North Carolina Joint Tenancy Law
<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)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)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)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)In the Matter of: A.D.H.
<h2><br> Beaufort, North Carolina family law child custody Lawyer represented the Defendants.<br> </h2><br> <br> A.D.H. ("Alice")[1] was born to Father and respondent-mother ("Mother") in 2013. In February 2021, Mother filed a complaint in Carteret County District Court seeking custody of Alice. On or about 9 March 2021, the trial court entered a temporary custody order granting Mother and Father ... More...
$0 (09-03-2024 - NC)Wayne Newell v. Ann Cecelia Newwell
<h2><br> Charlotte, North Carolina family law lawyers represent Plaintiff and Defendant in an alimony dispute.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> Husband and Wife married on 13 August 1993 and lived together until they separated on 26 May 2015. On 22 April 2020, Husband filed a complaint seeking divorce and equitable distribution. On 21 July 2020, Wife filed an answer and counterclaim, seeking post-separatio... More...
$0 (04-16-2024 - NC)Timothy Willie Scott v. Alecia Mann Scott
<h2><br> Charlotte, North Carolina family law lawyer represented Plaintiff in a child custody dispute.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> Mother and Father were married in 2015 and separated in 2019. One child, Tom,[1] was born to the marriage in 2015. Father filed an action seeking child custody [2]and on 12 July 2021, the trial court entered a "Consent Order: Permanent Child Custody" (capitalization altere... More...
$0 (05-07-2024 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. John Edward Bradley </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Asheville, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Trafficking Fentanyl </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Convicted Felon Is Sentenced To Prison For Trafficking Fentanyl</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> <br> John Edward Bradley, 50, of Cherokee, N.C., was previou... More...
$0 (08-16-2024 - NC)<h1> United States of America v.RICHARD WILSON ADKINS, JR. </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center><i> Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Trafficking Pounds of Methamphetamine and Cocaine. </font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><br> <b><h2><center><i></b> Downtown Benson Business Owner Who Trafficked Pounds of Methamphetamine and Cocaine Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison </h2></center></i></font color="red"... More...
$0 (03-25-2024 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Carlos Hernandez Landeiro; Holly Christine Furlough </h1>
<b><h2><center><i><font color="red"> Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with .</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><br> <center><i></b> </h2></center></i><br> <br> Two Charlotte-based members of a Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO) were sentenced to prison today for trafficking large quantities of cocaine, announced Dena J. King, ... More...
$0 (03-14-2024 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Marlin Hershey, Dana Bradley </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Charlotte, North Carolina Criminal Defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with a Fraudulent Investment Scheme.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> </h3></center></i><br> <br> Two Charlotte-area business partners were sentenced to prison for executing a fraudulent investment scheme, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Att... More...
$0 (02-23-2024 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Justin Lee Washington </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Columbia, South Carolina Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of Stolen Firearms and Possession of a Firearm in Relation to a Drug Trafficking Offense.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <br> On Oct. 22, 2022, deputies of the Richland County Sheriff's Department executed a search warrant at Washington's reside... More...
$0 (01-21-2024 - NC)United States of America v. Jorge Alberto Garcia
Greensboro, North Carolina criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud.<br> <br> Jorge Alberto Garica, also known as "Alberto Garcia†and "Roberto Garcia,†age 41, had pleaded guilty on November 22, 2021 to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, that is, a scheme and artifice to defraud and to obtain money and property by means o... More...
$0 (01-26-2022 - NC)United States of America v. Bio-Adhesive Alliance, Inc.
Greensboro, NC: False statements charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Bio-Adhesive Alliance, Inc. Bio-Adhesive was founded in February of 2013 by Employee-1, Employee-2, and Employee-3. Employee-1 is the President and Co-Owner of Bio-Adhesive. At the time of founding until the summer of 2019, Employee-1 was an Assistant Professor in the Applied Engineering and Technology Departmen... More...
$0 (06-14-2021 - NC)United States of America v. Phil Howard
Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with making false statement on an income tax return and money laundering.<br> <br> Phil Howard, 55, arranged on at least 221 different occasions for cut-rag tobacco to be transported by trucks from Wilson, North Carolina, to an area on or near the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation Reservation (Akwesasne Reservation) as part of a c... More...
$0 (05-21-2021 - NC)United States of America v. Jorge Alberto Garcia
Greensboro, North Carolina conspiracy to commit wire fraud charged criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Jorge Alberto Garcia, also known as "Alberto Garcia†and "Roberto Garciaâ€, who was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, that is, a scheme and artifice to defraud and to obtain money and property by means of materially false and fraudulent pretenses, r... More...
$0 (02-04-2021 - NC)United States of America v. Dricko Dashon Huskey, aka Drizzy, Renaire Roshique Lewis Jr., aka Banz, Jonathan Wray, aka Jon Jon/Yungin
Charlotte, North Carolina RICO criminal defense lawyers represented multiple defendants charged with conspiracy to commit multiple crimes.<br> <br> Five members of the United Blood Nation (UBN or Bloods) street gang were charged with Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) conspiracy and other crimes. These defendants were prosecuted along with 83 UBN gang members in the Western Di... More...
