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Banned
- Apr 16, 2010
- 544
- 10
Criminal History
On November 16, 1999, near Carruth's home in Charlotte, North Carolina, Cherica Adams, a woman Carruth had been dating, was shot four times in a drive-by shooting. Surviving the shooting for a time, Adams called 911 and described Carruth's behavior: he had stopped his vehicle in front of hers as another vehicle drove alongside Adams and its passenger shot her. Carruth then drove from the scene.[sup][2][/sup]
Adams was eight months pregnant with Carruth's child at the time. Soon after her admission to the hospital, she fell into a coma.[sup][2][/sup] Doctors saved the child, Chancellor Lee Adams, in an emergency Caesarean section, but Cherica Adams died a month later on December 14.
Carruth went to the police and posted a $3 million bail, with the condition that if either Cherica or Chancellor died, he would turn himself in.[sup][2][/sup] After Cherica died, Carruth became a fugitive. The Panthers released him a few days later, citing a morals clause in his contract. He was captured after being found hiding in the trunk of a car outside a motel in Parkers Crossroads, Tennessee. Also in the trunk was $3,900 in cash, bottles to hold his urine, extra clothes, candy bars, and a cell phone.
Carruth was found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder, shooting into an occupied vehicle, and using an instrument to destroy an unborn child. He was sentenced to 18 to 24 years in prison. He was found not guilty of first-degree murder and was spared the death penalty. Carruth is serving a sentence of at least 18 years and 11 months at Nash Correctional Institution near Rocky Mount, North Carolina. He has a projected release date of October 22, 2018.[sup][3]
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