North Carolina Kidnapping Law
<h2> <center> State of North Carolina v. Peter Alphonso Blake </h2> <center>
Smithfield, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with forceable rape, first-degree kidnapping, first-degree burglary and involuntary sexual servitude. Peter Alphonso Blake, age 33, is a former police officer, is accused of breaking into a home on April 8 with the intention of raping and subjecting the victim to sexual servitude.... More...
$ (04-24-2026 - 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)<H2> State of North Carolina v. Corey Thomas Powell
Greensboro, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with first degree murder. A.I. Google: North Carolina first-degree murder is the most serious homicide charge (a Class A felony), defined under G.S. § 14-17(a) as any killing that is willful, deliberate, and premeditated. A conviction results in a mandatory sentence of either life imprisonment without the po... More...
$ (12-11-2025 - NC)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...
$ (12-19-2025 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Russell Heath </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> cty, st criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon a </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Chowan County Jail Escapee Sentenced to Nine Years on Federal Firearms Charges</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Russell Health, age 47, escaped fr... More...
$0 (08-20-2024 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Jahmez Tavaughn Jackson </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon</font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Wilmington Crips Gang Member Who Fired a Sawed-Off Rifle Near a School Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Wil... More...
$0 (08-26-2024 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Russell Heath </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Federal Firearms Charges </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Chowan County Jail Escapee Sentenced to Nine Years on Federal Firearms Charges</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Russell Heath, age 48, of Albemarle, e... More...
$0 (08-20-2024 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Deddrick Ray Ervin </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegal Possession Of A Firearm </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Convicted Felon Is Sentenced To Prison For Illegal Possession Of A Firearm</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conra... More...
$0 (06-19-2024 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Evan William Blankenship </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged Attempted Kidnapping </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Armed Man Sentenced For Attempted Kidnapping On The Blue Ridge Parkway</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Whittier, N.C. man has been sentenced following his co... More...
$0 (06-14-2024 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Quillan Inman </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possessing a Firearm as a Felon .</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b> Lumberton Gang Member Sentenced to Eight Years in Federal Prison After Conviction for Possessing a Firearm as a Felon </h2></center><br> <br> A Robeson County man was sente... More...
$0 (04-18-2024 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Isaiah Emmanuelle Gibbs </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged Following Threats of Violence.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <br> <br> Isaiah Emmanuelle Gibbs, 25, of New Bern was sentenced to 204 months in prison for illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition. Gibbs was arrested after threatening to retaliate for the sh... More...
$0 (02-29-2024 - NC)<h1> United States of America v. Tyrico Devonte Bowens </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Greensboro, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of Firearm.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h2><center><i></b> </h2></center></i><br> <br> <br> GREENSBORO – A North Carolina man was sentenced to 10 years in prison, after pleading guilty to one count of felon in possession of a f... More...
$0 (12-14-2023 - NC)United States of America v. TYRICO DEVONTE BOWEN
<h3><center> Greensboro criminal defense lawyer represented Durham Crips Gang Member Sentenced for Possession of Firearm </h3></center><br> <br> GREENSBORO – A North Carolina man was sentenced yesterday to 10 years in prison, after pleading guilty to one count of felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Sandra J. Hairston of the Middle District of North Carolina (M... More...
$0 (01-03-2024 - NC)United States of America v. Deandre Coleman
<h3><center> Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant Indicted on Drug Trafficker Involved in a Kidnapping Charges </h3></center><br> <br> An armed methamphetamine and cocaine trafficker from Dunn was sentenced to 180 months for drug trafficking and firearm charges after holding a victim at gunpoint. On August 22, 2023, Deandre Coleman, age 42, pled guilty to the c... More...
$0 (01-02-2024 - NC)United States of America v. Tyrico Devonte Bowens
Greensboro, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felon in possession of a firearm.<br> <br> TYRICO DEVONTE BOWENS, age 30, of Durham, was sentenced to a 120-month term of imprisonment by the Honorable William L. Osteen, Jr., United States District Judge in the United States District Court for the MDNC. He pleaded guilty on September 29, 2023, to felon in p... More...
$0 (12-14-2023 - NC)Commonwealth of North Carolina v. Joseph Abbitt
Winston-Salem, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sexual assault, kidnapping and burglary.<br> <br> Joseph Abbitt, age 31, was exonerated on September 2, 2009 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, after serving 14 years in prison for two convictions of rape based in part on eyewitness misidentifications.<br> Â <br> The Crime<br> Â <br> In the early morning of... More...
$0 (12-31-1995 - 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)<H2> Commonwealth of North Carolina v. Justin Merritt </H2>
Raleigh, North Carolina criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with first-degree murder.<br> <br> Justin Merritt was accused of killing Andy Banks.<br> <br> § 14-17. Murder in the first and second degree defined; punishment.<br> <br> (a) A murder which shall be perpetrated by means of a nuclear, biological, or chemical weapon of mass destruction as defined in G.S. 14-288.21, ... More...
