Jerry Case Appears in Federal Court

**9:15 a.m. July 29 Update**

WBTV reports Jerry Case appeared in federal court Wednesday afternoon. He was in a wheel chair.

The government appointed Case a lawyer. He will have a detention hearing on Monday August 3 in Charlotte. The U.S. attorney says he does not want Chase to have a chance to get out, because of his violent nature.

**9:15 a.m. July 29 Update**
The time has been changed on Jerry Douglass Case hearing.  Federal officials report Case will make his first appearance in federal court in Charlotte at 3 p.m. Wednesday.

**July 28 Update**

Jerry Douglass Case was released from Spartanburg Regional Medical Center Tuesday morning. He is now behind bars at the Spartanburg County Detention Center.

Suellen Pierce with the US Attorney’s office in the Western District of North Carolina says Case will make his first court appearance in federal court in Charlotte at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday.

**July 27 Update**

Jerry Case is now listed in good condition at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.

Update 7/24 3:45 p.m.

The acting U.S. attorney announced today they have charged Jerry Douglass Case of Gastonia, N.C. with four counts of kidnapping.

According to the affidavit Case is alleged to have kidnapped four people from a fishing spot on Hot Hole Lane near Belmont, N.C.

It alleges that Case forced the victims to drive him to various location in North and South Carolina to obtain things like gas beer and cigarettes. It also says the victims were able to escape Kangaroo Service Station located at I-85 and State Highway 18 in Cherokee County, S.C.

In addition to the federal kidnapping charges, Case has also been charged with assualting local law enforcement personnel during his capture.

Case is still in the hospital at Spartanburg Regional Hospital.

Case faces a maximum penalty of life imprisonment on the kidnapping charges if he is convicted.

Updated 7/20

The North Carolina Department of Corrections said Tuesday that accused Gaffney serial killer, Patrick Burris, at one time worked with Jerry Case, 52, the man accused of kidnapping a Gaston County, NC couple.
    Keith Acree, department spokesperson, said the two men worked for the same private company in a work release program for about two weeks in December 2007.
    Acree also said the two served time together, for about a year and a half, in the Gaston Correctional Center.
    But Acree said, there’s no way to know if the men actually knew each other while in prison, or in the work release program.
    Case is currently in fair condition at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, according to the hospital. He was shot this weekend, trying to run from deputies in Cherokee County.
    Deputies say Case was already out on parole for a murder conviction when he kidnapped a man, his daughter and two grandchildren in Gaston County, NC. The man, William Payne, and his family escaped at a gas station in Cherokee County Saturday.
    Payne told WSOC in Charlotte that Case had a gun… and he was planning to use it.
    “Pulled the hammer back and I didn’t even hear it. He said, “move, dude and you are dead,“ said William Payne. “He would have killed us ain’t no doubt.“
    Investigators said Case is charged with four counts of kidnapping, assault and battery with intent to kill and assault with intent to kill a deputy. The State newspaper is reporting federal officials are also getting involved in the investigation.