North Carolina Excessive Force Law
United States of America v. Isidro Arcenio Alvarado
Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with naturalization fraud. Alvarado confessed to having knowingly made materially false statements under oath and penalty of perjury on his naturalization application and during a naturalization interview with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS). He answered “No” to the following questions “Wer... More...
$ (02-14-2026 - NC)<H2> United States of America v. Wynn A.D. Charlebois
Charlotte, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with orchestrating a Ponzi scheme that caused millions of dollars in losses. from 2015 to 2022, Charlebois used companies he owned and controlled, including WC Private, Wilcox Hybrid, Damon Investments, and others, to perpetrate a multi-million-dollar fraudulent investment scheme. Charlebois used his past emplo... More...
$ (01-14-2026 - NC)<H2> United States of America v. Shawn Tobin Locklear, Jr.
New Bern, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyers Kelly Dagger and Paul Sun represented the Defendant charged with possession of a machine gun in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. After officers arrested Shawn Tobin Locklear, Jr., age 20, for armed robbery while using a gun, a state court judge released him in March 2022. A few months later in November 2022, while Locklear roamed free o... More...
$ (01-12-2026 - NC)<H2> United States of America v. Christian Sturdivant
Charlotte, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization. Christian Sturdivant, of Mint Hill, allegedly planned to use knives and hammers to execute a deadly New Year’s Eve attack at a grocery store and a fast food restaurant in support of the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) has been arrest... More...
$ (01-02-2026 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Dartez Omar Faulk and Rosalind Carol Comfort </h1></h1>
Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Trafficking Young Woman .<br> <br> following a four-day trial, a federal jury in Raleigh convicted Dartez Omar Faulk and Rosalind Carol Comfort of three counts of sex trafficking following a four day trial.<br> <br> "These depraved reprobates preyed on vulnerable young women to make money from their suffering... More...
$0 (09-26-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Robert John May, III </h1></h1>
Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with five counts of distributing child sexual abuse material.*<br> <br> Robert John May, III, 38, of West Columbia, has pleaded guilty to five counts of distributing child sexual abuse material.*<br> <br> "The conduct May pleaded guilty to represents some of the most depraved and exploitative conduct we investigate,... More...
$0 (09-30-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Dartez Omar Faulk and Rosalind Carol Comfort </h1></h1>
Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex trafficking<br> <br> n September 25, 2025, following a four-day trial, a federal jury in Raleigh convicted Dartez Omar Faulk and Rosalind Carol Comfort of three counts of sex trafficking following a four day trial.<br> <br> "These depraved reprobates preyed on vulnerable young women to make money from their ... More...
$0 (09-26-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Qwmaine Raekwon Knott, Andre Khan, Terrance Hargrove, Keith Bagle, Shamar Evans </h1></h1>
Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with possession with intent <br> to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl. <br> <br> U.S. Attorney Ellis Boyle, along with federal and local law enforcement, announced that five individuals have been charged in separate federal cases as part of a coordinated enforcement operation. In addition to the federal charg... More...
$0 (09-19-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Zachary Charles Newell </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making vile threats </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Carteret County Man Arrested After Threatening to "Shoot Up†Black Children at a Preschool</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center>... More...
$0 (09-08-2025 - NC)United States of America v. Imani Jovianna Franco, a/k/a Chula, a/k/a Jo
Wilmington, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1594(c). <br> <br> ... More...
$0 (08-25-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Joshua Vines </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Kilo Fentanyl Trafficking </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Kilo Fentanyl Trafficker Sentenced to More Than Eight Years in Prison</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> A Ral... More...
$0 (07-18-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Paul Shealy </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Receiving, Sending Child Sexual Abuse Materials </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Rock Hill Cop Convicted at Trial of Receiving, Sending Child Sexual Abuse Materials </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A fede... More...
$0 (05-08-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Emmanuel Martimiano Leon-Soto </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Greensboro, NC criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Conspiracy </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> High-Ranking Sinaloa Cartel Member Arrested After Being Charged in Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Conspiracy</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><b... More...
$0 (04-22-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Dakota Henderson </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Cross-Country Drug Conspiracy </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Arizona Man Sentenced to 9 Years for Involvement in Cross-Country Drug Conspiracy </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> An Arizona man was sentenced today... More...
$0 (04-22-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Joseph Lee Barnes </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Distribution Of Child Sexual Abuse Material </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Wilmington Man Sentenced To More Than 12 Years In Prison For Distribution Of Child Sexual Abuse Material</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <b... More...
$0 (04-15-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Joseph Lee Barnes </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Distribution Of Child Sexual Abuse Material </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Wilmington Man Sentenced To More Than 12 Years In Prison For Distribution Of Child Sexual Abuse Material</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <b... More...
$0 (04-15-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Kinte Fisher </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Trafficking Kilograms of Cocaine from Charlotte to Wilmington </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Charlotte Man Sentenced to 20 Years for Trafficking Kilograms of Cocaine from Charlotte to Wilmington</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center... More...
$0 (03-19-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Donnavin Mustafia Byrdsong </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with the Intent to Distribute 400 grams or more of Fentanyl. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Armed Raleigh Man Sentenced to 16 Years for Trafficking Fentanyl</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center... More...
$0 (03-19-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Robert Niquan Bryant </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Elizabeth City, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Craven County Drug Trafficking Operation </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> New Bern Man Sentenced to Over Five Years for Role in Craven County Drug Trafficking Operation </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A N... More...
$0 (03-09-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Tawaan Batten a/k/a “Slicc†and Kristi Heather King </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with sex trafficking a minor </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Charlotte Sex Trafficker And Co-Conspirator Are Sentenced To Prison </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Charlotte man and his co-conspirator were charged ... More...
