North Carolina False Arrest Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. William Stanley and Heather Morrow </h2> </center>
Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with assaulting, reisting, opposing, imeding, intimidating and interfering with persons performing official duties in violation of 18 111. Reported by: <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> On November 16, 2025, Heather Morr... More...
$ (09-10-2026 - NC)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Adedayo Fateru, Lisa Farrow, William Atwater, and Victoria Stone </h2> <center>
Greensboro, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1956(h). Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation and the United States Postal Inspection Services (“USPIS”) investigated Adedayo Fateru, a Nigerian citizen and U.S. Permanent Resident, Lisa Farrow, William Atwater, and Victoria S... More...
$ (08-13-2026 - NC)<h2> <center> United State of America v. LS Cable and System USA, Inc. </h2> </center>
Raleigh, North Carolina Department of Justice lawyer represented the United States which sued the Defendant on a False Claims Act theory. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> LS Cable & System USA, Inc. knowingly misrepresented the number of its employees and affiliated personnel and unlawfully sou... More...
$ (07-21-2026 - NC)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jessica Latoya Staten </h2> </center>
Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Jessica Latoya Staten, 41, engaged in a scheme to prepare and file hundreds of false and fraudulent federal inco... More...
$ (07-03-2026 - NC)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Nejlai Mitchell, et al. </h2> </center>
Wilmington, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring to defraud the United States and with adding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns. Nejlai Mitchell owned and operated a tax return preparation business out of Lumberton, North Carolina, and Hope Mills, North Carolina. From approximately April 2022 through May 2023, Mitchell and... More...
$ (06-26-2026 - NC)<h2> <center> United States of America v. James Shuford Price, III </h2> </center>
Wilmington, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with paying illegal kickbacks for referrals to his California-based lab and filing a false federal tax return. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> James Shuford Price, III, 59, owned and operated Golden Star Lab... More...
$ (06-26-2026 - NC)<h2> <center> United States ex rel. GHGH2, Inc. v. Vsoft Technologies Corporation </h2> </center>
Charlotte, North Carolina civil litigation lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on behalf of the United States on a qui tam theory. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> GNGH2 Inc. sued Vsoft Corporation claiming that it misrepresented that it was a small business with less than 3... More...
$ (05-08-2026 - NC)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Denis Joesph Bouchard </h2> </center>
Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with false claim of citizenship in order to vote. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Denis Bouchard, 70, falsely claimed to be a United States citizen when he voted, including registering to vote in the 2024 presid... More...
$ (06-04-2026 - NC)<h2> <center> State of North Carolina v. John Phillip McPherson III </h2> </center>
Whiteville, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged obtaining property by false pretenses and three counts of attempted obtaining property by false pretenses. Reported by Kent Morlan John Phillip McPherson III, 41, owned and operated North State Armory on South Madison Street in Whiteville. He is accused of seling counterfeit weapons and accessories.... More...
$ (05-17-2026 - nc)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jeremy Hinton </h2> </center>
Wilmington, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering. The Raleigh Police Department (RPD) and ATF conducted two controlled purchases of fentanyl from Inmate Hinton. During the second controlled purchase, Inmate Hinton also sold a Glock 36 handgun. When law enforcement ultimately tried to pull Inmate Hinton over to arre... More...
$ (04-14-2026 - NC)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Erica McMillian </H2> </center>
New Bern, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud. Erica McMillian, a Robeson County woman, submitted a fraudulent EIDL loan application for a fictitious business located in Robeson County. To obtain the $150,000 loan, McMillian made false representations concerning the number of employees and gross revenues of the business.... More...
$ (04-10-2026 - NC)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Saheed Sunday Owolabi </h2> </center>
Wilmington, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Saheed Sunday Owolabi, a Nigerian national, pretended to be a woman to build online relationships with men in the United States, a scheme known as a romance scam. He and his co-conspirators used these fake relationships to cheat victims into sending mo... More...
$ (03-31-2026 - NC)<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)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Rick Derrell McIntyre </h2> <center>
Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to sell and possess with intent to sell 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and selling of 50 grams or more of meth. The Fayetteville Police Department (FPD), the FBI, and other law enforcement agencies identified Inmate Rick Derrell McIntyre as the head of a large-scale drug trafficking organizat... More...
$ (03-20-2026 - NC)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Ricky McMillian, Erica McMillian, Dwayne McMillian and Darian McMillian </h2> </center>
Wilmington, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. A Robeson County Deputy Sheriff Ricky McMillian, his wife, and two adult sons engaged in a scheme to defraud the Small Business Administration’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and by submitting false loan applications which r... More...
$ (03-14-2026 - NC)United States of America v. Fredy Mauricio Buruca, a/k/a “Piranha,” “Machete,” and “Insoportable” and Santos Guillermo Ramirez Mancia, a/k/a “Azazel,” “Timido,” and “Johnny”
Charlotte, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant's charged with conspiracy to conduct affairs of an enterprise through a pattern of racketeering activities. Fredy Mauricio Buruca, a/k/a “Piranha,” “Machete,” and “Insoportable,” 27, of El Salvador, was sentenced to 30 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release. He was also ordered to re... More...
$ (02-24-2026 - NC)United States of America v. Eugene Christopher Acuff
Statesville, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with mail fraud. Gene Christopher Acuff, 62, was employed as a senior manager by Company A, a large retailer with stores throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico. As part of his duties, Acuff was responsible for reviewing property tax assessments on Company A’s stores and retaining real estate appra... More...
$ (02-14-2026 - NC)U.S. ex rel. Downs v. Insect Shield LLC, et al.
