Every crime & courts report published for North Carolina, newest first.
Aaron Cotten, 50, of Sanford, North Carolina, was sentenced to 10 and a half years in federal prison for drug trafficking offenses, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina.
A federal jury found Isiah Naaquan Weeks guilty on nine fentanyl counts and five firearm counts for leading a drug-trafficking operation.
Akeem Alphonso Maynard, 33, of Burlington, N.C., was sentenced to 30 months in prison for dealing in firearms without a license.
Ricketta Ann Twitty, 35, of Bostic, N.C., was sentenced to 10 years in prison for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl after being caught with nearly 600 counterfeit pills containing the drug.
Marcus Jamal Shankle, 36, was found guilty of possessing two firearms despite prior felony convictions.
Landon Doty was sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to charges including rape and sexual battery of a 7-year-old nonverbal child on a school bus.
A federal judge sentenced Alexander Trowbridge to nearly 27 years for leading a drug trafficking organization that distributed fentanyl and heroin in Eastern North Carolina.
Cameron Curry was ordered to serve two years in prison for attempting to extort an international technology company using stolen sensitive files.
A Sinaloa Cartel affiliate was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for distributing over 133,000 counterfeit fentanyl pills.
A Huntersville, North Carolina man was sentenced on August 12, 2026, to 80 months in prison for illegally possessing firearms, including a machinegun.
Terrell Shawn Anderson was sentenced in federal court to 15 years in prison and 30 years of supervised release.
A former active-duty Marine was sentenced on Aug. 11, 2026, for trafficking methamphetamine and firearms in North Carolina.
Donnie Dontez Jeffreys received a 22-year prison sentence following a federal drug trafficking investigation in North Carolina.
U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell sentenced Henry Ronald Emery, Jr. to six months in prison for conspiring to allow his DEA registration number to be used for thousands of unlawful buprenorphine prescriptions.
Jason Mills and Stephanie Hope Lindsey were sentenced in federal court after pleading guilty to federal drug charges.
A U.S. Attorney's Office announcement dated August 14, 2026 says Sadiq Mafia Devoe Jones was sentenced the day before to 135 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release.