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| April 2009 | |
| Thursday - April 23, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court today United States District Judge James C. Dever, III, sentenced MUHAMMAD ABDUL RAHMAN, 33, of Lumberton, North Carolina, to 216 months’ imprisonment followed by five years supervised release. |
| Wednesday - April 22, 2009 | Everyone thought Mebane’s Avedis “Mike” Djeredjian was a legitimate businessman. But when a federal jury in April of last year convicted him of a conspiracy to launder money from trafficking in contraband cigarettes, subjecting him to the forfeiture of over $4.5 million in proceeds on top of a long prison term, a different story unfolded, one revealing a multi-million dollar smuggling enterprise and demonstrating the power of federal forfeiture laws to cripple illegal enterprises. The Djeredjian case was just one successful prosecution cited by speakers at the Asset Forfeiture and Financial Investigation Training Conference which kicked off here today. | Wednesday - April 22, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court here on April 20, 2009, CHARLES MELVIN CAMPBELL, JR., was sentenced to 320 months by United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle for conspiring to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute more than fifty (50) grams of cocaine base (crack) and for possessing a firearm in furtherance of this drug trafficking crime. CAMPBELL was the head of a drug organization operating in Red Springs, North Carolina. In total ten defendants have pleaded guilty to their involvement in this conspiracy as part of operation “Hot Soup.” |
| Wednesday - April 22, 2009 | Today, United States District Court Judge James C. Dever, III, sentenced ZACH LEON SLAUGHTER, 56, of Stovall, North Carolina, to 188 months’ imprisonment and a $5,000 fine for receipt of graphic images child pornography over the Internet. SLAUGHTER, who had previously been convicted of committing a 2nd degree sexual offense against a child under the age of 13 in 1985, pled guilty to the new charge in January. | Wednesday - April 22, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court on April 20, 2009, CARLOS EUGENE GREEN, 21, of New Bern, North Carolina, pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fifty (50) grams or more of cocaine base (crack), and five hundred (500) grams or more of cocaine powder between June 2006 and January 27, 2009. GREEN faces up to life imprisonment, a fine of up to $4,000,000.00, and at least five years supervised release. |
| Wednesday - April 22, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court today United States District Judge James C. Dever, III, sentenced JOHN CHARLES MARDIS, 28, of Greenville, North Carolina, to 126 months’ imprisonment followed by five years supervised release. The Court also imposed restitution in the amount of $8,285.66. | Tuesday - April 21, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court today United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle, sentenced DAVID TERRELL PHILLIPS, 35, of Greenville, North Carolina, to 120 months’ imprisonment followed by five years supervised release. |
| Tuesday - April 21, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court today United States District Judge James C. Dever, III, sentenced OMAR DEQUAN THOMAS, 21, of Pitt County, North Carolina, to 60 months’ imprisonment followed by five years supervised release. The Court also imposed restitution in the amount of $2,100. | Monday - April 20, 2009 | United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle today sentenced JOHN THOMAS DAVIS, 59, of Wake Forest, North Carolina, to seven consecutive 20-year prison terms for using a child to create a series of sadistic sex abuse images in 2000 and 2001, and for receiving third party images of child sex abuse between 2005 and 2007. This was the maximum punishment permitted by law. DAVIS was further ordered to pay restitution to the victim in the amount of $480,000. DAVIS pled guilty in February to a Criminal Information filed by the United States Attorney’s Office charging him with six counts of manufacturing child pornography and one count of receipt of child pornography. |
| Monday - April 20, 2009 | The Office of the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced that in federal court here today NECOLE JOHNSON, 30, of St. Louis, Missouri, pled guilty before United States District Judge James C. Dever, III, to aiding and abetting bank fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1344 and 2, which has a maximum penalty of up to 30 years imprisonment followed by five years of supervised release and a fine of up to 1,000,000. | Monday - April 20, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court today United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle, sentenced WESLEY BERNARD GARNER, 41, of Raleigh, North Carolina, to 46 months’ imprisonment followed by three years supervised release. |
| Monday - April 20, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court today MAURICE EUGENE JENKINS, 41, of Wilson, North Carolina, pled guilty before United States District Judge James C. Dever, III, to bank fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1344. | Monday - April 20, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court today that two defendants involved in an attempted bank robbery pled guilty before United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle. MATTHEW GLENN MANTZ, 22, of Orrum, North Carolina, and KARON RORIE, 25, also of Orrum, North Carolina, pled guilty to bank robbery, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2113, and using and carrying a firearm during a federal crime of violence, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 924(c). Additionally, RORIE pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of crack cocaine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 841(a)(1). |
