CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Aug. 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina issued the following news release on Aug. 20, 2024: Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, delivered opening remarks today at the VALOR Officer Safety and Resilience Training in Charlotte. The program focuses on enhancing all aspects of safety, wellness, resilience, and performance for those who serve in law enforcement. More than 120 law enforcement  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2024: An armed Lumberton fentanyl trafficker was sentenced today to 150 months in prison. On May 22, 2024, Charlton Townsend, age 29, pled guilty to one count of conspiracy with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and a quantity of cocaine and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Ac  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Aug. 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina issued the following news release on Aug. 20, 2024: Michael Mandel Baldwin, 55, of Alexandria, Virginia, was sentenced today to 27 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release on charges of wire fraud and securities fraud, for orchestrating an $800,000 investment scheme, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Jason Byrnes,  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Aug. 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2024: Since May 2023, federal judges have sentenced 17 defendants with charges originating in Lee County, North Carolina, to an aggregate total of 1,529 months in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Sandra J. Hairston of the Middle District of North Carolina (MDNC). In the most recent case, SAHEEM SHAREEF WILLIAMS, age 37, o  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina issued the following news release: A Robeson County man was sentenced to 240 months in prison for distributing cocaine, possessing with the intent to distribute five grams or more of methamphetamine, and possession of a firearm by a felon. On April 9, 2024, Lloyd Kinston Locklear, age 34, pled guilty to the charges. According to court documents and other information presented in court  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2024: Two additional defendants were sentenced this week in a national COVID-19 fraud, including, Toni A. Smith, who was sentenced to 15 months in prison; and Dontae Antonio Murphy, who was sentenced to 12 months in prison. Collectively, these Defendants were also ordered to pay several hundred thousand dollars in restitution to the Small B  more

NEW BERN, North Carolina, Aug. 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina issued the following news release: A federal inmate pled guilty to possessing Buprenorphine (also referred to as Suboxone) in the Federal Correctional Institution I in Butner, North Carolina "FCI Butner I," and was sentenced to 18 months in prison for the charge. The 18-month term of imprisonment is in addition to, and consecutive to, his current term of imprisonment. According to co  more