Ex Florence County Deputy Sentenced to One Year in Prison

A former Florence County Deputy has been sentenced to one year in Federal Prison after pleading guilty to illegally running a gambling business. Court documents say Former Lieutenant Mark Fuleihan will be imprisoned for 12 months and one day at a facility in Butner North Carolina. Once released he will be under supervised release for three years. In April, Fuleihan and another Florence County Deputy, Timothy Keefe, pleaded guilty to charges of unlawfully and knowingly conduct, finance, manage, supervise, direct, and own an illegal gambling business. According to the agreement, they are not permitted to change their pleas.