Former Prosecutor Faces Bar Charges

The North Carolina State Bar has charged an attorney with ethics violations arising from his guilty plea to possession of methamphetamine. 

The Daily Caller reported

Authorities discovered a supply of syringes, methamphetamine and heroin in the car of top local prosecutor in North Carolina during a recent traffic stop.

Waxhaw Police Department officers stopped James Brandon Graham early Sunday morning on North Broome Street for speeding and having expired tags. When they approached the vehicle, police noticed a syringe full of brownish liquid and subsequently asked Graham to exit his car, the Gaston Gazette reported.

After giving police permission to search his car, officers found six syringes containing heroin, three containing methamphetamine and two that were empty. Graham faces multiple charges including felony counts of heroin possession, methamphetamine possession, and possession and drug paraphernalia.

Graham served as an assistant prosecutor in the Gaston County District Attorney’s Office for at least five years and previously handled drug cases. District Attorney Locke Belle does not expect Graham’s arrest to affect any current cases, the DA said and added the cases have been turned over to other employees.

“I am not going to say anything about the case because it is a pending case in another county, but he is no longer handling cases in this office,” Bell said, according to the Gaston Gazette.

Gaston Gazette also reported on the arrest. (Mike Frisch)