$0 (10-28-2020 - NC)United States of America v. Robert L. Crocker and Farmville Discount Drug, Inc.
Raleigh, NC - The United States of America sued Robert L. Crocker and Farmville Discount Drug, Inc. seeking a permanent injunction ordering the Defendants to never again sell opioid drugs.<br> <br> A consent judgment and permanent injunction was entered requiring a North Carolina pharmacy, FARMVILLE DISCOUNT DRUG, INC., as well as its owner and pharmacist-in-charge, ROBERT L. CROCKER, to pay $600,... More...
$0 (02-04-2020 - NC)United States of America v. Tyquan Ramont Powell, Lamonte Kentreel lloyd, Thomas Oliver and Trippbadd
Charlotte, NC - United States of America charged Tyquan Ramont Powell, Lamonte Kentreel lloyd, Thomas Oliver and Trippbadd with RICO violations.<br> <br> Four North Carolina members of the United Blood Nation (UBN or Bloods) street gang were sentenced in Charlotte, North Carolina, after pleading guilty to federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) conspiracy charges.<br> <br> Ac... More...
$0 (01-30-2020 - NC)United States of America v. John Elwood Tyrone Martin
New Bern, NC - The United States of America charged John Elwood Tyrone Martin with conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin.<br> <br> United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced JOHN ELWOOD TYRONE MARTIN, 48, of Fayetteville, NC, to 198 months imprisonment followed by 5 years of supervised release. <br> <br> On March 29, 2019, M... More...
$0 (01-24-2020 - NC)United States of America v. Willie Earl Williams, Jr. and Joshua Dwayne Pruitt
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.ncmd.uscourts.gov/sites/ncmd/files/lrp.JPG"><br> </center><br> Greensboro, NC - Rowan County Drug Dealers Sentenced to Prison<br> <br> Two Rowan County men were sentenced to prison for unrelated instances of selling narcotics.<br> <br> WILLIE EARL WILLIAMS, JR., age 34, of Salisbury, North Carolina, was sentenced to 98 months’ imprisonment by the Ho... More...
$0 (10-14-2019 - NC)United States of America v. Anthony Williams
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.nced.uscourts.gov/images/courtlocations/wilmington.jpg"><br> </center><br> Wilmington, NC - Armed Drug Trafficker Receives 14 Years in Federal Prison<br> <br> ANTHONY WILLIAMS 36, of New Hanover County to 168 months’ imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised released. On January 15, 2018, WILLIAMS plead guilty to conspiracy to possess with th... More...
$0 (09-24-2019 - NC)United States of America v. Basil Lanas Noble
<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> Charlotte, NC - Jamaican National And Leader Of Drug Conspiracy Is Sentenced To 27 Years In Prison For Trafficking Methamphetamine <br> <br> Chief U.S. District Judge Frank D. Whitney sentenced Basil Lanas Noble, 50, a Jamaican ... More...
$0 (08-04-2019 - NC)United States of America v. Keith Antonio Barnett
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.ncwd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/charlotte_courthouse.jpg"><br> </center><br> Charlotte, NC - Convicted Sex Offender Sentenced To 23 Years On Drug Charges<br> <br> Keith Antonio Barnett, 47, of Gastonia, N.C., was sentenced to 23 years in prison and six years of supervised release on drug conspiracy and related drug charges.<br> <br> According to ... More...
$0 (07-23-2019 - NC)United States of America v. Covia Dzell Smith
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.usmarshals.gov/district/nc-e/locations/raleigh.jpg"><br> </center><br> Raleigh, NC - Shallotte Gang Member Sentenced 25 Years for Drug Distribution<br> <br> United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced COVIA DZELL SMITH, 46, of Shallotte, North Carolina, to 300 months imprisonment, followed by 6 years of supervised release.<br> <br> SMITH... More...
$0 (07-16-2019 - NC)United States of America v. Shamon Movair Goins, a/k/a Rugie, et al.
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.ncwd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/charlotte_courthouse.jpg"><br> </center><br> Charolotte, NC - North Carolina Bloods Gang Member Sentenced To Prison For Racketeering Conspiracy<br> <br> A North Carolina member of the Nine Trey Gangsters set of the United Blood Nation (UBN or Bloods) street gang, who was convicted of Racketeer Influenced and Corrup... More...
$0 (03-24-2019 - NC)United States of America v. Blake Charboneau
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.usmarshals.gov/district/nc-e/locations/raleigh.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> The district court found Blake Charboneau to be a “sexually dangerous person” under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (the “Act”).1 18 U.S.C. § 4247(a)(5). As a result, the district court committed Charboneau to the custody of the Attorney General... More...
$0 (02-07-2019 - NC)Felipe Perez Perez v. Lee Francis Cissna
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.ncwd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/charlotte_courthouse.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> This case involves the application of 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(27)(J), a means for immigrant children to become lawful permanent residents of the United States if they meet the statutory special immigrant juvenile (“SIJ”) requirements. One of the requirements is a qu... More...
