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North Carolina News: Durham Resident, TAMARA PERRY MCCAFFITY Sentenced for Conspiracy Targeting North Carolina Medicaid

NEW BERN, N.C. – United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in federal court, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced TAMARA PERRY MCCAFFITY, 57, of Durham, North Carolina to 46 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release. MCCAFFITY was also ordered to forfeit various real estate properties and … Continue reading North Carolina News: Durham Resident, TAMARA PERRY MCCAFFITY Sentenced for Conspiracy Targeting North Carolina Medicaid →

RALEIGH, N.C. – Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announced today that his office collected over $13.5 million in criminal and civil actions in fiscal year 2018. Of this amount, $8,410,643.89 was collected in criminal actions and $5,113,040.40 was collected in civil actions. Additionally, over $4.6 million … Continue reading North Carolina News: RALEIGH,United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina Collects Over $13 Million in Civil and Criminal Actions in Fiscal Year 2018, and $4.6 Million in Asset Forfeiture Actions →

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Octavius DeJuan Phillips, 30, of Gastonia, N.C., was sentenced to 121 months in prison and three years of supervised release on armed robbery charges, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr. presided over the sentencing. According to filed documents and … Continue reading North Carolina News: CHARLOTTE, Octavius DeJuan Phillips, Project Safe Neighborhoods Initiative Leads To 10-Year Sentence For Man Convicted Of Armed Robbery →

Faces Up to 30 Years in Prison and up to $1,000,000 Fine Winston-Salem, N.C. – A woman who embezzled from an older person for whom she was a caretaker pleaded guilty to federal charges on Friday, February 8, announced United States Attorney Matthew G.T. Martin for the Middle District of North Carolina. Teresa Denise Schneider, … Continue reading North Carolina News: Durham Woman, Teresa Denise Schneider Who Defrauded Elderly Victim Pleads Guilty →

Charlotte, North Carolina – Erick Jamal Hendricks, 38, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). A jury in Akron, Ohio, convicted Hendricks last year of attempting and conspiring to provide material support to a designated foreign … Continue reading North Carolina News: Charlotte man, Erick Jamal Hendricks sentenced to 15 years in prison for trying to recruit people to launch attacks on behalf of ISIS →

One victim fled and contacted law enforcement while being prostituted in Fayetteville, NC NEW BERN, N.C. – The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that on February 1, 2018, SAMUEL DEWAYNE DOOLITTLE, 33, of Erie, Pennsylvania, was sentenced by United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan … Continue reading North Carolina News: Erie Man, SAMUEL DEWAYNE DOOLITTLE Sentenced After Conviction of Human Trafficking-Related Offenses →

NEW BERN, N.C. – United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in federal court, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced BONDURANT AKEEM RUFFIN, 34, of Wilson, NC, to 69 months imprisonment, followed by 4 years supervised release. On August 15, 2018, following a three day jury trial before United States … Continue reading North Carolina News: Wilson Man, BONDURANT AKEEM RUFFIN Sentenced for Drug Possession After Federal Jury Conviction →

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Matthew G.T. Martin, United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, presented awards to representatives from three local law enforcement agencies for their outstanding accomplishments during the year. Individual awards were presented to Detective Chrystal Overcash of the Guilford County Sheriff’s Office and Detective David Walker of the Orange County … Continue reading North Carolina News: GREENSBORO, Middle District of North Carolina Recognizes Outstanding Law Enforcement Officers, Agency →