| Monday - April 20, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court on April 13, 2009, MICHAEL EUGENE THRASH, JR., 21, of Roanoke Island, North Carolina, pleaded guilty before United States Magistrate Judge David W. Daniel to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base (crack), and 500 grams or more of cocaine powder between June 2008 and August 14, 2008. | Thursday - April 16, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court yesterday Senior United States District Court Judge James C. Fox sentenced ERNESTO RAYO MORALES, 23, of Duplin County, North Carolina, to 151 months’ imprisonment followed by five years supervised release for conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine and 151 months’ imprisonment on each of the four counts for distribution of methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute a quantity of methamphetamine to run concurrent with the conspiracy count. |
| Wednesday - April 15, 2009 | UUnited States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court today LAWRENCE WOODARD, 38, an inmate at Butner Federal Correctional Institute, was sentenced by Senior United States District Judge James C. Fox to 87 months’ imprisonment consecutive to the term of imprisonment he is currently serving for conspiring to smuggle a firearm into a federal prison, and obtaining contraband by a federal prisoner. | Wednesday - April 15, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court on April 13, 2009, Senior United States District Judge James C. Fox, sentenced TIMOTHY HAYMAN, 46, of Bailey, North Carolina, to 236 months’ imprisonment followed by five years of supervised release. |
| Wednesday - April 15, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that yesterday in federal court Senior United States District Judge James C. Fox sentenced GINGER VANESSA EDWARDS, 37, of Duplin County, North Carolina, to 115 months’ imprisonment followed by five years supervised release. |
| Tusday - April 14, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced today a fifteen-count Indictment charging six individuals in North Carolina and Virginia with what the Indictment alleges was “an extensive scheme” to “submit false and fraudulent U.S. Individual Income Tax Returns claiming substantial tax refunds to the Internal Revenue Service. |
| Tusday - April 14, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court on April 10, 2009, Chief United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced ANDRE HORACE JUMPP, 20, of Fayetteville, North Carolina to 40 months’ imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release for unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon. |
| Tusday - April 14, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court today Senior United States District Judge James C. Fox, sentenced RAMON SINGLETON, 29, of Newton Grove, North Carolina, to 120 months’ imprisonment followed by five years supervised release. |
| Tusday - April 14, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court on April 9, 2009, Chief United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan, sentenced RUBEN BORJA, 26, of Warsaw, North Carolina, to 168 months’ imprisonment followed by five years supervised release. |
| Monday - April 13, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court on April 10, 2009, Chief United States Judge Flanagan sentenced another defendant from the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) investigation entitled Hornet’s Nest. TYRICE NATHANIEL DOUGLAS, 25, of Sanford, North Carolina, received 164 months imprisonment followed by five years of supervised release. |
| Friday - April 10, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court yesterday Chief United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan, sentenced two defendants in a jewelry store and a Food Lion robbery. JERROD ANDREW ELLIOTT and WAYNE TYRONE EASON received 108 months’ imprisonment followed by five years of supervised release and 120 months’ imprisonment followed by five years of supervised released, respectively. |
| Thursday - April 9, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court yesterday Chief United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan, sentenced LUNA JUNIOR WILLIS, 42, of Clarkton, North Carolina, to 120 months’ imprisonment followed by three years supervised release. |
| Thursday - April 9, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced yesterday that MICHAEL GORDON MCINTOSH, 25, of Dunn, North Carolina, pled guilty to armed postal robbery, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2214(a), which has a maximum penalty of up to 25 years imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, or both, and 5 years supervised release and discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, 924(c), which has a maximum penalty of life imprisonment in addition to any prison term imposed under the charge of armed postal robbery, a $250,000 fine, or both, and up to five years of supervised release. |
| Wednesday - April 8, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court here today United States District Judge James C. Dever, III, sentenced MARTIN BRYANT BOYETTE, 35, of Clinton, North Carolina. |
| Wednesday - April 8, 2009 | Yesterday, United States District Court Judge James C. Dever, III, sentenced JONATHAN THOMAS SMITH, 23, of Cary, North Carolina, to 168 months’ imprisonment for receipt of child pornography over the Internet. The Court also sentenced SMITH to lifetime supervised release upon completion of his sentence. |
| Tuesday - April 7, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court here today Senior United States District Judge W. Earl Britt convicted LINDA MCLAUREN BURNEY, 46, of Roseboro, North Carolina, during a bench trial. |
| Tuesday - April 7 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court here yesterday Senior United States District Judge W. Earl Britt, sentenced THOMAS LEE BRADLEY, 23, of Raleigh, North Carolina, to 27 months’ imprisonment followed by three years supervised release. |
