Because of recent efforts to focus on decreasing violent crimes in Richmond County, several local law enforcement agencies have been working together.
The following arrests are because of close cooperation between the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office, the Rockingham Police Department, the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the Richmond County District Attorney’s Office, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of North Carolina, according to a collective report recently released by the agencies.
Richmond County Sheriff James Clemmons Jr. said that the agencies are “working to help clean up our communities.”
The following are federal indictments, according to lawmen:
• Corey Antwan Womble, 27, of Beeler Avenue in Rockingham, was indicted in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina on May 1, 2012. On Aug. 6, 2012, Womble pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Womble was sentenced on Jan. 4, 2013, to 57 months in the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
• Jeremy Jermaine Wooden, 26, of Hummingbird Drive in Rockingham, was indicted in the Middle District of North Carolina on Sept. 25, 2012. On Nov. 19, 2012, Wooden pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Wooden is scheduled to be sentenced on March 19, 2013.
• Bobby James Ewing, 36, of Mill Road in Rockingham, was indicted in the Middle District of North Carolina on Sept. 25, 2012. On Nov. 20, 2012, Ewing pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Ewing is scheduled to be sentenced on March 20, 2013.
In 2012, there were a total of 15 men from Richmond County who were sentenced to more than 1,000 months in the Federal Bureau of Prisons, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice.
“Our success in fighting violent crime and drug trafficking in Richmond County during the last year is a direct result of our close partnerships with state and local law enforcement,” said Ripley Rand, United States Attorney.
“Richmond County law enforcement officers and District Attorney Reece Saunders have been valuable partners in the effort to make our communities safer for all,” Rand said.
— Staff Writer Laura Edington can be reached at 910-997-3111, ext. 18, or by email at ledington@civitasmedia.com.
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