CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Aug. 21 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Atlanta Division issued the following news release on Aug. 19, 2024: 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 th  more

EDENTON, North Carolina, Aug. 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina issued the following news release on Aug. 20, 2024: Today, U.S. Attorney Michael Easley, along with federal and local law enforcement, provided an update regarding ongoing and coordinated efforts to address violent crime in the Albemarle Region of Northeastern North Carolina. The Violent Crime Action Plan (VCAP) is a collaboration of the U.S. Attorney's Office with the Edenton and Eliz  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina issued the following news release on Aug. 19, 2024: A federal grand jury returned an indictment on Aug. 14, charging Kai Liam Nix, also known as Kai Brazelton, 20, with unlawful firearms trafficking, including the sale of two stolen firearms. Nix was also charged with making a false statement to the government. Nix is an active-duty U.S. Army soldier, stationed at Fort Liberty in Fayet  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, Aug. 20 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: FORT MCCOY, Wis. U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Anthony Hale, the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army, G-2, visited U.S. Army Reserve military intelligence soldiers training at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, Aug. 8-9, 2024. As the Army's top intelligence officer, Hale's travels allowed him to engage with troops assigned to the Military Intelligence Readiness Command (MIRC) participating in this summer's  more