Lopez Search Warrant

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Name of AppHcantDel. SO Sarvis il616Name of additional affiantName of additional affiant

~ e the items listed on the attached inventory. ] I did not seize any items. ] This warrant was not executed within 48 hours of the date of issuance and I hereby return It not executed.

iSTATE OF NORTH CAROLINA In the general court of Justicej Mecklenburg County District Court DivisIon...! ;I :To any o f f i ~ r with authority and jurisdiction to conduct the search authorized by this SEARCHWARRANt:I .: I

I, the u n d e r ~ i g n e d . find that there is probable cause to believe that the property and persondescribed 1"lthe application on page two attached hereto and related to the commission of acrime is looated as described in the application.You are C O ~ m a n d e d to search the premises, vehicle, person and other place or itemdescribed i.nlthe application for the property and person in question. If he property and I orperson are; fi:>und, make the seizure and keep the property subject to Court Order and processthe personia'ccording to law.You are d i r ~ ~ t e d to execute this SEARCH WARRANT within forty-eight (48) hours from thetime i n d i c a t ~ d on this Warrant and make due return to the clerk of the Issuing Court.

i ;This SEAR;.qHWARRANT is issued upon information furnished under oath by the person orpersons s ~ o r m . ,

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Continuation page attached to the SEARCH WARRANT application, dated Thursday, October 13, 2011CONTINUA TION OF IIPROPERTY I EVIDENCE TO BE SEIZED"Any knives, any firearms, ammunition, bullets, shell casings, spent projectiles, any other objects that can be used as aweapon, clothing, cellular telephones, blood stains, latent prints, hairs, fiber and fluids, televiSion, X60X video gameand games, documents of occupancy of room 375, maps, credit cards, glasses, towels, luggage, photographs of JaneMcQuain andlor son William McQuain and any other evidence related to the commission of murder.CONTINUATION OF ,jPREMISES, PERSON. VEHICLE, OR OTHER ITEM (S) TO BE SEARCHED"A single story hotel doing business as the Econo Lodge Inn & Suites, 3000 E. Independence Boulevard, Charlotte,North Carolina. Room 375 is located on the first floor of the hotel with a single, green, independent door.

2011 Honda CRV-black in color, bearing Maryland license plate 5AG9405, VIN: 5J6RE4H538L007617, registered toJane Ann McQuain, 13100 Briarcliff Terrace Apt. 806, Germantown, Maryland, 20874,CONTINUATION OF "PROBABLE CAUSE AFFIDAVIT"I Detective S. D. SaNis #616, of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, have been a sworn law enforcementofficer for more than twenty-six (26) years. Currently, I am assigned as a Homicide Detective in the investigation ofthis case under complarnt number 20111013-081800,On October 12, 2011, officers of the Montgomery County Police received a missing person report for Jane AnnMcQuain. Officers responded to McQuain's r e s i d e n ~ e and located McQuain deceased inside, McQuain suffered fromapparent stab wounds to her back. It was determined. McQuain's eleven year old son (William McQuain) was missingalong with her vehicle (2011 black Honda CRV), Also missing were McQuain's and her son's cell phones,An acquaTritanceorMcQualnreported to police thst Within th-e-Iast two weeks"s'black male"known'to frequ-eiitiY '"-'associate with McQuain had been seen loitering outside the apartment building and entered apartment 80S using akey. The black male had been known to frequent the apartment building off and on for the past three years. Theacquaintance believed the black male was to be the boyfriend of McQuain. A photograph of Curtis Maurice Lopez(B/M, DOB: 6/4/1966) was shown to the acquaintance, which positively identified Lopez as the black male known tofrequent McQuain's !,esidence.A resident of the 103100 Briarcliff Terrace observed a black male back McQuain's 2Q11 black Honda CRV, Marylandlicense plate 5AG9405, into a space directly in front of 13100 BriarCliff Terrace on October 5, 2011. A short time later,the resident observed the black male loading a televiSion box into McQuain's vehicle. The resident was shown aphotograph of Curtis Maurice Lopez. The resident positively identified Lopel as the individual who had been loadingthe television box into McQuain's vehicle.On October 12, 20'1, officers with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) responded to a traffic accidentinvolving McQuain's.2011 Honda CRY. The vehicle was being operated by Pleshette Marie Caldwell (S/F, OOB:4/6/1987). Caldwell reported she was driving her boyfriend's mother's vehicle and stated that the mother's name isJane. Caldwell also provided a cellular telephone number of 704915-6653. This number is reported to beadministered by Crickett Wireless, Crickett's records indicate this account is listed to Curtis Maurice Lopez of 4909Rosene Drive, Charlotte, North Carolina.On October 13, 2011, Montgomery County Detectives obtained a murder warrant on Lopez: for the murder of Jane AnnMcQuain.

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Continuation page attached to the SEARCH WARRANT application. dated Thursday, October 13. 2011

On October 13. 2011. Lopez and Caldwell were located at the Econo Lodge Inn & Suites, 3000 E. IndependenceBoulevard. Charlotte, North Carolina, room 375. McQuain's vehicle (Black Honda CRV) was located in the parking lotof Econo Lodge Inn & Suites. Caldwell advised Lopez took a train (Amtrak) \0 Philadelphia in mid September to visitfamily. Caldwell advised Lopez returned Oct 1si or 2nd driving a blacK Honda CRV. Caldwell advised Lopez was inpossession of a large television (in box) and an x ~ O X video game when he returned.Therefore it is believed thai the application for this search warrant is necessary for tne processing of this location andvehicle. This location and vehicle may contain evidence related to the crime of murder and should be search for anyand all evidence related to this crime.


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. o v , . r n room 375was pursuant to

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Court ustice[2J District OSuperlor Coun Division

INVENTORY OF SEIZEDPROPERTY

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leaving a copy or this inventory with the person named below, who is:o The owner of the p-Iacl! s e a r c h ~ _ ...___., _ . ,,_____ .C!].bs.owner-of tI:le.v!lhic;:Ie-seize-s,------ ...-----.....--_ ..-.. -. "l!f'11iepersonTn apparenfoontrol of the piece searehed. Q..:ftr9 person in apparEC'nt conlrol of the vehicle searched.o The person from whom the I t e m ~ were taken.o As no was present, , am leaving a copy 0' this invento :identified


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..anArHI Court181 District OSuperior Court Division

INVENTORY OF SEIZEDPROPERTY

o A consent to search given by: ______________________ _______o Other legal justification for the search: ______________ --,-________________

DetectiveAssistant esc M81::JIStrate NAME AND ADDReSS OF AGENCYCharlotte - Mecklenburg Police Departm(mt

601 E. Trade St. ',,'.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RECeIPTSignature Of Person ReC4!ivlng Inventory Date

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