show that both crimes arose out of a common scheme or plan; but remoteness is less significant when the prior conduct is used to show intent, motive, knowledge, or lack of accident. State v. Hipps, 348 N.C. 377, 405, 501 S.E.2d 625, 642 (1998), cert. denied, 525 U.S. 1180, 143 L. Ed. 2d 114 (1999). Here, after hearing the State’s offer of proof and the arguments of counsel, the trial court ruled t here is no requirement that the crimes, wrongs, or acts occur prior to the charged offenses, only that they are “other” crimes, wrongs, or acts. Id. Further, the nearly two-and-a-half-year span between the offenses is not so long as to affect the admissibility of the evidence, but rather goes to the weight of the evidence. State v. Beckham, 145 N.C. App. 119, 122, 550 S.E.2d 231, 235 (2001) (<HOLDING>); see also State v. Love, 152 N.C. App. 608,
holding admission of prior bad acts of child abuse was reversible error when the defendant did not have exclusive control over the children during the period when the prior bad acts occurred holding that proof of a continuous chain of custody is relevant only as to the weight and not the admissibility of the evidence holding that the striking similarity between the acts alleged in the indictment and the prior incidents rendered incidents that occurred fifteen years prior to the acts alleged in the indictment relevant and admissible under rule 404b holding notice insufficient because it merely recited the language of the policys notice provision and provided no information regarding the types of practices alleged to constitute wrongful acts the agents officers or directors alleged to be involved in wrongdoing or the time period during which the allegedly wrongful acts took place holding as to the admissibility of prior bad acts that allegedly took place fourteen and twelve years before the acts alleged in that case that the lapse of time between the defendants sexual acts    goes to the weight of the evidence not to its admissibility