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John McCormick arrested

Posted on August 31, 2007 by Staff

Missing Chapel Hill attorney John McCormick was arrested Friday in Phoenix.

Via WRAL:

John Gregory McCormick, 59, was arrested by Phoenix police officers at about midnight, authorities said. He was being held without bond in Arizona, pending extradition to North Carolina.

McCormick turned over his driver’s license to a Phoenix officer who asked three men sitting in a park for identification, Orange County District Attorney Jim Woodall said. When the officer checked the license, he found that McCormick was wanted in North Carolina, Woodall said.

Here’s the official release from the AG:

Fugitive former attorney arrested in Arizona, announces AG Cooper

SBI, FBI and Chapel Hill police worked to capture fugitive

John Gregory McCormick, a missing Chapel Hill man accused of embezzling over $1 million from clients, was arrested in Phoenix, Arizona this morning, Attorney General Roy Cooper announced today.
“I am pleased with the hard work and cooperation of law enforcement to find and capture this suspect,” said Cooper. “We hope some resolution and justice will be brought in this case now that he has been found.”
At approximately, 12:00 a.m. (PST) John Gregory McCormick, date of birth April 14, 1948, was arrested by officers with the Phoenix Police Department. McCormick, who disappeared in July 2006, was the subject of a
NC State Bureau of Investigation embezzlement investigation.
McCormick was arrested on a federal charge of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. He also faces a charge of
embezzling more than $802,000 in North Carolina and is suspected to have embezzled a total of more than $1
million.
McCormick will be held without bond in Arizona until he is returned to North Carolina.
The SBI began its investigation at the request of the Orange County District Attorney in July 2006. On April 4,
2007, the SBI requested the Federal Bureau of Investigation to assist in the fugitive investigation and on April
5, a federal arrest warrant for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution was issued. Law enforcers followed leads both in the U.S. and overseas in an effort to find and arrest McCormick.
“The FBI remains committed to assisting our local and state law enforcement partners in pursuing and apprehending fugitives who flee interstate or internationally to avoid prosecution in significant cases,” said Nathan T. Gray, Special Agent in Charge of the Charlotte Division.
The Chapel Hill Police Department, Phoenix Police and the FBI assisted in this ongoing investigation.
The Office of District Attorney Jim Woodall is handling prosecution of the state charge.

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