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That same month, a federal grand jury indicted Geddings on five counts of mail fraud and four counts of wire fraud, accusing him of failing to report his work with Scientific Games on a financial disclosure form required of state appointees. Geddings, 41, resigned from the lottery commission after his work with Scientific Games became public.

His trial is scheduled to begin next month. Black has said he never would have appointed Geddings had he known about his connections to the company. Scientific Games, a leading supplier of scratch-off instant-win lottery tickets, later failed to win a piece of North Carolina's lottery business.

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Comments 0. Top Stories. Why is there so much gun violence in America and what do we do about it? Oct 25, AM. Plumley got into an argument with Brian Ruffin and allegedly shot him dead on December 22, Plumley was charged with willful endangerment, double use of a firearm, and prohibited possession of a firearm in connection with the shooting.

He was also charged with a separate crime for possession of a controlled substance. Breanna Blankenship. Breanna Blankenship and Benjamin Sturgell were both charged with child neglect.

They reportedly had their car crashed in the Shady Spring area in November A young girl was in the car, and investigators believe Blankenship was under the influence of drugs. Both have been charged several times. Glenn Vass.

The grand jury also returned charges against Glenn Vass. He is accused of trying to date an underage girl for sex after seeing an ad on Craigslist in February We use this as an effort to reduce or eliminate the threat, or to determine a strategy to meet the potential or actual threat to you and fashion a path through to a desirable outcome for you. Appearing alone at a grand jury is dangerous and not recommended, as the rules are different.

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