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Lately, getting both houses of Congress and the president to agree on anything seems like a victory — even a federal spending bill. However, when President Obama signed the latest federal spending bill on Dec. 16, it did more than avert another government shutdown. Among the provisions in the bill was one that discourages federal…

There is a law in North Carolina known as “Laura’s Law” that increased the possible legal ramifications in some cases of driving while impaired. Enacted in 2011, the law was named after a teenager who was killed in an accident by a driver who was impaired. That driver had previously been convicted of DWI….

If you are accused of a felony in North Carolina, the impact on your personal rights and your future can be very significant. Those who are convicted of felonies are barred from holding certain jobs, for example, or, in many instances, from owning firearms. The felony is going to sit on your permanent record,…

Avoiding charges of sexual assault or rape in North Carolina becomes much easier when one understands what the legal definitions are in the state. According to the NC General Statute 14-27 First Degree Rape is defined as vaginal intercourse with a child younger than 13 when the defendant is at least 12 and at…

A conviction on the charge of distributing child pornography can affect more than just a person’s freedom. The stigma associated with any child sex crime is one that will not likely go away. This is true even if someone is found not guilty of the charge. Just an arrest can cause someone to lose…

Lawmakers in North Carolina saw the writing on the wall and decided that something needed to be done about the substance abuse problems that plague the state’s residents. The North Carolina General Assembly tasked the North Carolina Institute of Medicine with putting together task force to examine the substance abuse services that were available…

For more than three months, a man from North Carolina spent his days in the Harnett County jail for sex crime charges he did not commit. Those charges have now been dismissed, but it has cost the man a great deal. According to news reports, the man lost his house in Willows Creek and…

In North Carolina, defendants can be prosecuted either in state or federal court, and sometimes both, depending on the circumstances and the crime. One charge that can land a North Carolina resident in federal court is being accused of running a Ponzi scheme. This type of crime has been around for decades, but really became…

Learning that you have been charged with any federal crime is usually enough to incite fear in a person. When a federal prosecutor can’t prove that you were a person who actually committed a federal crime but believes that you played some part in the crime, you might be charged with federal conspiracy. This…

A Taylorsville manufacturer is under the gun due to thousands of dollars in unpaid payroll taxes owed to the North Carolina Department of Revenue and the Internal Revenue Service. Federal and state authorities informed Piedmont Fiberglass that the 35-employee firm owed $15,000 in back taxes, interest and penalties, said their office manager. “It was…