| Tuesday - April 7, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court yesterday DALTON RAY ALLIGOOD, JR., a/k/a D.R. Alligood, pled guilty before United States District Judge James C. Dever, III, for extortion under the color of money, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1951. |
| Tuesday - April 7 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court here yesterday Senior United States District Judge W. Earl Britt sentenced NATHANIEL FRANK DAVIS, 45, of Wilmington, North Carolina, to 188 months imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release for bank robbery. |
| Monday - April 6, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court here today ERIC JEVONNE BENNETT, 30, of Hope Mills, North Carolina, pled guilty before Senior United States District Judge W. Earl Britt to unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, in violation of, Title 18 United States Code, Section 922(g)(1), and possession of a stolen firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(j). |
| Monday - April 6, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court here today BRIAN TERRELL HINTON, 20, of Raleigh, North Carolina, pled guilty before Senior United States District Judge W. Earl Britt to unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g)(1). |
| Thursday - April 2, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court on March 31, 2009, Senior United States District Judge James C. Fox, sentenced HUMBERTO RODRIGUEZ-CRUZ, 33, of Duplin County, North Carolina, to 76 months imprisonment to be served consecutively to a state sentence that he is serving in North Carolina followed by five years supervised release. |
| Wednesday - April 1, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court yesterday, United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced BRENTON BAKER, 38, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to 120 months imprisonment followed by five years supervised release, and RANDY LEE DARDEN, 40, of Warsaw, North Carolina, to 40 months imprisonment followed by five years supervised release. |
| Wednesday - April 1, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court here on March 27, 2009, United States District Judge James C. Dever, III, sentenced JULIAN AVILEZ-LOPEZ, 32, of Newton Grove, North Carolina, to 144 months imprisonment followed by five years supervised release. |
| March 2009 | |
| Tuesday - March 31, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court here today LONNIE EDWARD RUSSELL, 27, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, pled guilty before United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle to possession with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 841(a)(1) and unlawful possession of a firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g)(1). |
| Tuesday - March 31, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court yesterday SAMUEL KEITH KERR, II, 22, of Raleigh, North Carolina, was sentenced before Senior United States District Judge James C. Fox to 360 months’ imprisonment followed by five years of supervised release for conspiring to commit Hobbs Act robbery and to aiding and abetting the use of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. |
| Friday - March 27, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court here today United States District Judge James C. Dever, III, sentenced JULIO FRENTEZ MORALES, 26, of Clinton, North Carolina to 60 months imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release. |
| Wednesday - March 25, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court here today TRAVIS EDWARD DITTRICH, 38, of Rocky Point, North Carolina, was sentenced before United States District Judge James C. Dever, III, to 144 months’ imprisonment followed by a life term of supervised release. |
| Wednesday - March 25, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court here today United States District Judge James C. Dever, III, sentenced RODNEY EARL CANNADY, 41, of Franklinton, North Carolina, to 384 months’ imprisonment followed by five years of supervised release. |
| Tuesday - March 24, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court here today United States District Judge James C. Dever, III, sentenced two defendants in burglary and drug trafficking ring. |
| Tuesday - March 24, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court here today United States District Judge James C. Dever, III, sentenced CLARENCE MIMS, 34, of Vanceboro, North Carolina, to 132 months’ imprisonment followed by five years supervised release. |
| Tuesday - March 24, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court here yesterday PAUL EDWARD MOODY, SR., 74, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, pled guilty to making and using a false writing, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1001 and 2, which carries a maximum penalty of up to five years imprisonment and/or a $250,000 fine followed by three years of supervised release. |
| Friday - March 20, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court here on March 16, 2009, United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle, sentenced two defendants involved in an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCEDTF) investigation looking into an established narcotics distribution ring based in the St. Pauls, North Carolina, area known as the Hunt Organization. |
| Friday - March 20, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court on March 17, 2009, United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced JERROD CORNELIUS SMITH, of Duplin County, North Carolina, to 144 months imprisonment followed by five years supervised release. |
| Friday - March 20, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court on March 18, 2009, CARL J. BOYER, 70, formerly of Wendell, North Carolina, was sentenced before United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle to 108 months’ imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release on five counts of mail fraud. |
| Wednesday - March 18, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court here yesterday United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle, sentenced two defendants involved in a drug trafficking ring. |
