An Ahoskie man was sentenced July 21 to 210 months in prison for assaulting a guard at the Franklin County Detention Center with a 6-inch metal shank while in custody on pending federal charges, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of North Carolina. On April 28, 2021, Troy Lamont Powell, 32, … Continue reading North Carolina man sentenced to over 17 years in prison for stabbing detention center guard