WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2025: Our Combating Redlining Initiative, launched in 2021, has made transformative progress in advancing economic opportunities for communities of color in Birmingham, Alabama; Columbus, Ohio; Houston; Jacksonville, Florida; Los Angeles, California; Memphis, Tennessee; Newark, New Jersey; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Tulsa, Oklahoma; throughout Rhode Island; and els  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Jan. 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2025: Today, U.S. Attorney Michael F. Easley, Jr. announced that the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina has implemented the EDNC Whistleblower Pilot Program. "In this office, we are focused on enhancing the identification and prosecution of white-collar crime," said U.S. Attorney Michael F. Easley, J  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Jan. 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina issued the following news release: Kevon Bracey, age 26, of Wilmington, was sentenced to 196 months in prison and six years of supervised release, after fleeing from police with a bag containing cocaine and a fully automatic machinegun. On September 3, 2024, Bracey pled guilty to the charges. According to court documents and other information presented in court, on February 22, 2024,   more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Jan. 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2025: * * * The Defendants Stole High-End Automobiles From Dealerships Across the United States * * * Four members of a theft ring that stole more than 100 high-end vehicles worth millions of dollars from dealerships located across the United States were sentenced in federal court late yesterday, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney f  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Jan. 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2025: Russell Javon Linney, 34, of Statesville, N.C. was sentenced today to 135 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for trafficking methamphetamine, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Bennie Mims, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firea  more