Extradition Hearing Set for Man Linked to 2008 North Carolina Murders
A Port Angeles man arrested in connection with a double homicide cold case from 2008 is scheduled to appear for an extradition review hearing. The 43-year-old, currently held in custody, will appear before Clallam County Superior Court on June 12, 2026, at 9:00 a.m.
The proceeding represents the next step in transferring the defendant to Cabarrus County, North Carolina. He faces two counts of first-degree murder alongside a single count of robbery involving a firearm or dangerous instrument.
Extradition Process
Clallam County Prosecuting Attorney Mark Nichols outlined two potential avenues for the transfer to take place. Nichols stated there are two ways through which extradition can occur. He explained that the defendant could voluntarily waive extradition to return to North Carolina, or North Carolina officials could secure a Governor’s Warrant. Nichols confirmed that North Carolina’s District Attorney’s Office has already begun the warrant process.
Provided the North Carolina Governor’s Office approves the request, it will transmit the warrant to the Washington State Governor’s Office with a request to honor the warrant. Nichols noted that that process generally takes anywhere from 30-90 days. Once the Washington State Governor’s Office issues the warrant, North Carolina will then make arrangements with the local jail to transport the defendant back to North Carolina.
May Arrest
The defendant is currently held without bail at the Clallam County Correction Facility. He was taken into custody without incident on May 21, 2026, in the 2300 block of West 18th Street in Port Angeles. The arrest was conducted by local police and detectives from the Olympic Peninsula Narcotics Enforcement Team.
Authorities in Concord, North Carolina, are seeking him for the July 2008 shooting deaths of Donna Barnhardt, an office manager, and Darrell Noles, a church choir leader. The killings occurred during an armed robbery at the Sun Drop bottling plant, where nearly $10,000 was stolen.
Fifteen Years in Port Angeles
A check of Port Angeles Police Department records showed approximately 288 documented police contacts with the defendant since November 2011, including 14 arrests—two of which were felonies. Over nearly 15 years, he cycled repeatedly through local unhoused shelters, behavioral health programs, and jail bookings without his fugitive status ever being flagged by local systems.
A deep dive into North Carolina court records reveals that his path of legal instability was firmly established in Cabarrus County years before the 2008 Sun Drop Murders. In March 2002, the defendant was arrested in Cabarrus County for driving while impaired. The charge was dismissed on September 30, 2002, when the court allowed a defense motion to dismiss at the close of the state’s evidence.
In April 2004, the Cabarrus County Sheriff’s Office charged him with possession of marijuana up to one-half ounce. He pled guilty in May 2004, receiving a suspended 10-day jail term and 12 months of unsupervised probation.
By June 2006, he was actively unhoused. A citation for second-degree trespass from June 28, 2006, lists his address as the “streets of Concord, NC.” Although he pled not guilty, a district court judge convicted him, sentencing him to a 10-day active jail term. He spent 17 days in confinement awaiting trial.
September 2006 brought a fresh arrest by Concord authorities for simple possession of a Schedule IV controlled substance. A guilty plea followed in December of that year, leading to a suspended 45-day jail sentence and one year of unsupervised probation.
Flight to Seattle and the Transition to Clallam County
After a double homicide occurred in Concord in July 2008, the suspect departed North Carolina and traveled to King County, Washington.
Seattle police took the individual into custody on September 24, 2011, on a misdemeanor assault charge. Two days later, court records indicate the defendant entered a dispositional continuance agreement and was released on personal recognizance. This release was contingent upon adherence to probation requirements and completion of Mental Health Drug Treatment.
The terms of the agreement were violated almost immediately. A $2,500 bench warrant was issued on October 4, 2011. Although the suspect was booked and released on personal recognizance on October 18, they soon relocated to the Olympic Peninsula.
Port Angeles police logged their first official contact with the individual in November 2011. During this period, Seattle probation officials attempted to locate the suspect, generating a paper trail in the process.
Following multiple missed court reviews, a bench warrant notice was returned to Seattle Municipal Court as undeliverable on June 2, 2012. The envelope was stamped “Undeliverable” and originated from “General Delivery, Port Angeles, WA 98362.”
The suspect was arrested on the outstanding Seattle warrant on June 29, 2012. On July 3, 2012, the Seattle Municipal Court revoked the continuance, reviewed the police report, entered a guilty finding regarding the assault charge, and sentenced the individual to credit for time served.
The court's jurisdiction ended in July 2013, allowing the individual to remain in Port Angeles without supervision for the subsequent 13 years.
OPNET and local police emphasize that the charges against the suspect are allegations only, and the individual is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
Authorities request that anyone with additional information regarding the suspect or the 2008 homicides contact the Concord Police Department at 704-920-5000 or Cabarrus County Crime Stoppers at 704-93-CRIME.