Tolson pleads guilty to voluntary manslaughter - The Coastland Times

Tolson pleads guilty to voluntary manslaughter - The Coastland Times

After an initial cancellation due to expected bad weather, Dare County Superior Court resumed open session Thursday morning to consider a guilty plea from John Curtis “Jay” Tolson. The jury was not present. Charged with one count of second degree murder for the July 2020 death of Kitty Hawk resident Amanda LeeAnn Fletcher Hartleben, three days into the trial, Tolson elected to change his not guilty plea to guilty. Superior Court Judge Jeffery B.…