CHARLOTTE — The man who made racial remarks and threatened to shoot up a NoDa pizza shop will spend a little more than three years in federal prison.
A judge sentenced Maurice Hopkins to 40 months behind bars Thursday.
In 2024, he threatened a group of eight Indian customers at Zämbies Pizza then returned minutes later with a loaded AR-15 style rifle, police say.
Hopkins pleaded guilty last year to interfering with federally protected activities.
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