With so many states across the nation legalizing marijuana for medicinal or recreational use, it can be difficult to know exactly what you are and are not allowed to do under the law. If you want to avoid running the risk of accidentally violating the law and possibly...
The law is a complex system that is hard to follow and interpret for those who haven't studied it. You may hear legal terms and jargon simply by watching the news or crime TV shows, but what do these terms actually mean? Defining an infraction Infractions are...
Certain theft crimes in North Carolina sometimes fall under the realm of federal crimes. This means that they may have long-lasting consequences. Because of this, it is important that when it comes to allegations of a theft crime, one understands the defense arguments...
Being charged with a federal crime in North Carolina is different than being charged with a state felony or with misdemeanor charges. Cases tend to move through federal court relatively quickly. In addition, pretrial motions and discovery of evidence can be different...
While collar crimes are one of the classes of crimes for which a person could possibly end up facing federal prosecution.A fair amount of the federal government's criminal cases are white collar crime cases. In the 2013 fiscal year, white collar crimes made up 10.2...
A North Carolina man accused of tax evasion could end up spending multiple years in prison. The man in question is a 48-year-old man who was the owner/operator of a seafood distribution company in Wilmington. The allegations against the man centered on his federal...
Recently, a North Carolina man was given his sentence in a federal mortgage fraud case.The man is from Cary. Authorities allege that the man was part of a mortgage fraud scheme that involved "flipping." According to authorities, lenders lost millions of dollars due to...
As adults, we often catch ourselves lending advice to our children or the young people in our lives. Sometimes, this advice comes from a place of personal experience. Adages such as, "do as I say, not as I do" or "learn from my mistakes," are offered to young people...
Sometimes a group of state charges with federal jurisdictional implications will be 'adopted' by federal authorities and taken forward by way of a federal indictment. That's probably bad news for a North Carolina man who is now in state custody on a number of pharmacy...
Fundamentalist Muslims who espouse violent jihad come from many different cultural and ethnic backgrounds. They also seem to exist virtually everywhere. The last point is highlighted by a recent arrest made by federal authorities of a North Carolina man from...
