John H. Carrington

John Hunter Carrington (October 25, 1934 – February 28, 2017)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> was an American politician. Republican former member of the North Carolina General Assembly who long represented the state's fifteenth Senate district, including constituents in Wake county.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He headed a major company in the evidence-collection and security business.

Carrington was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; he enlisted in the United States Army in 1953 and served as a paratrooper during the Korean War until 1955.Template:Citation needed Following his military service, he completed his high school education in 1957 and earned a degree in mechanical engineering from Widener College in 1962.Template:Citation needed Professionally, Carrington rose to become CEO of the Sirchie Group, a company specializing in evidence-collection gear for police and top-dollar security products for businesses.Template:Citation needed He was first elected to the North Carolina Senate in 1995.

In 2005, Carrington was charged with illegally exporting evidence-collection gear to China and took a plea bargain in December 2005 to felony charges in which he has been fined $850,000. One of his companies also took a plea agreement in the matter.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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