RALEIGH — This is an official press release from the U.S. Department of Justice (USAO - North Carolina, Eastern), published as received.
RALEIGH – The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announces that DONTE TERRILL KORNEGAY, A/K/A “BOSTON,” was arrested yesterday, May 24, 2018.
KORNEGAY was named in an Indictment filed on May 22, 2018, charging him with distribution of fentanyl resulting in serious bodily injury and death, and conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute heroin and fentanyl. If convicted of the distribution of fentanyl resulting in death charge, he would face a minimum term of imprisonment of 20 years and a maximum term of imprisonment of life, a $1,000,000 fine, and a term of supervised release following any term of imprisonment.
Mr. Higdon commented: “The United States Justice Department and the United States Attorneys’s Office are aggressively pursuing distributors of heroin and fentanyl. These drugs pose a serious danger to the people of Eastern North Carolina and we intend to remove that danger as part of our effort to “Take Back North Carolina” from the drug traffickers and violent criminals.”
The charges and allegations contained in the indictment are merely accusations. The defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.
Investigation of this case is being conducted by the Onslow County Sheriff’s Office with assistance from the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Wilmington Resident Office. Assistant United States Attorney Lawrence J. Cameron is representing the government.
