The Mecklenburg County District Attorney’s Violent Crimes Team convicted 38 defendants during recent administrative court sessions in Superior Court during the week of January 13, 2025.

A woman who took in a baby girl who wasn’t her own and, through tragedy, became her adoptive mom, a detective who played a critical role in cold case prosecutions, and an outreach assistant who works with domestic violence survivors were among those honored today by Mecklenburg County District Attorney Spencer B. Merriweather III.

Dareem Gaskin was sentenced to prison today after a jury found him guilty of fatally shooting 28-year-old Deante Brown.