U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina
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A federal jury in Wilmington, North Carolina has found Anton Montes Vernon, 31, of Ahoskie guilty of illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
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A Wilmington man has been sentenced to 13.5 years in federal prison for luring a minor into sex trafficking and producing child sexual abuse material.
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A federal judge has sentenced James Mason Daugherty, 33, to 25 years in prison for selling fentanyl that resulted in the death of a 33-year-old man.
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A Fayetteville woman, Cynthia Denise Melvin, age 60, has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for orchestrating a scheme that stole over $5 million in federal student aid from community colleges across North Carolina.
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A federal jury has convicted Homer Allen Faison, III, a native of Sampson County, on twelve counts related to the distribution and conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
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A Scotland Neck resident, Achontay Malik Cotten, 22, has been sentenced to 11 years in federal prison for a series of armed robberies targeting Dollar General stores in Franklin County, North Carolina. U.S. Attorney Ellis Boyle commented on the...
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The Department of Justice has announced a new policy aimed at protecting parental rights and First Amendment liberties in schools.
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A federal judge has sentenced Miguel Yasmir Williams, 35, of Elizabeth City to 14 years in prison following his guilty plea to charges of possessing cocaine with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm as a felon.
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A Raleigh man has been sentenced to 16 years in federal prison for leading a cocaine trafficking operation in the area.
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A Roanoke Rapids man, Christopher Skipper, 39, was sentenced on Tuesday by a federal judge to 17 years in prison for distributing and possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM).
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Courtney Linwood “Blaze” Matthews, 40, of Fayetteville, has been sentenced to 40 years in federal prison for leading a drug trafficking organization that distributed large amounts of cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl across Eastern North Carolina.
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A former correctional officer at Neuse Correctional Institution in Goldsboro has been sentenced to five years in prison and four years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and possessing methamphetamine with intent to...
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A man from Henderson, North Carolina, has been sentenced to 16 years in federal prison following his involvement in a fatal overdose case linked to fentanyl distribution.
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Two men from Rocky Mount, North Carolina, have been sentenced to federal prison for their involvement in drug trafficking operations.
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Jonas Michael Fucito, a 32-year-old convicted felon, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release after an armed standoff with police.
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A federal grand jury has indicted Cyril Domaquik Clemens, a 71-year-old U.S. citizen originally from Liberia, on charges of naturalization fraud.
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Three Mexican nationals have been sentenced for illegally reentering the United States after having been previously deported.
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Christopher Pacas-Aragon, a resident of Raleigh, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM).
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Joshua Whittlesey, a 26-year-old resident of Cary, North Carolina, has been sentenced to 12.5 years in prison and ordered to pay $28,000 in restitution for carjacking.
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A former firefighter from Raleigh and his wife have admitted guilt in a significant drug trafficking operation.