WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) – A man who pleaded guilty to heroin charges in January was sentenced Friday to 25 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, according to a spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Justice.

Leander Hands, 37, was sentenced after pleading guilty to possession with the intent to distribute a quantity of heroin, distribution of a quantity of heroin and aiding and abetting same, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

In February 2011, undercover New Hanover County Sheriff’s detectives bought heroin near a Wilmington apartment complex, and they were told that Hands supplied the heroin to the person they arrested.

WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) - US Marshals arrested a man in Wilmington, which led to a second arrest by local police.

Devante Quashawn Bloodworth, 20, was wanted for possession with intent to sell/deliver heroin and selling heroin within 1,000 feet of a school, according to a release from WPD.

On Friday, The US Marshal's Task Force tracked down Bloodworth to a residence on Greendale Drive. They found narcotics inside, allowing the Wilmington Police Department to ask for a search warrant, according to the release. Because of this, Shatavia Olivia Thomas, 19, was arrested. She faces several charges including trafficking heroin, other drug-related offenses, and misdemeanor child abuse.

Both Bloodworth and Thomas are in custody at the  New Hanover County detention facility. Bloodworth is being held under $120,100 bond, and Thomas's bond is $50,000.

WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) – Officers with the Wilmington Police Department arrested a man for possession of PCP around midnight.

According to police, a WPD sergeant made contact with three people sitting in a car in the 900 block of N. 30th Street.

The sergeant smelled marijuana coming from the vehicles. During a safety frisk of 29-year-old Joseph Patterson, the officers found one dosage unit of PCP in his pocket.

Patterson was arrested and charged with possession of schedule II drugs.

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