United States Attorney George E.B. Holding is urging residents and business in Eastern North Carolina to be aware of and report suspected fraudulent activity related to tornado relief operations and federal funding for the victims.
FEMA has established a Disaster Recovery Center for residents of Halifax County at T.J. Davis Recreation Center located at 400 E. 6th Street .
United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced today that Shirlene Reese Boone of Murfreesboro was sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment followed by three years’ supervised release, and was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $3,550,840.30 to the Medicaid Investigations Unit, $1,061,820.00 to the Internal Revenue Service, and $46,059.00 to the North Carolina Employment Security Commission.
A Roanoke Rapids man who escaped a Halifax County murder rap in 2008 will appear in federal court in Greenville May 9 on crack distribution charges, according to court records.
A plea agreement has apparently been struck in the Calvin Colweth “Spoke” Garner Jr. case, according to federal court records.
