North Carolina Intent Law

<H2> <CENTER> United States of America v. Linc Oshea Brooks </h2> </center>

Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. In early 2022, DEA investigators uncovered Linc Oshea Brooks’ connection to a cocaine trafficker in Richmond, Virginia. Later that year, another drug trafficker told agents Brooks had been selling up to 5 kilograms of cocaine at a time since 2021. On Janua... More...

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<H2> <center> United States of Oklahoma v. Deangelo Shamond Toomer </h2> </central>

Greensboro, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interference with commerce by robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1951 and bandishing a firearm during and relation to a crime of violence in violation of 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(1)(A)(a). On January 8, 2025, at approximately 12:28 a.m., Deangelo Shamond Toomer, aged 41, entered the Speedway Gas Station located at ... More...

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<h2> <center> United States of America v. Alexander Sandoval </h2> </center>

Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute fifty (50) grams or more of methamphetamine in violation of 18 U.S.C. 846.... More...

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<H2> <CENTER> United States of America v. Cameron Curry </h2> </center>

Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interstate communication with intent to extort, and causing an act to be done and aiding and abetting the same in violation for 18 U.S.C. 875(d) and 2. 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> Cameron Curry, 27, w... More...

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<h2> <center> United States of America v. Sharon Lynn Jones </h2> <center>

Raleigh, North Carolina, , criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing fifty (50) grams or more of methamphetamine in violation of 18 U.S.C. 846. 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> In May 20125, the DEA and Duplin County Sheriff’s Office identified Jones as a ma... More...

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<h2> <center> United States of America v. James Nadel Taylor </h2> </center>

Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: Conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute fifty (50) grams or more of methamphetamine. Possess with the intent to distribute fifty (50) grams or more of methamphetamine; and aiding and abetting. On January 14, 2025, a Selma Police Department detective stopped a Kia Optima for ... More...

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<h2> <center> United States of America v. Kerby Pata </h2> <center>

New Bern, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute more than 11 pounds of cocaine and conspiracy to possess with the intent to sell more than 50 grams of meth. 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> In April 2022, the Virginia State Poli... More...

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<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jennifer Fox and Michael Isaac Robinson </h2> </center>

Asheville, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing drugs. Beginning in July 2022, law enforcement began investigating Jennifer Fox and Michael Isaac Robinson’s drug trafficking activities in and around Asheville. Investigators learned that the defendants supplied methamphetamine to a network of local distributors. The investigation revealed ... More...

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<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...

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<h2> <CENTER> State of North Carolina v. Quintin Deandre Hairston </h2> </center>

Greenville, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon; two counts of robbery with a dangerous weapon; assault with a deadly weapon with the intent to kill inflicting serious injury; attempted first-degree murder; and first-degree burglary. In July 2020, defendant, Zyquez McMillan, Micah Mims, and ... More...

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<h2> <center> State of North Carolina v. Herman Anthony Maynor </h2> </center>

Nashville, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, possession of a firearm by a felon, and attaining the states of a habitual felon. On 6 February 2023, Defendant was indicted for assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, discharging a firearm within city limits in vi... More...

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<h2> <center> State of North Carolina v. Michael Aaron McDuffie </h2> </center>

Ashevboro, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with trafficking in heroin by possession. On 6 December 2021, a Randolph County grand jury indicted defendant on one count each of trafficking opium or heroin, maintaining a vehicle for keeping or selling controlled substances, and possession with intent to manufacture, sell, or deliver heroin.... More...

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<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...

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<h2> <center> State of North Carolina v. Deon Lee Muckelvene </h2> </center>

Asheville, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, a Class E felony. Deon Lee Muckelvene, 41, accused of stabbing that left a man with a knife protruding from his head in downtown Asheville in 2025.... More...

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United States of America v. Eugene Montale Jenkins

Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing with intent to distribute forty (40) grams or more of a mixture and substance containing fentanyl and ANPP, an a quality of marijuana. Eugene Montale Jenkins, age 36, was a known drug dealer In Edgecombe County who had sold fentanyl, marijuana, cocaine, and crack in from his trap house for a whi... More...

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United States of America v. Muwsay Ibn Ibrahim Tulu

Wilmington, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing fentanyl and cocaine while armed and with the intent to distribute the drugs, and felon in possession of a firearm. On July 13, 2023, military police found Muwsay Ibn Ibrahim Tulu, of Fayetteville, passed out behind the wheel of a running vehicle in the middle of the road on Fort Bragg with dru... More...

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<H2> United States of America v. Jonathan Tadeo-Neri,

Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyers James B. Polk represented the Defendant charged with possessing with intent to distribute a quantity of meth. An investigation began in January 2023, when a confidential source contacted DEA agents regarding a methamphetamine dealer in the Raleigh area. DEA identified the drug dealer as Jonathan Tadeo-Neri, a 31-year-old Mexican alien, and con... More...

