North Carolina Education Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Tracey Hernandez </h2> </center>
Greensboro, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aiding and assisting the filing of a false tax return. Aents with the Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation Division (“IRS-CI”) began investigating Tracey Hernandez, 39, for preparing and filing IRS false income tax returns for her clients. Hernandez acted as a “ghost preparer,” meani... More...
$ (03-24-2026 - NC)Oliver Harney v. Christina Harney
<h2><br> Henderson, North Carolina family law lawyers represented the parties in a child custody dispute.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> Mother lives in New York and she gave birth to Sam in New York in June 2019. Plaintiff ("Grandfather") lives in Vance County, North Carolina. When the complaint in this matter was filed, Sam's biological father was "unknown" to Grandfather[2] although Mother later ident... More...
$0 (09-03-2024 - NC)Harold Douglas Coppedge, et al. v. The Franklin County Board of Education, et al. </center
<h2><br> Raleigh, North Carolina education civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> <br> This longstanding desegregation action was initiated by Plaintiffs on December 8, 1965. Beginning in August 1967, the court issued a series of orders requiring the Board to submit annual reports and data regarding, among other things, teacher hiring, nonrenewal recommendations, course offe... More...
$0 (08-12-2024 - NC)L.P., J.P. and K.P. v. Wake County Board of Education, et al.
Raleigh, North Carolina civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on handicapped child civil rights violation theories.<br> <br> "The Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EAHCA), now known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), is a federal law that guarantees all children with disabilities a free and appropriate public education (FAPE) in the least re... More...
$0 (08-04-2023 - NC)<H2> Willie Womble v. City of Durham, et al. </H2>
Durham, North Carolina personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on a civil rights violation theory under 42 U.S.C. 1983.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/northcarolina/news/durham/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Durham</a><br> </font><br> </center><br> </h1><br> </table><br> </center><br> "On November 18, 1975, two m... More...
$1 (12-27-2022 - NC)United States of America v. Joseph Octave
Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiring to defraud the United States by preparing and filing false tax returns.<br> <br> According to court documents and statements made in court, Joseph Octave, 49, of Charlotte, was the leader of a multi-year, multimillion-dollar tax fraud scheme involving hundreds of fraudulent tax returns. Octave was the o... More...
$0 (07-13-2022 - NC)United States of America v. Vernisha Suggs
Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute heroin and fentanyl and conspiracy to make false statements during the purchase of firearms.<br> <br> Vernisha Suggs, 35, engaged in a conspiracy from 2018 through 2020 to purchase numerous firearms on behalf of Bloods gang members from federally licensed firearms dealers in Rocky Mount. T... More...
$0 (06-23-2022 - NC)United States of America v. Andrea Pasley
Greensboro, NC: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States.<br> <br> From 2012 through 2017, Andrea Pasley, of Durham, conspired with Karen Jones and Audrey Odom to prepare fraudulent tax returns for clients of Jones and Stone Taxes. Returns prepared by the conspirators claimed false education credits or dependents or manipulated the clients'... More...
$0 (11-01-2021 - NC)United States of America v. Audrey Renetta Odem
Greensboro, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit tax fraud and Aid in Preparing and Presenting False Tax Returns.<br> <br> From 2012 through 2016, Audrey Renetta Odom, of Durham, conspired with Karen Jones and Andrea Pasley t prepare false returns for clients. The returns fraudulently lowered the clients' tax liabilities or inflated their r... More...
$0 (07-23-2021 - NC)United States of America v. Karen Marie Jones
Greensboro, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit tax fraud.<br> <br> Karen Marie Jones of Durham, North Carolina, was charged for conspiring to defraud the United States. Jones owned Jones and Stone Taxes, a tax preparation business in Durham. From 2012 through 2017, Jones and two other return preparers at Jones and Stone, Andrea Marie Pasl... More...
$0 (05-14-2021 - NC)United States of America v. Karen Marie Jones
Durham, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States.<br> <br> Karen Marie Jones of Durham, North Carolina, was sentenced today to conspiring to defraud the United States. According to court documents and statements made in court, Jones owned Jones and Stone Taxes, a tax preparation business in Durham. From 2012 through 2017, Jon... More...
