Legal News for Chapel Hill, North Carolina
United States of America v. Aviel Gonzalez-Ruiz
Asheville, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with reentry of deported alien and with unlawful transport of a firearm.... More...
(01-23-2026 - NC)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...
(01-23-2026 - 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)State of North Carolina v. Austin Thompson
Raleigh, North, Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with six counts of murder in the first-degree. Austin Thompson, age 15, of Raleigh accused of shooting six people, killing five of them in October 2022.... More...
(01-21-2026 - NC)United States of America v. Wynn A.D. Charlebois
Charlotte, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with orchestrating a Ponzi scheme that caused millions of dollars in losses. from 2015 to 2022, Charlebois used companies he owned and controlled, including WC Private, Wilcox Hybrid, Damon Investments, and others, to perpetrate a multi-million-dollar fraudulent investment scheme. Charlebois used his past emplo... More...
(01-14-2026 - NC)United States of America v. William Justin Lewis
Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with charged with distribution of child pornography. Undercover agents with the FBI investigated online distributors and traders of CSAM when agents located a chat room where a user, later identified as William Justin Lewis, age 55, uploaded numerous disturbing images and videos of CSAM. Agents traced the IP ad... More...
(01-13-2026 - NC)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)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...
(01-06-2026 - NC)United States of America v. Sarah Wilson, aka Sarah Cannoy
Greensboro, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank embezzlement. Sarah Wilson, aka Sarah Cannoy, age 28, pleaded guilty on August 4, 2025, to three counts of embezzlement by a bank employee. Wilson was a teller at the Pilot Mountain branch of First Citizens Bank when, from December 2023 through May 2024, she stole $150,450 in cash from her teller... More...
(01-05-2026 - NC)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...
(01-02-2026 - NC)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. 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...
(12-31-2025 - NC)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)United States of America v. Marcus Jermaine McDaniel, a/k/a Pootie, a/k/a Knows
Greensboro, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant in a proceeding to revoke in supervised release.... More...
(12-31-2025 - NC)United States of America v. Byron Clay Scott
Greensboro, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with five counts of interference with commerce by robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a).... More...
(12-31-2025 - NC)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)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)United States of America v. Christian Wolfe Daniels
Greensboro, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represent the Defendant charged with threatening the President and communicating threats using a means of interstate communication. The criminal complaint against Christian Wolfe DANIELS alleges two counts of making threats against the President on November 13 and 14, 2025, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 871(a), and on... More...
(12-18-2025 - NC)United States of America v. Jovonnte Lamhn Patterson v. Jermal Zamont Moye
Greensboro, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with felony possession of a firearms. On April 11, 2024, at approximately 5:15 p.m., officers responded to a report of someone suffering from a gunshot wound in the vicinity of Fayetteville Street and Linwood Avenue. When officers arrived, they did not see anyone suffering from a gunshot wound; however, they... More...
(12-17-2025 - NC)United States of America v. Kenneth Orlin Simmons
Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with selling more than 50 grams of methamphetamine. In July 2022, Kenneth Orlin Simmons, Jr., age 36, sold over a kilogram of methamphetamine to a confidential informant in Nash County. The Nash County Sherriff’s Office along with the DEA later obtained a search warrant for Simmons residence. During that searc... More...
(12-17-2025 - NC)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...
(12-16-2025 - NC)State of North Carolina v. Lorenzo Thomas Inman, Jr.
Mecklenburg, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with murder, assault on a female, and misdemeanor crime of domestic violence. Lorenzo Thomas Inman, Jr. accused for killing Frezja Baker, 31.... More...
(12-14-2025 - NC)State of North Carolina v. Corey Thomas Powell
Greensboro, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. Corey Thomas Powell, age 26, accused of shooting and killing Travis Thompson, age 31.... More...
(12-14-2025 - NC)State of North Carolina v. Brayan Alvarez Ortiz
Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with sexual assault. Brayan Alvarez Ortiz, age 28, accused of sexually assaulting patients who were under sedation at a Raleigh hospital.... More...
(12-14-2025 - NC)State of North Carolina v. Michael Loyde
Wilmington, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with murder. Michael Loyde, age 58, is accused of going to to a residence in the 600 block of Bladen Street, in Wilmington, and shot and killed his wife, Ebony Boyles.... More...
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