Charlotte, North Carolina, qui tam lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a False Claims Act violation theory. The United States filed its complaint-in-intervention in December 2023 alleging that Insect Shield LLC, located in North Carolina, and the Estate of Richard Lane, a co-founder and co-owner of Insect Shield, a subcontractor to multiple defense contractors who manufacture Army unif... More...
$ (02-14-2026 - NC)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)United States of America v. Jeraldine Agnes Geldner
Asheville, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. Jeraldine Agnes Geldner, 73, worked as a contracted bookkeeper for three small businesses. As part of her duties, Geldner was responsible for handling the businesses’ accounts payable, payroll, and filing of tax returns. From 2019 through 2024, Geldner engaged in a scheme to defraud and embe... More...
$ (01-22-2026 - 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. Scott Anthony Lewis
Wilmington, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with receipt of child sexual abuse material (CSAM). the Department of Homeland Security and the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office investigated Scott Anthony Lewis, 65. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) received a Cyber Tip from Dropbox, reporting that one of its users had uploade... More...
$ (12-31-2025 - 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)<H2> United States of America v. Yolanda Baker
Wilmington, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. Yolanda Baker, age 51, defauded the North Carolina Department of Commerce, Division of Employment Security (NCDES) by submitting false pandemic unemployment benefits (UI) applications intended for more than $365,000 in federal benefits. From in or about May 2020 to June 2021, Yolanda Baker carr... More...
$ (12-23-2025 - 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. Walter Betancourth </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Raleigh, NC criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violating state fishing laws. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> ICE Captures Illegal Alien Who Cape Hatteras Park Rangers Cited for Poaching Fish</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i"></b></center></i><br> <cent... More...
$0 (09-12-2025 - 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)Malcolm Wiener v. AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company
Charlotte, North Carolina insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a bad faith beach of insurance contract theory.<br> <br> Malcolm Wiener purchased $16 million in permanent life insurance 1 from AXA<br> Equitable Life Insurance in the 1980s. All was uneventful until 2013, when Wiener failed<br> to pay premiums on time and his policy lapsed. 2 Seeking to reinstate his policy, he<... More...
$0 (09-03-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Juve Markie Lequan McAlpin </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Asheville, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Firearm Possession </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Convicted Felon On Federal Supervision Is Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison For Firearm Possession</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center... More...
$0 (08-20-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Asa Shaquille Holloway </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with 41 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Asheville Dealer On Federal Supervised Release Is Sentenced To Prison On Drug Charges</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red... More...
$0 (08-20-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Peggy Lee Cantrell </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Asheville, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with defrauding the Federal Emergency Management Administration </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Federal Indictment Charges Woman With Defrauding FEMA After Tropical Storm Helene</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b><... More...
$0 (08-08-2025 - NC)United States of America v. Christian Cabera-Rivas, k/a Christian Cabrera-Rivas, a/k/a Christian Alberto Lopez
Charlette,North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with onspiring to possess and distributeover fifty grams of methamphetamine and one count of possessing over fifty grams of<br> methamphetamine with intent to distribute.<br> <br> Cabrera-Rivas grew up in Honduras. His formal schooling ended in third grade; he started working at age seven. He likely has a learning d... More...
$0 (07-11-2025 - NC)United States of America v. Cristian Cabera-Rivas, /k/a Christian Cabrera-Rivas, a/k/a Christian Alberto Lopez
Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of conspiring to possess and distribute over fifty grams of methamphetamine and one count of possessing over fifty grams of<br> methamphetamine with intent to distribute. See 21 U.S.C. §§ 841, 846. <br> <br> Cabrera-Rivas grew up in Honduras. His formal schooling ended in third grade; he<br> st... More...
$0 (07-03-2025 - NC)United States of America v. Duane Letroy Berry
Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with knowingly conveying false information or hoaxes in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1038(a). Specifically, Berry was accused of planting a fake bomb outside the Guardian Building in Detroit, where many corporate employees for the Bank of America<br> work.<br> <br> This case involved two interconnected civil commitmen... More...
$0 (06-24-2025 - NC)United States of America v. Dashawn Leonard Garrett, a/k/a Dutch
Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug and firearm felonies.<br> <br> In early 2021, North Carolina law enforcement began using two confidential informants ("CI-1†and "CI-2,†or collectively, "the CIsâ€) to investigate suspected methamphetamine dealing. CI-1 alerted law enforcement that someone named Gregg McDuffie, also known ... More...
$0 (06-13-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Ricky Grover Aaron </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Wilmington, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession Of Child Sexual Abuse Material </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Recidivist Sex Offender Is Sentenced To Prison For Possession Of Child Sexual Abuse Material </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A recid... More...
$0 (05-08-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Bruce Howard Marko </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Multi-Million Dollar Bank Fraud Scheme </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Charlotte Man Sentenced To Prison For His Role In Multi-Million Dollar Bank Fraud Scheme</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Charlotte man wa... More...
$0 (04-30-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Steven Tyler Philbeck, Naquan Damerius Blakeney, Justin Lloyd Coleman, Kiren Nashawn Heath, Daquan Devonte Jeter, Norris Lashane Myers, Nathaniel Desean Nicholes, Jose Guadalupe Cervantes Nava, Remedios Arroyo Beltran, Erik Antonio Lopez-Hernandez, Darwin Gonzalez Navarijo </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Firearms Offenses And Immigration-Related Violations </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Operation Take Back America Leads To Criminal Charges Against Multiple Defendants For Firearms Offenses And Immigration-Related Violations</h2></... More...
$0 (04-29-2025 - 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. Myquan Taquil Houston, aka “Dirty†</h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute and possession with the intent to distribute 40 grams or more of a substance containing fentanyl, and possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of a substance containing fentanyl and 500 grams or more of cocaine. </font/color="red"></b>... More...
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