U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of North Carolina
Recent News About U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of North Carolina
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Maurice Hopkins, a 32-year-old resident of Mt.
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Torrey Lane Hodsden, 28, of Asheville, has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison and five years of supervised release for firearm and drug trafficking offenses.
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Antoine Depray Jackson, 54, from Charlotte, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for drug and firearm offenses.
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Michael Anthony Cornwell, 30, has been sentenced to 106 months in prison and two years of supervised release for firearms offenses.
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A Charlotte man has been sentenced to more than two years in federal prison for stealing firearms from a licensed dealer.
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Shawnenna Caroline Roland, 39, of Cherokee and an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, has been charged with federal offenses related to child abuse, child neglect, and assault in Indian country.
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Federal authorities have indicted four individuals in Asheville on firearms and immigration charges as part of Operation Take Back America, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Russ Ferguson.
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United States Attorney Russ Ferguson hosted Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina in Charlotte.
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Federal prosecutors and staff from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina will participate in National Night Out events on Tuesday, August 5, 2025.
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Kyle Heath Clark, 38, of Candler, North Carolina, has been sentenced to 295 months in prison and five years of supervised release after pleading guilty to drug and gun charges.
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Christopher Murrita Diaz, 20, and Gustavo Vergara Avalos, 21, both from Monroe, North Carolina, have been sentenced to over ten years in prison.
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William Dalton Edwards, a 26-year-old resident of Mount Airy, North Carolina, has been sentenced to two years in prison and three years of supervised release for his involvement in a livestock theft scheme.
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Cole Dixon Moore, a 36-year-old pharmacist from Moore, South Carolina, has been sentenced to two years in prison for the illegal distribution of oxycodone pills.
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Solamon Flores-Garcia, a 43-year-old Mexican national, has been sentenced to ten years in prison for carjacking and possession and brandishing of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.
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Jamaris Ladell Smith, a 36-year-old resident of Charlotte, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison with an additional three years of supervised release for a series of armed robberies.
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The leader of a multimillion-dollar bank fraud scheme has been sentenced to 15 years in prison, according to an announcement by Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
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Yusef Reynolds, 34, a former resident of Delaware, has been sentenced to 27 years in prison for sex trafficking a minor by force, fraud, or coercion.
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Two Chinese nationals and a woman from New York have pleaded guilty to money laundering charges related to drug trafficking proceeds.
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Three men from Charlotte, North Carolina, are facing federal charges for their involvement in a scheme to steal and transport luxury vehicles worth over $5 million across state lines.
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Terry Sherwood Slade, a 55-year-old resident of Charlotte, North Carolina, has been sentenced to 188 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release.