Lowe II being held at Greensboro jail

Sidney Lowe II is being held in the Guilford County Jail in Greensboro rather than being assigned to a minimum-security prison farm camp.

Guilford County Sheriff B.J. Barnes said Wednesday that Lowe II, the son of N.C. State basketball coach Sidney Lowe, was found with a “home-made knife” in his cell.

Lowe II was sentenced last week to 15 months at the Guilford County Farm by Superior Court Judge Henry Frye, Jr. Lowe II pleaded guilty to multiple felony counts stemming from two crimes in Greensboro last year.

But Barnes said the decision of where Lowe II would serve the time rested with him, not with the judge.

“It’s not our normal procedure to put felons and those who have committed acts of violence at the farm,” Barnes said.

Barnes said Lowe II was being kept in segregation from the other jail inmates because of security concerns. He said if Lowe II “shows he can go along with the program,” he would consider moving him to the prison farm in Gibsonville.

One of Lowe II’s attorneys, Joe Cheshire of Raleigh, said Lowe II was “scared to death” and took a plastic knife into his cell for protection.

“Sid broke a rule and now must suffer the consequences,” Cheshire said. “He must deal with this situation and then hopefully he will be transferred to the county farm.”

Lowe II pleaded guilty to drug possession, conspiracy to commit armed robbery and second-degree kidnapping in connection with a home invasion. He entered an Alford plea on the charge of conspiracy to commit armed robbery for a March 2007 shooting on the UNC-Greensboro campus.