Juice Jam Energizes in Return to Charlotte

Tim tebow with clean juice founders kat and landon eckles. Clean Juice and Tim Tebow Celebrate Growth and Innovation at Leading Organic Fast-Casual Brand’s Largest Event in Company History Clean Juice, the…

United States Attorney Kavanaugh Reflects on Five-Year Anniversary of August 12 Terrorist Attack in Charlottesville

Charlottesville, Va. – United States Attorney Christopher R. Kavanaugh released the following statement marking five years since the Unite the Right riots that occurred on August 11-12th, 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia: “Five…

Charlottesville Nurse Pleads Guilty for Obtaining Fraudulent Fentanyl Prescriptions

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – A nurse has pleaded guilty for fraudulently obtaining drugs at the hospital where she worked in Charlottesville. According to the Virginia State Police, a former registered nurse who worked…

Charlotte Man Is Sentenced To 14 Years For Stealing A Maserati And Robbing Charlotte Pawn Shop

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Jango Omar Touray, 27, of Charlotte, was sentenced today to 14 years in prison for stealing a Maserati and robbing a pawn shop at gunpoint, announced Dena J. King,…

Charlotte Man With Lengthy Criminal History Is Sentenced To 15+ Years For Two Attempted Armed Robberies And Firearms Offenses

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – U.S. Attorney Dena J. King announced today that Vincent Bernard Leonard, 54, of Charlotte, was sentenced to 188 months in prison and three years of supervised release on…

Charlotte Tax Preparer Is Sentenced To Prison

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A North Carolina man was sentenced yesterday to 41 months in prison for conspiring to defraud the United States by preparing and filing false tax returns. Acting Deputy Assistant…

Charlotte Woman Pleads Guilty To COVID-19 Unemployment Benefits Fraud

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Kaila Leaann Shanteau-Jackson, 30, of Charlotte, pleaded guilty to wire fraud today, for defrauding the State of Arizona’s COVID-19 Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefit program of approximately $995,000, announced…

Charlotte Woman Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud Conspiracy For Falsely Obtaining Coronavirus Relief Funds

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Yesenia Rodriguez, 25, of Charlotte, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge David S. Cayer today and pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit wire fraud for fraudulently obtaining over $100,000 in…

Charlotte Man Is Sentenced To More Than 12 Years In Prison For Sex Trafficking Of A Minor

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Dajuan Akeem Blair, 26, of Charlotte, was sentenced to 151 months in prison today for sex trafficking of a minor, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western…

Charlotte Doctor Is Indicted For $11 Million Durable Medical Equipment Scheme

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A Charlotte doctor is facing federal charges for her role in a durable medical equipment (DME) scheme that defrauded federal benefits programs of more than $11 million, announced Dena…

Federal Jury Convicts Atlanta Man For His Role In Supplying Eutylone To Charlotte Area Drug Traffickers

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A federal jury in Charlotte has convicted Kenneth Jerome Watkins, 37, of Atlanta, Georgia, of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute Eutylone, announced Dena J.…

U.S. Attorney Dena J. King Participates In End-Of-Schoolyear Celebration At Charlotte’s Turning Point Academy

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Today, U.S. Attorney Dena J. King participated in an end-of-schoolyear celebration during a mentoring session at Charlotte’s Turning Point Academy. Turning Point Academy is an alternative option designed to meet…

Central American Drug Traffickers Plead Guilty to Moving Meth Through Charlottesville Area

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – A group of El Salvadorian drug traffickers pleaded guitly to dealing more than a pound of methamphetamine throughout the Charlottesville area. According to police, Santo Hidalgo Siguenza, a.k.a. “Chila,”…

Charlottesville Methamphetamine Traffickers Plead Guilty

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Four drug traffickers pled guilty recently to conspiring to distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine throughout the Charlottesville area. Santo Hidalgo Siguenza, a.k.a. “Chila,” 40, from El Salvador,…

Charlotte Business Owners Are Indicted For Selling Stolen iPhones To Domestic And International Buyers

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Two Charlotte business owners, Hamzeh Jamal Alasfar, 30, and Tayseer Issam Alkhayyat, 34, both of Charlotte, are facing federal charges for allegedly selling fraudulently obtained Apple iPhones (iPhones) and…

U.S. Attorney’s Office Resolves Civil Forfeiture Litigation Involving Charlotte Strip Mall

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced today the resolution of a civil forfeiture case involving a strip mall located at 1533 West Blvd, near the corner of West Boulevard and…

Charlotte County Correctional Officer Pleads Guilty To Attempting To Smuggle Drugs Into Prison

Fort Myers, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Troy Alexander Cole (28, Fort Myers) has pleaded guilty to attempted distribution of methamphetamine and MDMA (commonly referred to as…

Leading Private Equity Practitioner David Cosgrove to Join Dechert’s Charlotte Office

NEW YORK, April 19, 2022 — Dechert LLP announced today that leading private equity practitioner David Cosgrove will join the firm’s corporate and securities group as a partner in the Charlotte office.…

Charlotte Man Is Sentenced To Nine Years For Possession Of A Firearm By A Felon

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Today, U.S. District Judge Frank D. Whitney sentenced Laverne Jacobs, 30, of Charlotte, to 108 months in prison and three years of supervised release for possession of a firearm…

Man Who Had Cocaine, Methamphetamine Mailed from California to Charlottesville Pleads Guilty in Federal Court

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.- The Charlottesville man who had more than three pounds of methamphetamine and two pounds of cocaine mailed to him from California in March 2021 pleaded guilty yesterday to federal drug…

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