...”State Attorney General Roy Cooper was greeted with handshakes as he entered the Riverfront Convention Center Monday morning. His office, which includes the state Department of Justice and the SBI, works closely with the sheriffs.  In brief comments to the association, Cooper updated the sheriffs on the State Bureau of Investigation crime lab...Cooper said the State Bureau of Investigation solved 26 cases in 2001 with DNA matches. It solved more than 270 cases using DNA evidence in 2006...Craven County Sheriff Jerry Monette, set to be the next president of the association, said before Cooper spoke that ‘he is endorsed by the sheriffs of North Carolina. He does a great job for law enforcement.’ “