WILMINGTON – The United States Attorney for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announces the arrests of
three defendants and their transfers into federal custody pursuant to a
15-count federal indictment for drug related charges.
An indictment was returned by a federal grand jury on
February 28, 2018, against DEANDRE SWEET, 27, of Wilmington, KYERIC SWEET, 24,
of Wilmington, and DIQUELLE SWEET, 21, of Wilmington. The indictment charges the three defendants
with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute a quantity
of heroin, in the Eastern District of North Carolina beginning on or about
April 2015 and continuing up to at least October, 2017. DIQUELLE SWEET is also
charged with felon in possession of a firearm.
DIQUELLE SWEET was arrested October 11, 2017 by the
Wilmington Police Department. KYERIC SWEET was arrested on October 12, 2017 by
the FBI and Wilmington Police Department.
DEANDRE SWEET was arrested by the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office on
September 19, 2016. DEANDRE SWEET and
DIQUELLE SWEET are currently being held in the New Hanover County Detention
Center and KYERIC SWEET is in the Columbus County Detention Center.
The charges and allegations contained in the indictments are
merely accusations. The defendants are
presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.
The investigation of this case was conducted by the FBI Safe
Streets Task Force, Wilmington Police Department and the New Hanover County
Sheriff’s Office.
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