The Fayetteville Observer
LUMBERTON Two Lumberton brothers have been sentenced for drug and firearm crimes, U.S. Attorney Robert Higdon announced Thursday.
U.S. District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced James Floyd, 29, to six years in prison and Jerrick Floyd, 36, to seven years and six months in prison for selling drugs and firearms from a house in Lumberton between 2019 and 2020.
The charges state James Floyd distributed cocaine July 24, 2019, and both brothers distributed cocaine July 30, 2019.
The charges stated both brothers purchased firearms “in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.”
In a sentencing memo filed Monday, a lawyer for Jerrick Floyd said his brother admitted the firearms belonged to him and not Jerrick Floyd.
WILMINGTON A Wilmington woman was sentenced Thursday to 168 months in prison following a drug investigation.
Crystal Denise James, 30, was convicted for distribution of a quantity and possession with the intent to distribute 100 grams or more of a heroin and fentanyl mixture as well as possession of a firearm.
In August 2018, Wilmington Police Department officers searched James during a traffic stop for speeding and seized a total of 57 bags of a heroin and fentanyl mixture. According to court documents, several bindles of heroin were found in James’ front pocket. She then reached into her back pockets and revealed even more bindles.