$0 (05-08-2021 - NC)United States of America v. Donald Gregory Hoggard
Wilington, North Carolina distribution of child pornography charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Donald Gregory Hoggard, 40, who was charged with distribution of child pornography. <br> <br> A search warrant was executed at the residence on October 8, 2019. Hoggard was present and admitted that he had an account with Kik. Hoggard admitted to posting and trading child pornograp... More...
$0 (02-17-2021 - NC)United States of America v. Michael Kirk Schon
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.ncmp.uscourts.gov/sites/ncmp/files/styles/gallery_slider_full/public/WinstonSalemOffice.jpg?itok=xUfFM-3e"><br> </center><br> Greensboro, NC - Bail Bondsman Pleads Guilty To Mail Fraud<br> <br> Michael Kirk Schon, pleaded guilty to a felony charge of mail fraud relating to a forfeiture of a bail bond.<br> <br> SCHON, age 48, of Spotsylvania, Virginia, ... More...
$0 (08-14-2019 - NC)United States of America v. Garvey Imhotep
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.usmarshals.gov/district/nc-e/locations/raleigh.jpg"><br> </center><br> Raleigh, NC - North Carolina Tax Return Preparer Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Defraud the IRS<br> <br> A Raleigh, North Carolina, resident pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to defraud the United States. <br> <br> According to court documents and statements made in court, Garvey ... More...
$0 (07-23-2019 - NC)United States of America v. Aminta A. Smith
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.ncwd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/charlotte_courthouse.jpg"><br> </center><br> Charlotte, NC - North Carolina Tax Return Preparer Convicted of Filing False Income Tax Returns<br> <br> A federal jury in Charlotte, North Carolina, convicted a former tax return preparer of filing false tax returns for her clients and herself.<br> <br> “Tax return pr... More...
$0 (05-30-2019 - NC)Nikki T. Thomas v. Nancy A. Berryhill, Commissioner of Social Security Administration
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.ncwd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/charlotte_courthouse.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> The Acting Commissioner of Social Security (Commissioner) denied Nikki T. Thomas’s application for supplemental security income (SSI). Thomas sought review in the district court, and the district court affirmed the denial of her application. This appeal followed. ... More...
$0 (03-08-2019 - NC)Tobarak Ulla Tofu v. Matthew G. Whitaker
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$0 (11-24-2018 - NC)United States of America v. Shawanda Elmore
Charlotte, NC - Charlotte Tax Return Preparer Pleads Guilty to Preparing False Tax Returns<br> <br> A Charlotte, North Carolina tax return preparer pleaded guilty to aiding and assisting in the preparation of a false tax return.<br> <br> According to documents and information provided to the court, from 2011 through 2017, Shawanda Elmore owned and operated C and W Tax Professionals, a tax return p... More...
$0 (08-29-2018 - NC)UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. JOHN TIMOTHY CANNON, a/k/a Mr JT, <table> <td>
Cannon argues that the district court abused its discretion in denying his pretrial motion for a reliability hearing. Cannon’s opening brief merely incorporates by reference his district court pleadings, a tactic of which we have disapproved. See Fed. R. App. P. 28(a)(8)(A); Wahi v. Charleston Area Med. Ctr., Inc., 562 F.3d 599, 607 (4th Cir. 2009); McCarver v. Lee, 221 F.3d 583, 588 n.1 (... More...
$0 (07-15-2018 - Nc)United States of America v. Darra Lee Shephard, a/k/a Nora Southerland, a/ka/ Donna Ramirez
Darra Lee Shephard conspired to defraud U.S. residents through a telemarketing sweepstakes scheme. From a call center in Costa Rica, Shephard and others would tell their unwitting victims that they had won a sweepstakes prize. The catch? Winners could receive their prize money only after paying a “refundable insurance fee.” Victims of the scheme wired thousands of dollars to the call center, b... More...
$0 (06-15-2018 - NC)Dannie Montgomery v. The Anson County Board of Education <P> <font color="red"><a href="http://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28536&z=74103&s=OK" target="_new">Morelaw Internet Marketing for Legal Professionals</a> <br> Helping People Find You On The Internet <br> 888-354-4529 </font>
Charlotte, NC - Dannie Montgomery sued The Anson County Board of Education on a civil rights job discrimination (age) theory.... More...
