felony

GOP Rep. Stephen LaRoque has been indicted by a federal grand jury on eight counts of taking federal money from his economic development company and using for personal expenses.

WRAL:

Misuses cited incl. LaRoque purchases of car, rental house, skating rink, zamboni (wow), faberge eggs (double wow), jewelry...

Indictment can be found posted here.

[update 1] Greg Flynn links to an FBI press release on Twitter. This was a joint investigation.