| Wednesday - March 18, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court here today United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced ERIC LEE SPIWAK, 61, of Newport, North Carolina, to 188 months’ imprisonment followed by a lifetime of supervised release for possession of child pornography. |
| Wednesday - March 18, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court here today United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle, sentenced JESSE CLEO BAZEMORE, 26, of Hope Mills, North Carolina, to 108 months’ imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release. |
| Monday - March 16, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court here today DON CHRISTOPHER HAWES, of Bladenboro, North Carolina pled guilty before United States Magistrate Judge David W. Daniel, to unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g)(1), which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years imprisonment followed by up to three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000. |
| Friday - March 13, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court on March 11, 2009, Chief United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced ROBERT THOMAS JONES, JR., 49, Morrisville, North Carolina, to 97 months’ imprisonment followed by a lifetime of supervised release. |
| Friday - March 13, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court yesterday Chief United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced DESMOND LAMONT GARRETT, 29, of Youngsville, North Carolina, to 150 months’ imprisonment. |
| Wednesday - March 11, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court today Chief United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced DANIEL L. SMITH, 65, of Mocksville, North Carolina to a 12-month and one day term of imprisonment for conspiring to commit a number of federal offenses. |
| Wednesday - March 11, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court here today Chief United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan, sentenced NATHAN KINTA WILKINS, 30, of Greenville, North Carolina, to 141 months’ imprisonment. |
| Tuesday - March 10, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court here yesterday United States District Judge W. Earl Britt, sentenced MADISON CHEEK, 21, of Maxton, North Carolina, to 120 months’ imprisonment followed by five years supervised release. |
| Tuesday - March 10, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court here yesterday United States District Judge W. Earl Britt, sentenced ASHLEY WOODARD, 22, of Bailey, North Carolina, and LATRICIA NICOLE CUTLER, 36, of Elm City, North Carolina on drug trafficking and related charges. |
| Monday - March 9, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court here today PHILIP JOE GUYETT, JR., 42, of Moorpark, California, pleaded guilty today to three counts of mail fraud, committed in relation to his recovery and sale of human tissue for medical implantation. |
| Monday - March 9, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court here on March 4, 2009, United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle, sentenced MICHAEL LEWIS WHITE, 21, of Raleigh, North Carolina, to 120 months’ imprisonment. |
| Thursday - March 5, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court yesterday Senior United States District Judge James C. Fox, sentenced DAVID MICHAEL JONES, 43, Of Oxford, North Carolina, to a life term of imprisonment followed by five years supervised release. |
| Thursday - March 5, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court on March 3, 2009, Senior United States District Judge James C. Fox, sentenced WADELLE HARVEY, 47, of Hertford, North Carolina, to 172 months’ imprisonment followed by five years supervised release. |
| Thursday - March 5, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced today that several members of his office will travel to Kosovo over the next eight weeks to train judges, prosecutors, and investigators in various areas of international criminal law. |
| Tuesday - March 3, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court here today United States District Judge James C. Dever, III, sentenced JAMES LAMONT BONEY, to 198 months’ imprisonment followed by five years supervised release. |
| Tuesday - March 3, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court on February 13, 2009, Senior United States District Judge James C. Fox sentenced LAURA SUE JONES, of Duplin County, North Carolina, to 60 months imprisonment followed by five years supervised release. |
| Tuesday - March 3, 2009 | United States Attorney George E. B. Holding announced that in federal court yesterday, ISMALIUS JARON WHITE also known as "Boo Boo" and "K", 31, of Bethel, North Carolina was sentenced to 420 months in federal prison by Chief United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan for participating in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fifty (50) grams or more of cocaine base (crack). |
| Tuesday - March 3, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court today two soldiers from Fort Bragg pled guilty to attempted bank robbery and related charges before Senior United States District Judge James C. Fox. |
| Monday - March 2, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court today ROBERT EARL KEEL, JR., 24, of Williamston, North Carolina, pled guilty before United States Magistrate Judge James E. Gates, to having unlawful possession of a firearm as a convicted felon, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924 and to being in possession with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine base (crack), in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 841(a)(1). |
| Monday - March 2, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court here today TERRI J. HART, 46, pled guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371, which has a maximum penalty of up to five years imprisonment and/or a $250,000 fine followed by three years of supervised release. |