$0 (03-19-2018 - NC)Thomas M. Cannon v. Village of Bald Head Island
In August 2014, the Village of Bald Head Island, N.C. (“Bald Head”), fired Plaintiffs Thomas Cannon, Jesse Conner, Donald Koons, and Nicholas Terrell (collectively, the “Officers”)—who worked for Bald Head’s Department of Public Safety (the “Department”)—for the content of messages the Officers sent in a private text-message chain. Approximately one year later, the Officers filed... More...
$0 (05-30-2018 - NC)Bobbydyne McMillan v. Cumberland County Board of Education; Joseph M. Locklear
Appellant Bobbydyne McMillan was employed by the Cumberland County Board<br> of Education (“CCBE”) and resigned following an investigation into her conduct during<br> the course of her employment. She appeals the district court’s grant of summary<br> judgment in favor of the Defendants, CCBE, and Joseph M. Locklear,1 Associate<br> Superintendent of Human Resources, on her 42 U.S.C. § 1983 F... More...
$0 (04-03-2018 - NC)United States of America v. William Carl Welsh
In January 2011, William Carl Welsh pleaded guilty in an Oregon federal district court to failing to comply with the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (“SORNA”) and was sentenced to 673 days in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons. Welsh admitted that he had not updated his sex offender registration in Oregon when he left the state to move to Belize. While in the custody of the Bu... More...
$0 (01-15-2018 - NC)STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. CHRISTOPHER DAVID BARKER <table> <td>
Defendant was convicted of driving while impaired in Brunswick County <br> District Court (“the district court”) on 10 December 2015. Upon appeal, Defendant’s <br> case was then tried before a jury in Brunswick County Superior Court (“the superior <br> court”) on 22 August 2016. The State’s sole witness at trial was Trooper David Inman <br> of the North Carolina Highway Patrol (“Tr... More...
$0 (01-10-2018 - NC)STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. CHRISTOPHER DAVID BARKER <table> <td>
Defendant was convicted of driving while impaired in Brunswick County <br> District Court (“the district court”) on 10 December 2015. Upon appeal, Defendant’s <br> case was then tried before a jury in Brunswick County Superior Court (“the superior <br> court”) on 22 August 2016. The State’s sole witness at trial was Trooper David Inman <br> of the North Carolina Highway Patrol (“Tr... More...
$0 (12-31-2017 - NC)David Richard Sizemore v. Nancy A. Berryhill
David Sizemore applied for disability benefits from the Social Security<br> Administration in July 2011, claiming that he was disabled due to diabetes and bipolar<br> disorder. After his application was denied by an administrative law judge (“ALJ”), who<br> found that Sizemore was not disabled, and review was denied by the Appeals Council, he<br> commenced this action in the district court. Th... More...
$0 (12-01-2017 - NC)United States of America v. Hassie Demond Nowlin, a/k/a Demond Nowlin and Brillian Knowlin
Greensboro, NC - North Carolina Tax Return Preparer Sentenced to Prison For Tax and Bankruptcy Fraud<br> <br> A Greensboro, North Carolina, resident was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for corruptly endeavoring to obstruct the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), filing a fraudulent tax return, and bankruptcy fraud.<br> <br> According to documents and information provided to the court, during 20... More...
$0 (11-16-2017 - NC)United States of America v. Hemza Menade Lefsih
A jury convicted Hemza Menade Lefsih, an Algerian native who entered the United States through the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program, of immigration fraud. During Lefsih’s trial, the district court interjected numerous times, expressing skepticism of the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program and a negative impression of individuals who participate in the program. We find that this judicial interventio... More...
$0 (08-14-2017 - NC)<b>STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. RANDY CARTER DAVIS </b>
Here we are asked to determine whether expert testimony about general <br> characteristics of child sexual assault victims and the possible reasons for delayed <br> reporting of such allegations constitutes expert opinion testimony, subject to <br> disclosure in discovery under N.C.G.S. § 15A-903(a)(2). We hold that it does, and <br> thus, the State failed to satisfy its statutory obligations wh... More...
