Federal Enforcement

NEW BERN, N.C. – A federal judge sentenced Murad Terrell Taylor, 26, of Garner, to over eleven and a half

NEW BERN, N.C. – A federal judge sentenced Murad Terrell Taylor, 26, of Garner, to over eleven and a half

NEW BERN, N.C.  – A Robeson County woman engaged in a scheme to defraud the Small Business Administration’s Economic Injury

NEW BERN, N.C. – A federal judge sentenced Murad Terrell Taylor, 26, of Garner, to over eleven and a half

James Thomas Ashbacher, 37, of Spring Lake, North Carolina, a former U.S. government contractor, was arrested by the FBI on Tuesday

RALEIGH, N.C. – Chowan Watson, 55, of Rocky Mount, pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of aiding and

WILMINGTON, N.C. – Daquan Copeland, 35, of Houston, TX and Esless White Sr., 51, of Jamaica, NY, pleaded guilty in

NEW BERN, N.C. – A federal judge sentenced Alberto Alegria, 28, of Lumberton, to 12 and a half years in

RALEIGH, N.C. – On September 22, 2026, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Robert Page, 52, of Cumberland

NEW BERN, N.C. – A federal judge sentenced Shamar Wayquis Evans, also known as “sly dollar”, 35, to eight years

NEW BERN, N.C. – A federal judge sentenced Donquel Caron McEachern, 36, of Fayetteville, to over 17 years in federal

RALEIGH, N.C. – ATF Agents arrested five individuals following a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of North Carolina

RALEIGH, N.C.– On October 12, 2026, Cyril Domaquik Clemens, 72, a Liberian native, and convicted child rapist, self-deported by boarding

RALEIGH, N.C. – Today, Ellis Boyle, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announced that a federal grand

NEW BERN, N.C – A federal judge sentenced Cyril Domaquik Clemens, 72, a Liberian native, to time served, for naturalization

RALEIGH N.C. – A federal judge sentenced Joseph Tyre Cumberlander, also known as “X Suave”, 31, to 25 years in

RALEIGH, N.C. – A federal judge sentenced Kenneth Omar Roger Chung, also known as “Skully”, 53, of Raleigh, NC, to 27

RALEIGH, N.C. – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina proudly announces that the Department

Raleigh. N.C.  – A federal judge sentenced Monted Quintrell Council, also known as “Rude,” 39, to 6 years in federal

RALEIGH, N.C. –  A federal judge sentenced Danielle Melissa Staten, 40, to over 2 years in federal prison and one

RALEIGH, N.C. – A federal judge sentenced Roberto Almeida-Santos, 57, an illegal alien born in Mexico, to 7 months in

WILMINGTON, N.C.– A federal judge sentenced Lara Joy Ezell, 42, to over 14 years in federal prison for conspiracy to

WILMINGTON, NC – A federal judge sentenced Aaron Cotten, 50, of Sanford, NC, to 10 and half years in federal

Raleigh, N.C. – A federal judge sentenced Alexander Sandoval, 29, to thirty‑five years in federal prison for trafficking large quantities