| Monday - March 2, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court today Senior United States District Judge James C. Fox, sentenced KIMBERLY TAYLOR, 40, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, to 70 months’ imprisonment followed by five years of supervised release. |
| Monday - March 2, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court here today ISABELLA BROCKINGTON, 36, of Lumberton, North Carolina, pled guilty before United States District Judge James C. Dever, III, to conspiring to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute more than 50 grams of cocaine base (crack) and 500 grams of cocaine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 846, which carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment followed by up to five years of supervised release and a fine of up to $4,000,000. |
| February 2009 | |
| Thursday - February 26, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that on February 25, 2009, a Federal Grand Jury returned a single-count indictment charging KODY RAY BRITTINGHAM, 20, of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, with threatening the President-Elect of the United States, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 871, which has a maximum penalty of 5 years imprisonment followed by up to three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000. |
| Thursday - February 26, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court here today United States District Judge James C. Dever, III, sentenced MITCHELL SWAIN, 41 of Plymouth, North Carolina, to 324 months’ imprisonment followed by five years supervised release. |
| Thursday - February 26, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court here yesterday United States District Judge James C. Dever, III, sentenced EDUARDO ROMERO MARTINEZ, 29, of Rocky Point, North Carolina, to 156 months’ imprisonment followed by three years supervised release. |
| Wednesday - February 25, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that a federal jury found PERRY REESE, III, 49, of Roseboro, North Carolina, guilty of two counts of distribution of a controlled substance, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 841(a)(1) and one count of racketeering activity, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1962(c). |
| Wednesday - February 25, 2009 | Acting United States Attorney John S. Bruce announced that in federal court here on February 23, 2009, United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced MARVIN R. HEGGIE, 27, of Raleigh, North Carolina, to 72 months’ imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release. |
| Wednesday - February 25, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced today that a Federal Grand Jury returned a six-count Indictment on February 19, 2009, charging JOHN PATRICK ARMSTRONG, 45, of Raleigh, North Carolina, with Tax Evasion, in violation of Title 26, United States Code, Section 7201, and Making a False Statements, in violation of Title 26, United States Code, Section 7205(1), relating to individual tax returns for the years 2002, 2003, and 2004. |
| Wednesday - February 25, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court here yesterday United States District Judge James C. Dever, III, sentenced WILLIAM MONTELLE LOYD, III, 56, of Raleigh, North Carolina, to 84 months’ imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release for conspiring to commit mail fraud, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft. |
| Tuesday - February 24, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court on February 4, 2009, Chief United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced ASHONTA BUSH, 34, of Conway, North Carolina, to 240 months’ imprisonment followed by 10 years of supervised release. |
| Tuesday - February 24, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court here today United States District Judge James C. Dever, III, sentenced JOSE CAMPOS-SANCHEZ to 27 months’ imprisonment. |
| Monday - February 23, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court here today United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle, sentenced DENNIS MORRIS PERSCELL, 23, of Knightdale, North Carolina, to 110 months’ imprisonment followed by three years supervised release. |
| Monday - February 23, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court here today United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle, sentenced DEMETHRIC ANTWAN HINNANT, 22, of Wilson, North Carolina, to 180 months’ imprisonment followed by five years supervised release after being designated an Armed Career Criminal. |
| Monday - February 23, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court here today United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle, sentenced DANIEL CARL SHERWIN, 30, of Elizabeth City, North Carolina, to 720 months’ imprisonment. |
| Monday - February 23, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court here today United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced RAVINDRA KUMAR SHARMA, age 54, of Richmond, Virginia and ANIRUDDHA PATEL, age 43, of Carpentersville, Illinois. |
| Monday - February 23, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court today WILLIAM CLEMENT CARROLL, JR., 40, of Henderson, North Carolina, pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle to a Criminal Indictment charging him with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute a quantity of heroin in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 841, and 846, and possession of a .38 Caliber revolver in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense. |
| Friday - February 20, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced today that on February 19, 2009, a Grand Jury returned an eight-count Indictment against ANN LAUREL RUTLEDGE, 50, of Jacksonville, North Carolina, charging her with participating with others in a scam that distributed hundreds of thousands of dollars in counterfeit forms of currency across the United States. |
