North Carolina Fair Debt Collection Law
<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)United States of America v. Keith Delpree Mahatha
Greensboro, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant seeking a sentence reduction under the First Step Act, Pub. L. No. 115-391, 132 Stat. 5194 (2018).<br> <br> In 2007, Mahatha pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute cocaine base,<br> in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A), and was sentenced to a below-Guidelines<br> term of 161 months' impriso... More...
$0 (08-22-2025 - 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. Tyler Samuel Godfrey </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Distributing Child Pornography </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Brunswick County Man Sentenced to Over 15 Years for Distributing Child Pornography</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Brunswick County man was sentenc... More...
$0 (04-15-2025 - 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)United States of America v. Taj'Ma De'Yong Ussery, a/k/a Pop Off
Greenville, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a).<br> <br> "A district court is required to provide an individualized assessment based on the facts before the court, and to explain adequately the sentence imposed to allow for meaningful appellate review and to promote the perception of ... More...
$0 (12-19-2024 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Gustavo Guzman </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Using The Dark Web To Transport Child Pornography </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Boone Man Is Sentenced To Eight Years In Federal Prison For Using The Dark Web To Transport Child Pornography</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center>... More...
$0 (12-05-2024 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Jacob Elijah Kilgore </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Using The Dark Web To Transport Child Pornography </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Boone Man Is Sentenced To Eight Years In Federal Prison For Using The Dark Web To Transport Child Pornography </h2></center></b></b> </h2></cente... More...
$0 (12-05-2024 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Darrell Alan Thompson </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and possession of firearm by felon. The defendant was also ordered to pay restitution to the impacted financial institutions.</font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Conspiracy to Steal Checks from Postal Collect... More...
$0 (10-24-2024 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Nico Aaron Lowers </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Wilmington, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Transporting and Possessing Child Pornography </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Raleigh Man Sentenced for Transporting and Possessing Child Pornography</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Nico Aaron Lowers, 24, from... More...
$0 (09-26-2024 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Derrick Alexander Swick </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Receiving Child Pornography </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> <br> Cary Man Sentenced to More than 8 Years in Prison for Receiving Child Pornography</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Cary man was sentenced today t... More...
$0 (09-04-2024 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Lester David Gillberg </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> <br> Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Producing Child Pornography </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Carteret County Man Sentenced to 30 Years for Producing Child Pornography</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Carteret County man was sentenced toda... More...
$0 (08-14-2024 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Joseph Plummer </h1>
<b><h2><center><i><font color="red"> Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Robbing Raleigh Sweepstakes Business. </font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><br> <center><i></b> Man Who Robbed Raleigh Sweepstakes Business Sentenced to 25 Years </h2></center></i><br> <br> Joseph Plummer, age 36, of Raleigh was sentenced today to 300 months ... More...
$0 (03-14-2024 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Klaus De La Fuente </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Raleigh, North Carolina Criminal Defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Child Pornography.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> </h3></center></i><br> <br> A Raleigh man was sentenced to 144 months imprisonment followed by five years of supervised release, and $81,000 in restitution, for receipt and possession ... More...
$0 (02-27-2024 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Thomas Frank Andrews, Jr. </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Wilmington, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Producing Child Sexual Abuse Material.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> </h3></center></i><br> <br> A Rocky Point, N.C. man was sentenced today to the statutory maximum 360 months in prison, and 10 years of supervised release, for th... More...
$0 (02-15-2024 - NC)Stephen Ray Fritsch v. Trawler Carolina Lady, Inc.
New Bern, North Carolina personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a Jones Act negligence theory.<br> <br> "The Jones Act, a federal law enacted in 1920, protects injured seamen by granting them the right to sue their employers for negligence that causes them harm. This law is unique because it provides seafarers with greater legal protections than traditional land... More...
$1 (01-02-2024 - NC)United States of America v. Billy Joe Goines, d/b/a Goines Towing & Recovery
Raleigh, North Carolina civil litigation lawyers represented the Defendant accused of violating the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) by towing and then selling vehicles without disclosing to the court that they were owned by service members. <br> <br> The SCRA provides a wide variety of financial and housing protections to members of the military. It requires a towing company to file an acc... More...
$0 (12-27-2023 - NC)Hayden Scott Rose v. Presque Isle Villas Condominium Homeowners Association, Inc.