$0 (12-02-2022 - NC)Thomas Keith and Teresa Keith v. Health-Pro Home Case Services, Inc.
Greenville, North Carolina personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendant on a negligence theory.<br> <br> On 29 September 2016, plaintiffs Thomas and Teresa Keith (Mr. and Mrs.<br> Keith), an elderly married couple with health and mobility issues, were the victims<br> of a home invasion and armed robbery orchestrated by a personal care aide working<br> for defendant Health-Pro... More...
$500000 (06-21-2022 - NC)United States of America v. Trenton Pearson
Wilmington, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with robbery, carjacking and kidnapping.<br> <br> Trenton Pearson, 35, committed a series of violent criminal conduct in November of 2018 and August thru September of 2019.<br> <br> On November 24, 2018, Robeson County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to an armed robbery at the Dollar General Store located at 2656 ... More...
$0 (05-04-2021 - NC)United States of America v. Tomonta Simmons
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.ncwd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/charlotte_courthouse.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Appellant Tomonta Simmons had his supervised release revoked and was sentenced to 36 months’ imprisonment after the district court determined that he committed the North Carolina offense of assault with a deadly weapon on a government official (“AWDWOGO”) and ... More...
$0 (03-06-2019 - NC)STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. ERIC GLENN LANE <table> <td>
On 7 April 2003, defendant was indicted in Wayne County for first-degree <br> murder, first-degree statutory rape, first-degree statutory sex offense, indecent <br> liberties with a minor, lewd and lascivious conduct, and first-degree kidnapping of <br> five-year old “P.W.”1 Defendant was tried capitally in Wayne County, and his first <br> trial in the fall of 2004 ended in a mistrial due to ... More...
$0 (03-26-2018 - NC)United States of America v. Rollin Anthony Owens
Greensboro, NC - Durham Man Who Kidnapped, Robbed Families Pleads Guilty<br> <br> A man who kidnapped multiple people over a four-day period and forced them to withdraw money from ATMs and buy items for him pleaded guilty to federal kidnapping charges.<br> <br> Rollin Anthony Owens, Jr., 30, of Durham, North Carolina, pleaded guilty to two counts of kidnapping of a minor and one count of kidnappin... More...
$0 (03-13-2018 - NC)STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. ANTHONY WORTH WYRICK <table> <td>
D.K. was sixteen years old in 1985, and lived with her mother in a Charlotte <br> apartment. n September 6, 18, while ..s mother was out of town, .., who <br> was fifteen years old at the time, stayed in the apartment with D.K. At 4:30 a.m., <br> they were awakened when the doorbell rang. They spoke with a man named ”Tony‘ <br> through the door, who claimed to be looking for the property ma... More...
$0 (01-30-2018 - NC)STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. BERNARDO ROBERTO PENA aka MARTIN RANGEL PENA <table> <td>
Defendant was initially charged by arrest warrant on 29 May 2012 and then <br> later indicted on or about 20 August 2012 for second degree sexual offense, second <br> degree kidnapping, sexual battery, attempted second degree sexual offense, and <br> attempted second degree rape. He signed a waiver of counsel form on or about 30 <br> May 2012 waiving his right to assigned counsel. Defendant was ... More...
$0 (01-10-2018 - NC)STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. SAMUEL TYLER POTTER <table> <td>
The record tends to show the following: <br> At roughly 1:00 AM on 14 August 2012, the Pamlico County Fire Marshal <br> received a call concerning a burning structure in Grantsboro, North Carolina. A local <br> sheriff’s deputy arrived first at the scene of the fire, where he was greeted by <br> Defendant and another gentleman, Michael Block (“Mr. Block”). Defendant told the <br> sheriff�... More...
$0 (01-07-2018 - NC)United States of Ameriva v. Geoffrey Thomas Gattis
After Geoffrey Gattis pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by a felon, in<br> violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the district court sentenced him to 70 months’<br> imprisonment, at the low end of the Sentencing Guidelines range that it had calculated.<br> In calculating that range, the court applied an enhanced base offense level under U.S.S.G.<br> § 2K2.1(a)(4)(A), based on its conclusi... More...
$0 (12-04-2017 - NC)STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. GREGORY ANTHONY GARDNER <table> <td>
The evidence at trial tended to show the following: <br> On 14 August 2009, Chelsea Sanders (“Sanders”)1 and her boyfriend Terry <br> Cress (“Cress”) traveled to Washington, N.C. for a weekend getaway at a hotel. After <br> drinking at the hotel bar, the couple returned to the hotel room at approximately 2:00 <br> a.m. An hour or two later, Sanders had undressed and was lying in bed whe... More...
$0 (11-21-2017 - NC)STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. QUINTIS TRAVON SPRUIELL <table> <td>
On the evening of 1 November 2005, Jose Lopez drove Ricardo Sanchez to a car <br> wash in Sanford, North Carolina where Sanchez planned to complete a drug <br> transaction with Defendant. When they arrived and parked Lopez’s Ford Explorer, <br> Lopez remained in the driver’s seat while Sanchez sat in the rear passenger side seat <br> with the window rolled down. <br> After Sanchez called Defe... More...
