Hickory Man Charged With Assault And Battery Of Unborn Child…Updated

Jalen Jakee Witherspoon, age 25 of Hickory, was arrested Tuesday by Hickory Police Officers. He was charged with assault on a female, assault by strangulation and battery of an unborn child. He is being held under a $500,000 secured bond in the Catawba County Jail. Witherspoon is scheduled to make a Newton court appearance on Wednesday, January 4th.

Witherspoon is also facing a murder charge in connection to the death of 23-year-old Andres Moscotte.

Moscotte was shot and killed on Jan. 23, 2020, at his home in Hickory

Steven Razelle Staples, of Charlotte, pleaded guilty in October to second-degree murder in connection with Moscotte’s death. Staples was sentenced to a minimum of 28 years in prison

Photo: Hickory Police Department