Woman Charged With Aiding Ex-Husband Elude Arrest

On Thursday April 14, 2022, the Alamance County Sheriff’s Office, Special Victims Unit began an investigation at Cross Country Ln, Burlington, N.C., in reference to a wanted convicted felon and sex offender, Tony Joe McKinnon. Mr. McKinnon was last seen in Burlington on April 3, 2022

Investigators interviewed Neva Lynne Guthrie of the residence about her ex-husband, Tony Joe McKinnon. Investigators discovered that that Ms. Guthrie, by her own admission, rendered aid to Mr. McKinnon by sending him money and withholding information of his whereabouts to assist him in eluding law enforcement.

Prior to Ms. Guthrie’s arrest, she had been warned multiple times by Investigators not to aid Mr. McKinnon in eluding law enforcement.  

Ms. Guthrie was arrested and taken to the Alamance County Detention Center.

Name:              Neva Lynne Guthrie   W/F/50

Address:          1450 Cross Country Ln. Burlington, N.C.,

Charge:            1ct: Fail to Report Noncompliance of Sex Offender to Elude Arrest

Bond:              $20,000 secure