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RALEIGH, N.C. – A Wake Forest man was sentenced to 96 months in prison for dealing fentanyl in Raleigh.  On September 23, 2024, Michael Anthony Weidner pled guilty two counts of distribution of a quantity of fentanyl.

RALEIGH, N.C. – Quentin Allen Jackson, 58, was sentenced to 84 months in prison and ordered to pay three million dollars in restitution.  Jackson pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering with respect to the fraudulent proceeds Paycheck Protection Act (“PPP”) COVID-19 loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration.

RALEIGH, N.C. – On November 21, 2024, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging a Durham man after allegedly being involved in an October shootout at Crabtree Valley Mall.

RALEIGH, N.C. – Daryl Cromartie, 32, of Wilmington, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for possession of a firearm by felon and possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl, cocaine, and phencyclidine (PCP).  On February 27, 2024, Cromartie pled guilty to the charges.

RALEIGH, N.C. – A former Coast Guard member was sentenced to 133 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for receiving child pornography after an investigation found that he had solicited child pornography from multiple women. Stephen Lamond Lollis, 36, pled guilty to the charge on August 19, 2024.

RALEIGH, N.C. – A Raleigh woman was sentenced to 15 months in prison for defrauding the Social Security Administration.  On June 26, 2024, Mary Elizabeth Workman pled guilty to one count of theft of government funds.

RALEIGH, N.C. – A Fayetteville man was sentenced to 180 months in prison for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon after attempting to carjack man with a loaded gun in Harnett County.  On May 9, 2024, Terry A. Frederick pleaded guilty to the charge.

RALEIGH, N.C. – Harold Vernard Greene, Jr., age 45, was sentenced to 24 years in prison for drug trafficking with three children in a vehicle. This conviction marks Greene’s third federal conviction in the Eastern District of North Carolina.

RALEIGH, N.C. – James Hathcock, 45, of New Jersey City, NJ, was sentenced to 68 months in prison for distributing drugs around a neighborhood in Pollocksville. Hathcock pled to possession of a firearm in connection to a drug crime and possessing with the intent to distribute cocaine, fentanyl, and methamphetamine.

RALEIGH, N.C. – Arturo Barcenas Gonzalez, a Cary businessman, was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for evading over $1 million in federal taxes. In addition to his prison sentence, Barcenas was ordered to pay restitution to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in an amount to be determined at a later date.

RALEIGH, N.C. – United States Attorney Michael F. Easley, Jr. announced today that Southeastern Behavioral Healthcare Services, LLC (“Southeastern”), a behavioral health business in Lumberton and Maxton, and its owners Bertha Hutchinson and Virgil Hutchinson (“the Hutchinsons”), have agreed to pay $2,505,000.00 to settle civil allegations that they falsely billed North Carolina Medicaid for services that were not rendered.  Southeastern has also agreed to enter an Integrity Agreement with the Office of Inspector General - United States Department of Health and Human Services as part of the

RALEIGH, N.C. – Following four days of testimony before a federal jury, a Raleigh man and business owner pled guilty to a Bank Fraud and Wire Fraud, that netted the man almost $300,000 in fraudulent Paycheck Protection Act (PPP) COVID-19 loans.  This fraud was part of a multimillion-dollar national scheme, and, to date, more than 30 defendants have pled guilty and 26 have been sentenced.