$0 (02-24-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Cesar De Sena Arias, aka “Junior†</h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> New Bern, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Shipping Kilogram Quantities of Cocaine from Puerto Rico </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Armed Leader of a Drug Trafficking Organization Shipping Kilogram Quantities of Cocaine from Puerto Rico Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison</h2><... More...
$0 (02-06-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Jesus Manual Hernandez </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with trafficking methamphetamine </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Methamphetamine Trafficker Is Sentenced To More Than 12 Years In Prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Jesus Manual Hernandez, 33, of Charlotte, was ... More...
$0 (02-03-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Rodney Lamont Evans, a.k.a. “Woo†</h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Firearm and Drug Trafficking Offenses </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Ahoskie Gang Member "Woo†Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison After Conviction for Firearm and Drug Trafficking Offenses</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></... More...
$0 (01-27-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Charles Page; Treyvon Ladonte Page </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with drug trafficking </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Police Lieutenant and Son Sentenced to a Combined 14 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking Crimes</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Charles Page, age 52, an... More...
$0 (01-14-2025 - NC)United States of America v. thuy Tien Luong
Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with forced labor in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1589.<br> <br> The Government named Luong in a one-count Superseding Indictment filed in the Western District of North Carolina in December 2020. The indictment charged Luong with forced labor in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1589. It alleged that she obtained the labor or ... More...
$0 (01-10-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Daniel Mitchell </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring to violate civil rights </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> heFormer Federal Bureau of Prisons Lieutenant Convicted of Violating Inmate's Civil Rights </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><center><h2><font><br> <br> Da... More...
$0 (12-27-2024 - NC)United States of America v. Jonathan Lynn Jenkins
Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit sex<br> trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion and of a minor, in violation of 18 U.S.C.<br> §§ 1591(a), (b)(2) and 1594(c) (Count One); sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion<br> of a minor and aiding and abetting, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1591(a), (b), and 2 (Coun... More...
$0 (09-19-2024 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Christopher Gibson </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with trafficking more than 30 pounds of methamphetamine </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Kilo Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 20 Years</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Christopher Gibson, 41, of Wilmington, was sentenced to 2... More...
$0 (11-25-2024 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Scottie Alan Keith Frady </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Charlotte, NC criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant a Convicted Felon On State Parole Caught With More Than Two Kilograms Of Methamphetamine, A Machinegun, And Three Guns </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Convicted Felon On State Parole Caught With More Than Two Kilograms Of Methamphetamine, A Machinegun, And Th... More...
$0 (11-21-2024 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Rashad Jamal Blanchard, </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Smuggling 46 Kilograms Of Methamphetamine At Charlotte Airport </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> California Gang Member Caught Smuggling 46 Kilograms Of Methamphetamine At Charlotte Airport Is Sentenced To 20 Years</h2></center></b>... More...
$0 (11-15-2024 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Mario Deandre Taylor </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Greensboro, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of felon in possession of a firearm </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Durham Man Who Fled from Law Enforcement Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Durham man who pleaded ... More...
$0 (11-13-2024 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. George Irving Rivens; Paul Alexander Kaber; Christopher Ahmad Townsend; Joseph Earl Connor </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with bulk distribution of methamphetamine, fentanyl, and other narcotics </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Leader And Three Members of Poly-Drug Trafficking Organization Are Sentenced To Prison </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center... More...
$0 (10-29-2024 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. D’Angelo Taborn; Imani Franco </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion. </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Two Violent Sex Traffickers Sentenced to Combined 39 Years </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> D'Angelo Taborn, of Durham, charged with ... More...
$0 (10-31-2024 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Axel Rodriguez a/k/a “Flash†</h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Wilmington, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Social Media Fentanyl Dealing </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Social Media Fentanyl Dealer and Blood Gang Member Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Raleigh fentanyl dealer who u... More...
$0 (10-02-2024 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Marquis Peterson </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Trafficking Fentanyl and Methamphetamine </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Crip Gang Member Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl and Methamphetamine</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Crip Gang ... More...
$0 (10-03-2024 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Nathan Omar Frink, aka “Ray Nate†</h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> New Bern, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with armed drug trafficking and illegal firearm possession </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Armed Fayetteville Drug Trafficker Who Led Law Enforcement on Dangerous High-Speed Chase Led Law Enforcement on Dangerous High-Speed Chase Sentence... More...
$0 (10-04-2024 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Christopher DeShawn Nelson </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Asheville, NC criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with trafficking methamphetamine </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Methamphetamine Trafficker Is Sentenced To More Than 11 Years In Prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Christopher DeShawn Nelson, 42, of Asheville, was senten... More...
$0 (09-12-2024 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Jason Dean Keever </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug And Gun Charges</font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Asheville Methamphetamine Distributor Is Sentenced To 28 Years In Prison On Drug And Gun Charges</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> <br> Jason Dean Keever, age 42, o... More...
$0 (08-22-2024 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Ted Cannon, aka “Bam†</h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Wilmington, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Supplying Meth </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> "Ghostface Gangster†Sentenced to 30 Years for Supplying Meth to a Raleigh-based DTO Run by a Leader of the Pagan Motorcycle Gang </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></... More...
$0 (07-26-2024 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Ted Cannon, aka “Bam†</h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Supplying Meth to a Raleigh-based DTO Run </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> "Ghostface Gangster†Sentenced to 30 Years for Supplying Meth to a Raleigh-based DTO Run by a Leader of the Pagan Motorcycle Gang</h2></center></b></b>... More...
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