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<H2> United States of America v. Joshua Sterling McClain

Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possess with intent to distribute forty (40) grams or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl, a quantity of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine, and a quantity of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine. Inve... More...

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<H2> United States of America v. Charles Lamont Gregory, III

New Bern, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug possession with intent to distribute and felony possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Charles Lamont Gregory, III, age 36, of Elizabeth City, North Carolina, was driving a car with expired tags in the early morning hours of August 7, 2022. An Elizabeth City Police Officer... More...

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<H2> State of North Carolina v. Jacob Zazeski

Charlotte, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill serious injury and injury to personal property. The Defendant shot a man three times in a road rage incident.... More...

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<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...

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State of North Carolina v. Cheyenne D. Woods

Lumberton, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged withf first-degree murder, discharging a weapon into occupied property, robbery with a dangerous weapon, possession of a firearm by a felon, possession of a stolen firearm, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, robbery with a dangerous weapon, second-degree kidnapping, and malicious conduct of a prison... More...

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<H2> United States of America v. Myquan Taquil Houston

Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with onspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of a substance containing fentanyl, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(B), 846, and possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of a substance containing fentanyl and 500 grams or more of cocaine, in violatio... More...

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<H2> United States of America v. Christopher Hill

Wilmington, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to<br> distribute and possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, five<br> kilograms or more of cocaine, and a quantity of heroin, in violation of 21 U.S.C.<br> §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A), 846, and distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine,<br> in violation... More...

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United States of America v. Alfonso Roman Brito, a/k/a Casper

Statesville, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with onspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine,<br> <br> Federal appeal courts review "all sentences—whether inside, just outside, or significantly outside the [Sentencing] Guidelines range—under a deferential abuse-of-discretion standard.” United States v.... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Kelly Lee Setzer </h1></h1>

Charlotte, NC criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Production And Transportation Of Child Sexual Abuse Material.<br> <br> Kelly Lee Setzer, 64, of Hickory, N.C., was sentenced to 50 years in prison today for producing and transporting child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in what the sentencing judge called "horrendous torture of babies,” announced Russ Ferguson, U.S. ... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Kelly Lee Setzer </h1></h1>

Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Production And Transportation Of Child Sexual Abuse Material.<br> <br> Kelly Lee Setzer, 64, of Hickory, N.C., was sentenced to 50 years in prison today for producing and transporting child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in what the sentencing judge called "horrendous torture of babies,” announced Russ Fer... More...

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United States of America v. Galeb Tharon Jefferson

Charlotte, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with four<br> counts of possession of a firearm by a felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1);<br> conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute marijuana, in violation of<br> 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(D); discharging a firearm in furtherance of a drug<br> trafficking cr... More...

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United States of America v. Eddie Thomasson, aka Lil Cuz

Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to Distribute and Possess With the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, Cocaine and Marijuana.... More...

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United States of America v. Megan Elizabeth Bardeen

Charlotte, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribut and possess with intent to distribute meth.... More...

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United States of America v. Junny Kevin Roberts

Charlotte, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspirayc to distribut and possess with intent to distribute cocaine base (crack) and cocaine.... More...

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United States of America v. Warren Lamar Forrest

Charleston, South Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm and ammunition in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1); possession with intent to distribute marijuana in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(D); and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1).<br> <br> ... More...

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<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...

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United States of America v. Terrence Denon Miller, a/k/a Wank

Greenville, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute fifty (50) grams or more of methamphetamine and five (5) kilograms or more of cocaine and Possess with the intent to distribute fifty (50) grams or more of methamphetamine and a quantity of heroin.<br> <br> ... More...

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United States of America v. Austin Kyle Lee, a/k/a Justin

Wilmington, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess With the Intent to Distribute One (1) Kilogram or More of a Mixture or Substance Containing a Detectable Amount of Heroin, a Quantity of Marijuana, and Five (5) Kilograms or More of Cocaine.<br> ... More...

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United States of America v. James Nathan Crawfor, Jr., a/k/a Stacks

Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with the Intent to Distribute Fifty (50) Grams or More of Methamphetamine.... More...

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United States of America v. William Dayshawn Wilson

Greenville, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aiding and abetting possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of a mixture containing fentanyl. ... More...

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United States of America v. Montrel Demon Rhone

Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute heroin, methamphetamine, fentanyl, and a fentanyl analogue, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846; distribution of a fentanyl analogue, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); and possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, ... More...

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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...

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<h1> United States of America v. Antonie Elbert Eaddy </h1></h1>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possess with the intent to distribute a quantity of crack cocaine, 5 kilograms of cocaine, 400 grams of fentanyl, and a quantity of marijuana. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Arizona Man Sentenced for Drug Conspiracy in South Carolina</h... More...

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