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Turlock man sentenced for supplying drugs to North Carolina fraternities A Turlock man has been named by federal agents as the key link in a drug chain that funneled large amounts cocaine and marijuana to college campuses in North Carolina. Francisco Javier Ochoa Jr., 27, of Turlock was indicted in November 2019 for conspiracy to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine and conspiracy to distribute 100 kilograms or more of marijuana. On Nov. 24, 2020, Ochoa entered a guilty plea to the charges against him and was sentenced to 73 months in prison and five years of supervised r...

Seashore Drugs in Wilmington, located off Carolina Beach Drive, and its former owner and pharmacist-in-charge will pay $1 million in civil penalties for allegedly over-filling prescriptions for opioids and ignoring red flags. (Port City Daily photo/Courtesy Google Maps) WILMINGTON — Wilmington-based Seashore Drugs Inc., its former owner John Waggett, and its pharmacist-in-charge Billy W. King II will pay $1,050,000 in civil penalties for allegedly dispensing opioid prescriptions egregiously for several years. This week a federal court entered into a consent order with the pharmacy, its form...

Skip to main content Currently Reading Ring of 'hardened drug dealers' sold mass amounts of cocaine, other drugs from North Carolina frat houses, feds say Jaclyn Peiser, The Washington Post Dec. 18, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail The high-volume drug deals at some fraternity houses at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were so brazen that Orange County Sheriff Charles Blackwood said an investigation into the network "kind of came to us." "It unfolded unlike any other case I've seen in my 40 years of law enforcement," Blackwood said at a news conference on Thursday. The investigation ...

UNC-Chapel Hill suspends 3 fraternities following drug investigation, arrests Federal authorities said they arrested 21 people at UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke University and Appalachian State University in connection with a "large drug network" bust. Author: Carrie Hodgin (WFMY News 2 Digital) Published: 5:17 PM EST December 18, 2020 Updated: 5:19 PM EST December 18, 2020 CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — UNC-Chapel Hill has suspended three fraternities following a drug investigation. Federal authorities arrested 21 people at UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke University and A...

Major drug bust lands 21 in jail connected to UNC, Duke, App State fraternities Twenty-one people have been arrested as a part of a 'large drug network' connected to multiple fraternities across universities in North Carolina. Credit: AP People remove belongings on campus at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C., Wednesday, March 18, 2020. The UNC system announced Tuesday that it would be instructing students to return to their permanent address unless granted an exception to remain in university housing due to the outbreak of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome) ...