BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — A licensed Florida doctor pleaded guilty to five felony charges related to the theft of donation supplies intended to aid Hurricane Helene victims in 2024, the Buncombe County District Attorney’s Office announced in a Dec. 15, 2025, press release.
Mark Anthony Smith, 56, of Jacksonville, Florida, was sentenced after pleading guilty to five counts of felony larceny, according to the press release. The plea did not include the DA’s Office’s negotiated plea agreement, which requested that the court consider an active sentence time.
According to the DA’s Office, Smith was sentenced to six to 17 months in prison for each of the five counts, suspended consecutively, resulting in a total suspended sentence of 30 to 85 months…