$0 (04-14-2017 - NC)THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. MICHAEL TODD WALKER <table> <td>
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$0 (03-26-2017 - NC)United States of America v. Jakym Tibbs, Tianna Maynard, Quantavious Thompson, Clifton Roberts, Patricia Ann Kramer, Jenna Martin and Jevante Price
Raleigh, NC - Co-Defendants In Kidnapping Case of Wake Forest Man Sentenced to 286 Years of Imprisonment<br> <br> Eight co-defendants in the kidnapping case of a Wake Forest man were sentenced by Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever, III, for their role in the conspiracy to seize, kidnap, and abduct Frank Janssen from Wake Forest, North Carolina and transport him to Atlanta, Georgia.<... More...
$0 (03-04-2017 - NC)United States of America v. Shelby Sherrod Petties
Raleigh, NC - Fayetteville, N.C. Man Sentenced To 8 Years For Failure To Register As A Sex Offender While Committing A Crime Of Violence<br> <br> <br> SHELBY SHERROD PETTIES, 33, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, was sentenced to 92 months imprisonment followed by 10 years of supervised release.<br> <br> PETTIES was named in a 3-count Indictment filed on January 7, 2015. On September 12, 2016, he p... More...
$0 (02-01-2017 - NC)<b>STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. GARY MAURICE WALTERS </b>
On the evening of 17 August 2005, Paul Franklin began a two-day period of <br> repeatedly buying and using cocaine, during which he was introduced to, and <br> purchased cocaine from, defendant. After Franklin ran out of money while staying at <br> the Redwood Inn in Lumberton, North Carolina, he allowed defendant to use his <br> vehicle, a gray Ford Windstar van, in exchange for more cocaine. Th... More...
$0 (12-15-2016 - NC)United States of America v. Akin Sean El Precise Bey and George Lincoln Stanley IV
Raleigh, NC - Men Sentenced To Life For Kidnapping<br> <br> AKIN SEAN EL PRECISE BEY, 47, of Knightdale, North Carolina was sentenced to life imprisonment.<br> <br> On December 7, 2015 a federal jury convicted BEY of conspiracy to commit kidnapping and kidnapping and for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. A coconspirator GEORGE LINCOLN STANLEY IV, 47, of Durham, North Caroli... More...
$0 (09-27-2016 - NC)<b><h3>STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. ANTHONY MAURICE ROBINSON</b></h3>
On 6 July 2015, defendant pled guilty pursuant to a plea agreement to one <br> count of attempted statutory rape consolidated with one count of attempted statutory <br> sex offense and one count of indecent liberties with a minor child. The State provided <br> a factual summary to the court noting that defendant, age 39 at the time, and Rachel,1 <br> age 13 at the time, met through a mutual frien... More...
$0 (09-29-2016 - NC)STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. TONY KING
The State’s evidence tended to show that in August of 2005, Marie1 contacted <br> defendant to look at a rental property. Defendant arranged to meet Marie and drove <br> her to the rental house. After they went inside for Marie to look at the house, <br> defendant grabbed Marie by the throat and began kissing her neck and breasts. <br> Defendant moved Marie from the hallway to a bedroom with... More...
$0 (09-19-2016 - NC)STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. GARY MAURICE WALTERS
On the evening of 17 August 2005, Paul Franklin began a two-day period of <br> repeatedly buying and using cocaine, during which he was introduced to, and <br> purchased cocaine from, defendant. After Franklin ran out of money while staying at <br> the Redwood Inn in Lumberton, North Carolina, he allowed defendant to use his <br> vehicle, a gray Ford Windstar van, in exchange for more cocaine. Th... More...
$0 (06-10-2016 - NC)United States of America v. Robert Joseph Lamb aka Ezra
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Brevard, N.C. Man Sentenced To 17 Years In Prison On Child Pornography Charges<br> <br> Robert Joseph Lamb, 30, of Brevard, N.C., to 207 months in prison on child pornography charges. Lamb, a/k/a “Ezra,” was also sentenced to a lifetime of supervised release and was ordered to register as a sex offender. <br> <br> According to filed documents and statements made i... More...
$0 (05-19-2016 - NC)STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. XAY VANG
Xay Vang (“Defendant”) appeals from judgments entered upon jury verdicts <br> finding him guilty of second-degree rape, second-degree sexual offense, second-degree <br> kidnapping, assault with a deadly weapon, and assault with a deadly weapon <br> inflicting serious injury. We find no error. <br> The evidence, in the light most favorable to the State, tended to show the <br> following: In th... More...
$0 (05-05-2016 - NC)STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. ANDREA STEFANY ENDARA
Where the evidence of defendant’s guilt was overwhelming, the admission into <br> evidence of a video recorded statement which presumably violated defendant’s <br> constitutional right to confront witnesses against her was harmless beyond a <br> reasonable doubt. Where there was sufficient evidence defendant committed a <br> kidnapping to facilitate the commission of a felony, namely child ab... More...
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