Known gang member pleads guilty

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — A known gang member will spend at least two years behind bars.

Kyeric Sweet, 22, of Rocky Point, pleaded guilty Wednesday to drug and assault charges.

Sweet was arrested in March with 30 bindles of heroin and $17,67 near S. Kerr Avenue and Park Avenue.

After bonding out of jaill and missing a court appearance, law enforcement spotted Sweet in a car at a gas station on Gordon Road. Officers approached Sweet and managed to grab his arm, but Sweet hit the gas, dragged a deputy about 25 yards with his car AND nearly hit another. Sweet drove off, but crashed his car and was arrested.