$0 (01-30-2019 - NC)Tobarak Ulla Tofu v. Matthew G. Whitaker
<center><h2><br> <p style="border:3phttps://www.morelaw.com/morelawadmin/verdicts.php?action=edit&id=121426x; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding: 0em;"><br> <font color="red">Morelaw Internet Marketing</font><br> <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/recent.asp" target="_new"> National Find A Lawyer Directory</a><br> <br> </p><br> </h2><br> </center><br> Tobarak Tofu (“Tofu”),... More...
$0 (11-24-2018 - NC)United States of America v. Cynthia Gilmore, aka Cynthia Young and Lady Bynt
Charlotte, NC - High-Ranking North Carolina Bloods Gang Leader Sentenced To 19 Years For Racketeering Conspiracy<br> <br> A high-ranking North Carolina leader of the Nine Trey Gangsters set of the United Blood Nation (UBN or Bloods) street gang, was sentenced today to 19 years in prison for racketeering conspiracy. Also sentenced today were two other members of the Bloods gang. Sixty-seven defen... More...
$0 (10-24-2018 - NC)United States of America v. Pedro Gutierrez, aka Magoo, and James Baxton, aka Frank White and Grown
Charlotte, NC - Two High-Ranking Bloods Gang Leaders Sentenced to Twenty Years in Prison for Racketeering Conspiracy<br> <br> Two high-ranking leaders of the Nine Trey Gangsters set of the United Blood Nation (UBN or Bloods) street gang, including the “Godfather” of the set, who also served as “Chairman” of the UBN, and a second leader who held the rank of “Worldwide High” were each se... More...
$0 (09-05-2018 - NC)United States of America v. Basit Javed Sheikh
Raleigh, NC - North Carolina Man Pleads Guilty to Providing Material Support to a Foreign Terrorist Organization<br> <br> BASIT JAVED SHEIKH pled guilty to attempting to provide material support and resources to a foreign terrorist organization in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2339B. Specifically, SHEIKH pled guilty to attempting to provide material support and resources to J... More...
$0 (08-23-2018 - NC)UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. WALLACE DIXON COX; LISA COX <table> <td>
The U.S. government brought a civil in rem forfeiture action against the Coxes as a result of their involvement in illegal gambling and money laundering operations, seeking disgorgement of “property constituting or derived from proceeds traceable to violations of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1955 and 1956.” S.A. 6‒7.1 In December 2010, the Coxes reached a settlement agreement with the government... More...
$0 (07-22-2018 - NC)UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. ALEX LENARD MCCOY <table> <td>
In November 2015, a federal grand jury indicted Alex McCoy on four related drug charges. Count one charged McCoy with participating in a crack-cocaine trafficking conspiracy centered around Gaston County, North Carolina in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846, while the remaining three counts charged McCoy with distribution and possession of crack cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. §... More...
$0 (07-15-2018 - NC)United States of America v. Davon Kelly Bennett
Davon Kelly Bennett was convicted of numerous offenses related to drug dealing. At trial, the government introduced testimony from six witnesses who had previously signed cooperation agreements with the government, two statements Bennett made shortly after his arrest, testimony from an IRS agent who had helped investigate Bennett’s financial assets, and additional evidence about Bennett’s crim... More...
$0 (06-20-2018 - 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)United States of America v. Chuck Allen Church and Jeffrey Brent Church
Statesville, NC - Two Methamphetamine Traffickers Handed Down Lengthy Prison Terms <br> <br> U.S. District Judge Richard L. Voorhees handed down lengthy prison terms to two drug traffickers involved in separate methamphetamine trafficking conspiracies, announced R. Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.<br> <br> Chuck Allen Church, Jr., 41, of Morganton, was sente... More...
$0 (04-04-2018 - NC)UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. GERALD ADRIAN WHEELER, a/k/a Bay-Bay <table> <td>
In the district court, Gerald Wheeler (“Appellant”) sought to have his habeas <br> corpus petition heard on the merits by means of the “savings clause” per 28 U.S.C. <br> § 2255(e). The savings clause provides that an individual may seek relief from an illegal <br> detention by way of a traditional 28 U.S.C. § 2241 habeas corpus petition, if he or she <br> can demonstrate that a § 2255... More...
$0 (03-28-2018 - NC)United States of America v. Sherman Devante Addison, et al.
Charlotte, NC - 35 Members and Associates of Bloods Gang Plead Guilty to Racketeering Conspiracy and Related Charges, Including Drug Trafficking and Wire Fraud<br> <br> Thirty-five members and associates of the Nine Trey Gangsters set of the United Blood Nation (UBN) street gang, including a �Godfather� as well as other high-ranking leaders of the organization, have pleaded guilty to rac... More...
$0 (03-13-2018 - NC)Phillip J. Singer v. Kenneth Reali, et al.
These appeals arise from the dismissal of a securities fraud class action complaint in the Eastern District of North Carolina. The action relates to the healthcare provider reimbursement practices of defendant TranS1, Inc., and four officers thereof —defendants Kenneth Reali, Joseph P. Slattery, Richard Randall, and Michael Luetkemeyer (collectively, the “Officers”) — in connection with Tr... More...
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