Indictment — United States v. Callie Wesley Edwards (Eastern District of North Carolina, Document 1)

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An indictment filed September 24, 2024 as Document 1 in United States v. Callie Wesley Edwards, Case No. 5:24-cr-00281-D-RN, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Western Division. Count One charges that on or about April 23, 2024, the defendant, knowing of a prior conviction for a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, knowingly possessed firearms. Count Two charges possession with intent to distribute a quantity of fentanyl, a Schedule II controlled substance, and Count Three charges possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The forfeiture notice lists a Sig Sauer, Model 365X, 9-millimeter caliber pistol and a rifle seized on April 23, 2024. The signature block names Michael F. Easley, Jr., United States Attorney.

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The Grand Jury charges that:

COUNT ONE

On or . about April 23, 2024, in the Eastern District of North Carolina, the

defendant, CALLIE WESLEY EDWARDS, knowing that _he had previously been

convicted of a ·crime punishable
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by .imprisonment for a term exceeding one year,
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knowingly possessed firearms, and the firearms were in and affecting commerce, in .

violation qfTitle 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(l) and 924.

COUNTTWO

On or . about April 23, 2024, in the Eastern District of North Carolina, the

defendant, CALLIE WESLEY EDWARDS, did knowingly and intentionally possess

with intent to distribute a quantity of fentanyl, a Schedule II controlled substance,

in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 841(b)(l).

COUNT THREE

On or about April 23, 2024, in the Eastern District of North Carolina, the

defendant, CALLIE WESLEY EDWARDS, did knowingly possess a firearm in

furtherance of a drug trafficking crime for which he may be prosecuted in a Court of

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the United States, as charged in Count Two of this Indictment, in violation of Title

18, United States Code, Section 924(c)(l)(A)(i).

FORFEITURE NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that all right, title and interest -in the property

described herein is subject to forfeiture.

Upon conviction of any felony violation of the Controlled Substances Act

charged herein, the defendant shW:l forfeit to the United States, pursuant to 21

U.S.C. § 853(a), any property constituting, or derived from, any proceeds obtained,

directly or indirectly, as a result of the said offense, and .any property use_d, or

intended to be used, in any manner or part, to commit, or to facilitate the.

commission of the said offense.

Upon conviction of any violation of the Gun Control Act, the National

Firearms Act; or any other off~nse charged herein that involved or was perpetrat~d

in whole or in part by the use of firearms or ammunition, the defenda.nt shall forfeit

to the United States, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 924(d) and/or 26 U.S.C. § 5872, as

made applicable by 28 U.S.C. § 2461(c), any and all firearms and ammunition that

were involved in or used in a knowing or willful commission of the offense,_or that

were intended to be used in any offense identified in 18 U.S.C. § 924(d)(3), or,

pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3665, that were found in the possession or under the

immediate control of the defendant at the time of arrest.

The forfeitable property includes, but is not limited to, the following:

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Personal Property:

a) One Sig Sauer, Model 365X, 9-millimeter caliber pistol, bearing

serial number 66F661012, seized on April 23, 2024, from Callie Wesley

Edwards and any and all associated ammunition.

b) One Palµietto State Armory, PD-15,556 rifle, bearing serial number

DCFS110760, seized on April 23, 2024, fro~ the silver Subaru Legacy and

any and all associated ammunition.

If any of the above-described -forfeitable property, as a result of any act" or

omission of a defendant: cannot be located upon the exercise of due diligence; has

been transferred or sold to, or deposited with, a third party; has been placed beyond

the jurisdiction of the court; has been substantially diminished in value; or has been

commingled with other property which cannot be divided without difficulty; it is the

intent of the United States, pursuant to Title 21, United States Code, Section

853(p), to seek forfeiture of any other property of said defendant up to the value of ·

the forfeitable property described above.
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MICHAEL F. EASLEY, JR.
United States Attorney

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Assistant United States Attorney
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Criminal Division

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