News Roundup

Published for NC Criminal Law on June 23, 2023.

Jack Teixeira, the 21-year-old member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard who has been charged with leaking classified documents, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to six federal counts of willful retention and transmission of classified information relating to national defense. The classified Pentagon documents were discovered online in March, but prosecutors say that Teixeira had been sharing them on the internet since around January. Teixeira held a top-secret security clearance starting around July 2021 and was trained in the definition of classified information, classification levels and proper handling of such materials. If he is convicted on all six counts, he could face up to 60 years in prison and a fine of up to $1.5 million. Keep reading for more news. Juneteenth festivities cut short in Asheville. A two-day Juneteenth Festival in Asheville, NC was ended a day early after two juveniles were wounded in a shooting. The shooting happened just before 9 p.m. in the Court Plaza area of Pack Square Park. When officers arrived, they found two juveniles with gunshot wounds. Both were taken to the hospital with serious injuries. Police said a 16-year-old was taken into custody and identified as "the principal offender." The teen is charged with two counts of felonious assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury. South Carolina first to receive new fingerprinting technology. The Myrtle Beach Police Department is the first in the United States to receive the ForenScope 8K and Contactless Laboratory Fingerprint System. The brand-new technology reportedly allows investigators to pick [...]