Robert J. Higdon, Jr. was nominated to be the U.S Attorney for the Eastern District of NC by former President Donald Trump.
The United States Attorney in Raleigh, Robert J. Higdon, Jr. has resigned and will leave office on Feb. 28. His move follows President Biden’s request that all presidentially appointed United States Attorneys step down, according to a press release from his office last Thursday.
Higdon has served as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina since late 2017 after being nominated by former President Trump and confirmed by the Senate.
The district has jurisdiction over 44 easternmost counties in the state.
Robert J. Higdon, Jr. was nominated to be the U.S Attorney for the Eastern District of NC by former President Donald Trump.
The United States Attorney in Raleigh, Robert J. Higdon, Jr. has resigned and will leave office on Feb. 28. His move follows President Biden’s request that all presidentially appointed United States Attorneys step down, according to a press release from his office last Thursday.
Higdon has served as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina since late 2017 after being nominated by former President Trump and confirmed by the Senate.
The district has jurisdiction over 44 easternmost counties in the state.
April 04, 2021
Students in Jamie Mosley’s seventh grade classes at Gentry Middle School recently completed enrichment activities that supported the unit they were studying, The Age of Exploration.
Mosley said the hands-on/mind-on Navigational Tools activity integrated goals from both science and social studies curriculum for her students. Each student independently undertook a series of tasks that led them to create navigational tools similar to those once used by early sailors.
Mosley said the activity enriched her students’ understanding of the importance of exploration, its global impact, and the technology and tools that were used during that time in history.
While the University has suspended or removed recognition from Greek life organizations in the past, chapters can still maintain a presence at the school through other ways. Here's what UNC can — and can't — do in response.
A Fayetteville veteran will have to return a scooter and was sentenced this week for defrauding the Department of Veterans Affairs of almost $1 million in assets, the U.S. Attorneys Office announced.
Willie Dosher Cain, 73, of Fayetteville, pleaded guilty June 17 to one count of embezzlement, said Matthew G.T. Martin, United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, in a news release.
U.S. District Judge Thomas D. Schroeder sentenced Cain on Tuesday to five years of probation and ordered him to perform 250 hours of community service.
Cain was also ordered to pay $903,668.08 in restitution, was issued a $150,000 forfeiture money judgment, and forfeited $155,041.30 in cash, a modified 2018 Toyota Sienna van and a mobility scooter, officials said.