Eight Arrested in Houston Drug, Money Laundering Operation

HOUSTON, TX – A total of eight people have been taken into custody on charges involving a five-year drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracies, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Federal authorities…

Glendale Man Stole Credit Cards, Bought Liquor and Cemetery Plots

LOS ANGELES – A Glendale man was sentenced today to 84 months in federal prison for running a series of “bust out” scams that defrauded more than 20 banks out of nearly $5 million…

Delray Beach Man Sold Drugs for Bitcoin on Darknet

Delray Beach, FL — A Florida man was indicted today for distributing heroin, oxymorphone, oxycodone, and fentanyl as the narcotics vendor “chlnsaint” on Empire Market, a darknet hidden service, U.S. Attorney McGregor…

Bronx Man Charged for 2017 Murder of Joshua Lopez

BRONX, NY – Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Peter C. Fitzhugh, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of Homeland Security…

30 Charged for Heroin Trafficking in Oklahoma

TULSA, OK – U.S. Attorney Trent Shores announced that more than 30 individuals have been named in two separate indictments for their roles in heroin trafficking operations in Oklahoma. The indictments were…

Hainesport Youth Pastor Black Mailed Children into Performing Sexual Acts on Snap Chat

HAINESPORT, NJ – Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that the youth pastor and music leader of a Hainesport church has been charged with coaxing underage boys on social media to send…

MS-13 Gang Leader Charged in Shooting at Nashville’s Club Miami

NASHVILLE, TN – A criminal complaint was unsealed Nov. 6 charging the local leader of an MS-13 Gang clique with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, announced Acting Assistant…

MS-13 Gang Member, Illegal Alien Who Killed 15-Year-Old New Yorker Extradited from El Salvador

ISLIP, NY – Eduardo Portillo, also known as “Firuli” and “Tito” (Portillo), a member of the violent transnational criminal organization La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as the “MS-13,” and a fugitive from…

Hemet Woman Charged with Smuggling Deadly Toxin Into United States from Mexico

SAN DIEGO, CA – A federal jury has found Veronica Perez of Hemet, California, guilty of smuggling an unregistered Mexican pesticide into the United States. After a three-day trial, the jury found…

Stockton Men Moved Guns Illegally from Reno to California

STOCKTON, CA — A federal grand jury returned a six-count indictment today against two Stockton residents and alleged members of the Everybody Killa (EBK) street gang, charging them with conspiring to deal…

Drug Dealers Pushing Crack, PCP, Heroin in Berkeley County, West Virginia Captured, Plead Guilty

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Three Berkeley County residents have admitted to their roles in a drug conspiracy that spanned several states, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced. Braheem Jamal Gilbert, of Martinsburg, West…

37-Year-Old Harrison County Constable Gave 17-Year-Old Girl Alcohol And Had Sex With Her in Ambulance

LEXINGTON, Ky. – A Kentucky man was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky to serve 420 months in prison for producing child [censored]ography. The investigation was…

U.S. Marshals Service Locates 27 Missing Children in Virginia

Alexandria, VA – The U.S. Marshals in the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia conducted a significant five-day law enforcement effort, dubbed “Operation Find Our Children,” throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia that resulted…

Feds Announce Indictments From Philadelphia’s Last Round of Riots, Looting as New Wave Heats Up

PHILADELPHIA, PA – The City of Philadelphia has ordered its city police officers not to arrest looters and protesters during the most recent uprising in the City of Brotherly Love. Today, the…

Feds: University of Michigan Professor Transported Young Girl for Sex

DETROIT, MI – An indictment was unsealed today charging a former University of Michigan professor with two counts of transporting a minor girl across state lines with the intent to engage in…

Alaska White Supremacist Group Charged with Kidnapping, Assault, Drug Dealing, Murder

Anchorage, Alaska – U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that additional charges have been brought in a superseding indictment against members and associates of a white supremacist gang known as the 1488s. The…

Corpus Christi Teacher Sent Pictures of His Genitals to Teenage Girl

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A former Southeast Texas elementary teacher pleaded guilty Thursday to transferring obscene materials to a minor. This investigation was conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland…

57 Arrested During Statewide Crime Blitz in Delaware

North Wilmington and New Castle – A multi-agency operation conducted on Thursday, October 22, 2020, at targeted locations in the North Wilmington, Claymont, and New Castle areas has resulted in the arrests of…

Jacksonville Man Gets 20 Years for Taking Naked Photos of Young Child

Jacksonville, Florida – U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan today sentenced Lonnie Lawrence Mercer, Jr. (42, Jacksonville) to 20 years in federal prison, and a 15-year term of supervised release, for possessing…

Mobile Area Drug Ring Bust Nets 48 Arrests by DEA

United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama joined Mobile Police Chief Lawrence L. Battiste, Mobile County Sheriff Sam Cochran, DEA Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley,…

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