Charlotte, North Carolina consumer credit lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on Fair Credit Reporting Act violation theories under 15 U.S.C. 1681, which provides:<br> <br> (a) Accuracy and fairness of credit reportingThe Congress makes the following findings:<br> (1) The banking system is dependent upon fair and accurate credit reporting. Inaccurate credit reports directly im... More...
$0 (11-03-2023 - NC)Shirbartis Alston v. OM of Raleigh, Inc.
Raleigh, North Carolina employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a Fair Labor Standards Act violation.<br> <br> "The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is a federal law that sets minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labor standards for full-time and part-time workers in the private sector and in federal, state, and local governments.<br> <br> Key Provi... More...
$0 (11-03-2023 - NC)Jeffrey Davis v. First Protective Insurance Company
Wilmington, North Carolina insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory.<br> <br> "North Carolina law recognizes bad faith breach of insurance contract as a separate tort claim. This means that an insured can sue its insurance company for bad faith, even if the insured's claim for breach of contract is unsuccessful.<br> <b... More...
$0 (11-03-2023 - NC)<H2> North Carolina v. Molly Martens Corbett and Thomas Martens
Lexington, North Carolina criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with murder.<br> <br> ¶ 1 In the early morning hours of 2 August 2015, a Davidson County 911 operator received a call regarding an incident at 160 Panther Creek Court. The caller, Thomas Martens (Tom), reported that his son-in-law, Jason Corbett (Jason), "got in a fight" with his daughter, Molly Martens Corbett ... More...
$0 (10-30-2023 - NC)James Thomas Moore v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company
Wilmington, North Carolina insurance law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory.<br> <br> "North Carolina law recognizes both statutory and common law bad faith breach of insurance contract claims.<br> <br> Statutory bad faith claims are brought under the North Carolina Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act (UDTPA). The UDTPA ... More...
$1 (09-11-2023 - NC)Alton Skipper v. United Property & Casualty Insurance Company
Raleigh, North Carolina insurance law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory.<br> <br> "North Carolina law recognizes both statutory and common law bad faith breach of insurance contract claims.<br> <br> Statutory bad faith claims are brought under the North Carolina Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act (UDTPA). The UDTPA pro... More...
$1 (09-13-2023 - NC)United States of America v. Robert Matthew Brittain
Greensboro, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with computer fraud.<br> <br> Robert Matthew Brittan, of Lexington, was previously employed by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the MDNC as a court management analyst wherein he managed and configured computer products operated by the court's employees. BRITTAIN resigned from this position in April 2022 after ... More...
$0 (05-03-2023 - NC)United States of America v. Troy Lynn Misiak
Raleigh, North Carolina criminal Defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with theft of government property and unlawful possession of an unregistered weapon.<br> <br> Troy Lynn Misiak, age 47, of Spring Lake, North Carolina, used his former position as a United States Air Force Master Sergeant (MSgt) to obtain, among other things, firearm suppressors supposedly for use by his military unit, ... More...
$0 (04-03-2023 - 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)<H2> United States of America v. Epic Games, Inc. </H2>
Raleigh, North Carolina civil litigation lawyers represented Defendant accused of violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA Rule), and the Federal Trade Commission Act. <br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/northcarolina/news/raleigh/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Raleigh... More...
$0 (12-21-2022 - NC)United States of America v. Kenneth “Smoke†Piper, Allen "Slim" Martin Smith, and Eric Cruz Pineda
Raleigh, North Carolina criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with felony possession of firearms and carjacking.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/northcarolina/news/raleigh/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Raleigh</a><br> </font><br> </center><br> </h1><br> </table><br> On December 11, 2020, Kenneth "Smoke" Piper and Eric Cruz Pine... More...
$0 (12-06-2022 - NC)United States of America v. Amanda Caldwell and Tax Time Solutions, LLC
Greensboro, North Carolina criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with aiding and assisting in the filing of a false tax return 26 U.S. 7206, which provides:<br> <br> (1) Declaration under penalties of perjury<br> <br> Willfully makes and subscribes any return, statement, or other document, which contains or is verified by a written declaration that it is made under the penalties of per... More...
$0 (10-13-2022 - NC)United States of America v. Chad Cline and BJ Trucking Company, Inc.
