Charlotte NC Criminal Defense Law Blog

A North Carolina man recently endured an expensive and time-consuming ordeal involving mistaken identity and drug charges. The 22-year-old man was unaware that he was listed as a most-wanted man in the city of Statesville. Shocked when he saw his photo on a wanted poster, he turned himself in to police in an attempt to avoid more public embarrassment. However, as a result of the false drug charges, the man was still suspended from his job.

The 22-year-old ended up draining his bank account in order to post the required $900 bond to get out of jail. He and his mother pleaded with police to look more closely at photos of the young man and compare them to surveillance photos of the suspect. Apparently after police studied the photos more carefully, the charges against the 22-year-old were dropped.

As any North Carolina resident knows, teenagers make mistakes. Sometimes these mistakes can be very serious and lead to criminal charges, but a teenager should not necessarily suffer the rest of his or her life for a youthful crime. With that mind, readers in the Charlotte area may want to consider the drug charges recently filed against a 17-year-old boy.

On April 19, during what police have called a "routine traffic stop," officers in North Carolina allegedly discovered 100 pounds of marijuana inside a vehicle driven by the youth. According to a local news report, the total street value of the marijuana is estimated at $240,000. The boy is now facing drug charges and is being held under a $100,000 bond.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police have charged a 27-year-old man with committing a series of robberies. The young man is now facing various criminal charges, chief among them robbery with a dangerous weapon.

The evidence police recorded in the case deserves closer scrutiny. According to a local news report, one alleged robbery took place on April 3 at roughly 2:30 a.m. In that instance, the police confiscated a cell phone that was left at the scene. A photograph on the phone was later used to charge the 27-year-old.

On March 13, a North Carolina man's pickup collided with a bicycle while traveling along an interstate. According to a local news report, the cyclist died a little more than a week later at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. Police have charged the driver of the pickup with DWI, having an open container, transporting spirituous liquor and failure to maintain lane control.

The 29-year-old driver of the pickup was travelling on U.S. 29/Business I-85 North when his vehicle apparently hit the 30-year-old cyclist. The man on the bicycle was not wearing a helmet, and the impact of the collision was said to have thrown him over 100 feet from his bicycle. Another cyclist he was traveling with was not injured.