North Carolina Criminal Law Blog

Someone you care about has made a mistake and committed a crime. You want to help, naturally -- but you need to be careful about what you do. Otherwise, you could find yourself facing charges of your own. For example, a Florida man was recently arrested on a variety...

More and more, it seems like cellular phones are a vital part of people’s lives. Most of us conduct a great deal of communication, business, leisure activities and hobbies online. Naturally, if you’re arrested on suspicion of certain types of crimes, whether it’s a...

Because most white-collar crimes are financial in nature, it's not uncommon for defendants to either voluntarily pay restitution or find themselves obligated to do so after sentencing. Understanding the idea of restitution and how this could work is an important part...

One of the lesser-known theft charges you can face in North Carolina is “obtaining property by false pretenses,” or OPFP. At minimum, this crime is a Class H felony. If the value of the money, services or assets that were stolen through false pretenses exceeds...

A criminal record can affect everything from what schools you can attend and what jobs you can get to the houses that you can potentially rent. Those who have an old blemish on their criminal record might want to leave the past behind. Removing blemishes from your...

You’re a college student who lives in a shared dorm. The police believe you have been involved in illegal activity on your computer, and they want to search it. They come to your dorm and find that only your roommate is there. The roommate lets them inside, and they...

Embezzlement is a type of theft, as is larceny. However, despite their similarities, the two are actually much different. If you have been accused of either one, it is important for you to understand both the differences and the similarities as you look into your...

The goal of statutory rape charges is to protect younger, vulnerable people from predation by older individuals. Many people associate statutory rape claims with intentional "grooming." Grooming is when a predator approaches someone younger than them and starts to...

There is always a degree of risk in investment, which is one of the reasons why investors expect returns when they give money to a business or to fund an idea. They have taken a risk by giving their capital to someone else and now expect to be repaid for that risk....

Exchanging sexy photos with people in whom you have an interest in dating and making explicit videos with sexual partners has become mainstream thanks to the ubiquity of Smartphones with excellent cameras. People can easily take such images and film such videos on an...