| Friday - February 20, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that a Federal Grand Jury returned an Indictment on February 19, 2009, charging ERSKINE ALFONZA SPRUILL, 46, of Roosevelt, New York, with 14 criminal violations. |
| Thursday - February 12, 2009 | United States Attorney George E. B. Holding announced that in federal court here yesterday United States District Judge James C. Dever, III, sentenced RICARDO PENALOZA-ALEGRIA, also known as Alejandro Cruz-Aguilar, 29, an illegal immigrant residing in the Raleigh area, to 66 months’ imprisonment. |
| Thursday - February 12, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court on Thursday, February 5, 2009, Senior United States District Judge James C. Fox sentenced SAMUEL FAIRCLOTH, 42, of Autryville, North Carolina, to 64 months’ imprisonment followed by three years supervised release. |
| Thursday - February 12, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court here on Tuesday, February 10, 2009, United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced WILLARD JUNIOR ALSTON, 32, of Wilson, North Carolina, to 96 months’ imprisonment followed by five years of supervised release. |
| Thursday - February 12, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court here on Tuesday, February 10, 2009, two Duplin County drug traffickers were sentenced. |
| Wednesday - February 11, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court here today United States District Judge James C. Dever, III, sentenced PHILLIP SCOTT MORGAN, 44, of Creedmoor, North Carolina, to 168 months’ imprisonment followed by five years supervised release. |
| Tuesday - February 10, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court here today United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced JOSEPH RAY RUFFIN, 39, of Black Creek, North Carolina, to 90 months’ imprisonment followed by five years supervised release. |
| Tuesday - February 10, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court here yesterday United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced MARK ALLEN HOWELL, 26, of Erwin, North Carolina, to 72 months’ imprisonment followed by five years supervised release. |
| Tuesday - February 10, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court here yesterday United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced ABRIEL DONTEA DOVE, 27, of Greenville, North Carolina, to 96 months’ imprisonment. |
| Monday - February 9, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court here today two defendants charged in the bank robbery of the RBC Centura Bank in Clayton were sentenced. |
| Monday - February 9, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court here today United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced RALPH JOSEPH CLOS, 64, of New Bern, North Carolina, to 78 months’ imprisonment followed by five years supervised release. |
| Monday - February 9, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court here today WILLIAM TRAVIS WARREN, JR., 28, of Raleigh, North Carolina pled guilty before United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle to unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g), which carries a maximum penalty of up to 10 years imprisonment followed by up to three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000. |
| Friday - February 6, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court today Senior United States District Judge James C. Fox sentenced ROBERT SPRUCE EASLEY, 63, of Louisburg, North Carolina, to 120 months’ imprisonment followed by three years supervised release. |
| Friday - February 6, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court here today Senior United States District Judge James C. Fox sentenced CRAIG LAMONT BUTLER, 36, to 120 months’ imprisonment followed by three years supervised release. |
| Thursday - February 5, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court today Chief United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced FREDERICK ALANDO SMITH, 40, of Clayton, North Carolina, to 95 months’ imprisonment followed by three years supervised release. |
| Thursday - February 5, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court today Chief United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced GERMAINE GAUSE SMITH, 34, of Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, to 32 months’ imprisonment followed by three years supervised release. |
| Tuesday - February 3, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court yesterday CLEVELAND BRAXTON CURTIS, 27, of Raleigh, North Carolina, pled guilty before United States Magistrate Judge Robert Jones to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g)(1), which is punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of up to ten years followed by up to three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000. |
| Tuesday - February 3, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court today JOHN THOMAS DAVIS, 59, of Wake Forest, North Carolina, pled guilty before United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle to the manufacturing of child pornography, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2251 and receipt of child pornography, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2252(a)(2). |
| Tuesday - February 3, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court today United States Magistrate Judge David Daniel accepted the guilty plea of HENRY RAYMOND MCDOWELL, JR., 34, of Coram, New York, for interfering with the performance of a flight attendant and crew member, in violation of Title 49, United States Code, Section 46504. |
| Tuesday - February 3, 2009 | United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court here yesterday United States District Judge W. Earl Britt sentenced DESMOND JAMAR SMITH, 23, of Williamston, North Carolina, to 210 months’ imprisonment followed by five years of supervised release. |
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