FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, January 23, 2025 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 RALEIGH – Attorney General Jeff Jackson announced that Menelik Tefari Nesanet pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of Brittney Gamez-Farjat in 2022. He will serve between 13 years and 16 years and 9 months in prison. Buncombe County District Attorney Todd […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, January 21, 2025 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 RALEIGH – Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson and 18 attorneys general challenged a new executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment. The order, beginning 30 days after signature, would strip children born in the United States of their […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, January 17, 2025 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 RALEIGH – Attorney General Jeff Jackson announced that a jury in Johnston County found Ronald Johnson, Jr. guilty on one count of felony extortion, one count of felony obstruction of justice, and two counts of willful failure to discharge duties. Judge Joseph Crosswhite […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, January 17, 2025 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 RALEIGH – Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson took action to uphold the establishment of the first nationwide drinking standards for PFAS chemicals. Under these protections, public water systems must test and treat drinking water for these contaminants. “Every person deserves clean drinking water,” […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, January 14, 2025 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 RALEIGH – Attorney General Jeff Jackson today announced additional members of his senior leadership team at the North Carolina Department of Justice. “These colleagues are smart, public-spirited people who are committed to doing the job right,” said Attorney General Jeff Jackson. “I’m grateful […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, January 13, 2025 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 RALEIGH – Attorney General Jeff Jackson and United States Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina Dena King filed a federal lawsuit against Benson I. Ejindu for allegedly submitting false claims to the North Carolina Medicaid program. Attorney General Jackson and U.S. […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, Jan. 10, 2025 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 Attorney General Jeff Jackson to North Carolinians: Report Price Gouging During the Winter Storm RALEIGH – Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson announced that the state’s price gouging law is in effect across the state after Governor Josh Stein declared a state of emergency […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, January 7, 2025 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 RALEIGH – Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson sued six landlords for illegally working together and with the software company RealPage to raise North Carolinians’ rents. The six landlords are Greystar Real Estate Partners LLC, Blackstone’s LivCor LLC, Camden Property Trust, Cushman & Wakefield […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 ***Photos are available for media use here. RALEIGH – Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson took the oath of office to become North Carolina’s Attorney General and lead the North Carolina Department of Justice. Mecklenburg County Superior Court Judge Donald Cureton, Jr. administered […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, December 30, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today released the Department of Justice’s annual report and shared the top 10 consumer complaints that the department received in 2024. He also provided an update on the CODIS DNA hits the State Crime Lab has seen in […]