$0 (12-15-2016 - NC)<b>STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. CHARLES ANTHONY McGRADY </b>
Defendant and his cousin Mr. Shore lived in mobile homes across the street <br> from each other in Hays, North Carolina. Various other members of their family also <br> lived nearby. The two men had a combative history, having engaged in multiple <br> verbal and physical altercations. Defendant testified that, on the evening of <br> 19 December 2011, Mr. Shore threatened to kill defendant and h... More...
$0 (12-15-2016 - NC)United States of America v. Lowney Yohnagalegi Crow
Asheville, NC - Cherokee Co. Man Sentenced To More Than Seven Years In Prison On Federal Assault Charges<br> <br> U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger sentenced Lowney Yohnagalegi Crow, 33, of Cherokee, N.C. to 87 months in prison on charges of assault resulting in serious bodily injury, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Judge Martin Reidi... More...
$0 (08-17-2016 - NC)<b><h3>STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. CHARLES ANTHONY McGRADY</b></h3>
This appeal arises from defendant Charles Anthony McGrady’s first-degree <br> murder conviction for the shooting death of his cousin James Allen Shore Jr. <br> Defendant admitted to shooting Mr. Shore. The central issue at trial was whether <br> defendant shot and killed Mr. Shore in lawful defense of himself and his adult son <br> Brandon McGrady. Defendant sought to introduce expert witness... More...
$0 (09-03-2016 - NC)North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP v. Patrick L. McCrory
These consolidated cases challenge provisions of a recently enacted North Carolina election law. The district court rejected contentions that the challenged provisions violate the Voting Rights Act and the Fourteenth, Fifteenth, and TwentySixth Amendments of the Constitution. In evaluating the massive record in this case, the court issued extensive factual findings. We appreciate and commend t... More...
$0 (07-29-2016 - NC)STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. RANDY CARTER DAVIS
Here we are asked to determine whether expert testimony about general <br> characteristics of child sexual assault victims and the possible reasons for delayed <br> reporting of such allegations constitutes expert opinion testimony, subject to <br> disclosure in discovery under N.C.G.S. § 15A-903(a)(2). We hold that it does, and <br> thus, the State failed to satisfy its statutory obligations wh... More...
$0 (06-10-2016 - NC)United States of America v. Dennis Taylor
Raleigh, NC - Wilson Man Sentenced For Drug Trafficking And Firearm Offenses <br> <br> Dennis Taylor, 55, of Wilson was sentenced to 154 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release.<br> <br> TAYLOR was named in a two-count Indictment filed on May 7, 2015, charging him with Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with the Intent to Distribute 28 grams or more of cocaine base (crack)... More...
$0 (04-27-2016 - NC)STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. BURL RAVON TORRENCE
The State’s evidence tended to show the following: Deputy Jonathan Phillips <br> with the Macon County Sheriff’s Office was working as part of the traffic safety unit <br> on the morning of 4 August 2013. He was on patrol around 1:00 a.m. on Route 64, or <br> Highlands Road, when he observed a silver car, driven by defendant, in front of him. <br> Phillips testified that defendant was drivin... More...
$0 (04-24-2016 - NC)STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. WILLIAM EDWARD GODWIN, III
The State’s evidence at trial tended to show the following: On 18 January 2011, <br> at approximately 10:14 p.m., Daniel Kennerly, an officer with the Charlotte <br> Mecklenburg Police Department, observed defendant driving fourteen miles per hour <br> over the posted speed limit and executed a traffic stop. When he approached the <br> vehicle, Officer Kennerly noticed that defendant’s eyes w... More...
$0 (04-24-2016 - NC)United States of America v. Artkes Bennett
Raleigh, NC - Greenville Drug Trafficker Sentenced<br> <br> Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced ARTKES BENNETT, 36, of Greenville, North Carolina, to 192 months in prison followed by 6 years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute quantities of methamphetamine and heroin, distribution of methamphetamine, and possessio... More...
$0 (12-01-2015 - NC)United States of America v. David Petraeus
District of Columbia - The United States of America charged former CIA directory and four-star general David Petraeus with mishandling classified materials.<br> <br> Petraeus resigned from the CIA director job after it was disclosed that he was having an affair with his biographer.<br> <br> The Government asserted by Petraeus shared his highly classified "black books" with Paula Broadwell for her ... More...
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