Raleigh, North Carolina criminal law lawyers represented Defendants charged with violating the False Claims Act.<br> <br> A jury found Chad Cline and BJ Trucking Company, Inc. liable for $1,679,086 worth of unauthorized fuel purchases under United States Postal Service contracts, in violation of the False Claims Act. The jury also found that while BJ Trucking was insolvent and owed a substantial ... More...
$0 (09-16-2022 - NC)United States of America v. Santa Maria McKibbins
Greensboro, North Carolina criminal law lawyer represented defendant charged with tax evasion.<br> <br> Santa Maria McKibbins pleaded guilty to filing a false tax return, a violation of Title 26, United States Code, Section 7206(1), after an investigation revealed that she had withheld information from a tax preparer regarding income and personal use of funds related to her business. According to ... More...
$0 (08-01-2022 - NC)In the Matter of J.C.J. and J.R.J.
Washington, North Carolina family law lawyers represented the parents of twin boys in a parental termination proceeding.<br> <br> <br> Respondent-mother Courtney J. and respondent-father Jeremy J. appeal from orders entered by the trial court terminating their parental rights in their twin sons J.C.J. and J.R.J.[1] After careful consideration of the parents' challenges to the trial<br> <br> 1<br> ... More...
$0 (07-15-2022 - NC)United States of America v. Lindsey Allison Kerns
Asheville, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with stealing more than $1 million from two elderly clients in her care.<br> <br> "Most home health care providers are reputable and committed to providing quality services to older adults entrusted in their care. Lindsey Allison Kerns is not one of them,†said U.S. Attorney King. "This defendant took advantage o... More...
$0 (06-23-2022 - NC)United States of America v. Thuy Tien Luong
Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with forced labor.<br> <br> Thuy Tien Luong, age 38, of Charlotte, North Carolina, compelled the victim's labor for almost two years through a variety of coercive means. The defendant physically, emotionally and verbally punished the victim when she disobeyed the defendant or otherwise failed to perform the required la... More...
$0 (06-15-2022 - NC)United States of America v. Gregory Antawn Joyner
Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with stealing a firearm, robbing a man at gunpoint, and shooting at another man all on one day. <br> <br> On the morning of September 25, 2020, the Wilson Police Department received information from an eyewitness who observed Gregory Antawn Joyner, 32, steal a loaded .40 caliber semi-automatic handgun with an extended m... More...
$0 (04-13-2022 - NC)United States of America v. James Rice and Susan Rice
Greensboro, North Carolina criminal defense lawyers represent Defendants charged with tax evasion and conspiracy to defraud the United States.<br> <br> James Rice, an orthopedic surgeon, and his wife Susan Rice, who worked for his medical practice, conspired to defraud the IRS, evaded payment of taxes, failed to pay over employment taxes and failed to file tax returns. In total, the Rices did not... More...
$0 (01-30-2022 - nc)United States of America v. Tiffany Dawn Russell
Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with committing multiple fraud schemes and filing a false federal income tax return.<br> <br> Tiffany Dawn Russell, age 43, was originally indicted in November 2020 for conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, access device fraud, and misuse of a social security number. According to the Indictment, Russell and he... More...
$0 (01-20-2022 - NC)United States of America v. Michael Scott Kivett
Greensboro, NC: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with possession of child pornography.<br> <br> Michael Scott Kivett, 41, was previously convicted in Guilford County of multiple counts of Second Degree Exploitation of a Minor in 2001 and, again, in 2009. As a result, he was required to register as a sex offender.<br> <br> In September 2019, Google made a report to the National... More...
$0 (10-06-2021 - NC)United States of America v. Mills Construction Company, Inc.
Raleigh, NC: Mills Construction Company Inc. and several related entities allegedly violated the Fair Housing Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by failing to build 38 multifamily housing complexes in North Carolina with required accessible features for people with disabilities. <br> <br> The settlement, which must be approved by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of N... More...
$275000 (09-30-2021 - NC)United States of America v. B Mayuresh Suresh Iyer
Charlotte, North Carolina distributing child pornography charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, B Mayuresh Suresh Iyer, 26, of Matthews, N.C. was charged for distributing child pornography on Discord, a popular messaging platform.<br> <br> In October 2019, law enforcement received information that an individual later identified as Iyer was using his Discord user account to distribut... More...
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