felony breaking into vehicle, felony larceny.
  • December 24 2006, felony possession of a stolen firearm.
  • February 2007, carrying a concealed weapon, driving while license revoked, trespass.
  • March 2007, trespass.
  • May 2007, driving while license revoked, fictitious information.
  • November 1 2007, felony larceny of a firearm, felony breaking and entering a motor vehicle, two counts driving while license revoked.
  • November 17 2007, driving while license revoked, failure to heed blue light, reckless driving, hit & run, possession of marijuana, resisting public officer.
  • January 7 2008, felony assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury.


State records
show that Tillery was convicted of the 2006 felony breaking and entering vehicles charge on last Thursday, January 3. He received probation and a suspended sentence of 36 months. Mecklenburg County Jail records show that Tillery has spent a grand total of about 50 hours behind bars on his numerous arrests.

No wonder that within days of a felony conviction, Gregory Tillery was again arrested on violent charges — this time it was shooting someone. At the moment, Tillery is free on $20,000 bond on that charge.

Update: Looks like folks are getting tired of this crap. WSOC-TV is reporting that a Domino’s pizza guy blew away one of the two small-time crooks trying to rob him. Let’s see if charges are filed.