Crime & Safety
Hope Mills Man Pleads Not Guilty to Murdering His Mother
Monday was the first court hearing.

Last Friday, a Hope Mills man charged with the murder of his mother first appeared in court yesterday pleading not guilty to second-degree murder.
Judge David Hasty set his bail at $500,000 for the accused, Terry Robert Ellison, who was living in his mother's home in Hope Mills before the incident occurred.
Edwardyne "Dynee" Williams' family were also at Monday's hearing.
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Ellison is sceduled to next appear in District Court on April 19.
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