FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, Aug. 19 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: FORT LIBERTY, Nort FORT LIBERTY, N.C. On a recent morning, as a plane ascended to 12,500 feet, a group of community leaders braced themselves for a once-in-a-lifetime experience. They were about to jump out of a plane, tethered to members of the U.S. Army Parachute Team, the Golden Knights. But this event was about more than just adrenaline. For 63d Readiness Division Army Reserve   more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Aug. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina issued the following news release: Antonio Abrego-Bega, 37, of Mexico, was sentenced today to 135 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for distribution of methamphetamine, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Bennie Mims, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Aug. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina issued the following news release: Jonathan Craig Otuel, 36, of Stallings, N.C., was sentenced today to 181 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for trafficking methamphetamine and related firearms offenses. According to court documents, evidence presented at Otuel's trial, and witness testimony, on November 19, 2019, officers with the Pineville Police Depar  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Aug. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina issued the following news release: Nicki Wayne Parker, 36, of Monroe, N.C. was sentenced today to 135 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for trafficking methamphetamine, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Charlotte F  more