Buffalo Felon Pleads Guilty To Drug And Gun Charges, His Girlfriend Admits Lying To Authorities

CONTACT: Barbara BurnsPHONE: (716) 843-5817FAX #: (716) 551-3051 BUFFALO, NY—U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Frankie Cook, 28, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to possession with…

April 26, 2022

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Six Arrested for Trafficking Methamphetamine and Heroin in Bakersfield

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FRESNO, Calif. — Six people were arrested in Kern County today following a year-long investigation of a Bakersfield-based drug trafficking organization that distributed methamphetamine and heroin, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.…

April 26, 2022

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San Fernando Valley Man Indicted on Federal Charges Alleging He Sold Pound Quantities of Meth and Dozens of ‘Ghost Guns’

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LOS ANGELES – A federal grand jury today charged a San Fernando Valley man with selling a total of nearly 16 pounds of methamphetamine and 89 firearms, including dozens of “ghost…

April 26, 2022

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Boston Area Fentanyl and Cocaine Supplier Sentenced to Over Seven Years in Prison in Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

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BOSTON – A Boston-based fentanyl and cocaine supplier was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy. Jose Perez Felix, a/k/a “Eugenio Piedraita-Rivera,” “Roberto Patricio Ramirez,” “Grande,”…

April 26, 2022

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Southern Oregon Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Assaulting Bureau of Land Management Employee with a Deadly Weapon

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MEDFORD, Ore.—A southern Oregon man was sentenced to federal prison today for assaulting a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) employee with a deadly weapon while the employee was taking photos of a…

April 26, 2022

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Middletown Woman Pleads Guilty to Failure to Pay Over Tax

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WILMINGTON, Del. – David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that a Delaware woman pleaded guilty today in federal court to failure to account for and pay over…

April 26, 2022

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New York Man and Woman Sentenced for Sex Trafficking of Minors

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NORFOLK, Va. – A New York woman was sentenced today to 76 months in prison for sex trafficking of a minor. Her co-defendant, also from New York, was previously sentenced to 30…

April 26, 2022

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Michigan Man Arrested For Federal Kidnapping, Firearms, And Drug Trafficking Charges

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Michael Harris, 35, was arrested Sunday, April 24, 2022, in Knoxville, Tennessee by agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Knoxville Police Department (KPD), and…

April 26, 2022

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Maywood Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Attempted Enticement of a Minor

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BENTON, Ill. – Antonio Ferto-Castorena, 31, of Maywood, Illinois, was sentenced on Thursday, April 21, 2022, to a total of 168 months in prison after pleading guilty for arranging to have sex with…

April 26, 2022

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Pennsylvania man sentenced for drug trafficking charge

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WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – John Ross Lawrence, of Wind Ridge, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to 70 months of incarceration for a drug a charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Lawrence, 32,…

April 26, 2022

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DOJ Paralegal Convicted of Witness Retaliation and Obstruction of Justice-Related Crimes

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Earlier today, following a one-week trial, a federal jury in Brooklyn returned a guilty verdict against Tawanna Hilliard, the mother of a 5-9 Brims gang member, on charges of witness retaliation, conspiracy…

April 26, 2022

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Federal Jury Returns Guilty Verdict Against Drug Trafficker With Ice Chest With Hidden Compartment

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MOBILE, AL – After a two-day trial in United States District Court in Mobile, a federal jury on Wednesday, April 21, announced a guilty verdict against a man stopped on I-10 in…

April 26, 2022

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Semmes Man with Prior Robbery Conviction Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Illegally Possessing Firearm

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MOBILE, AL – A Semmes man was sentenced to seven years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. According to court documents, Noah Jones, 23, was arrested by…

April 26, 2022

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Summerdale Woman Sentenced to Ten Years for Trafficking Methamphetamine

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MOBILE, AL – On April 25, 2022, United States District Court Chief Judge Jeffrey U. Beaverstock sentenced Esmeralda Vidana to ten years imprisonment for methamphetamine trafficking. According to court documents during an…

April 26, 2022

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Defendant Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Distributing Narcotics that Caused Multiple Fatal Overdoses

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Earlier today, at the federal court in Brooklyn, Angelina Barini was sentenced by United States District Judge Brian M. Cogan to 30 years’ imprisonment for distributing narcotics and causing the deaths of…

April 26, 2022

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Knox County Man Sentenced to 120 Months for Armed Methamphetamine Trafficking

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LONDON, Ky. — A Barboursville, Ky., man, David E. Hamblin, 37, was sentenced to __ months in federal prison on Tuesday, by U.S. District Judge Claria Horn Boom, after pleading guilty to…

April 26, 2022

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Jamaican Wedding Trip Lands Felon Back in Prison

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PITTSBURGH – A former resident of Pittsburgh’s Hazelwood neighborhood and current resident of the suburb of Penn Hills, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 24 months in prison for violating…

April 26, 2022

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“Captain” of Mexican Mafia in Laredo convicted

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LAREDO, Texas – A 49-year-old Laredo resident has entered a guilty plea to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and by an unlawful user or addict of narcotics, announced U.S.…

April 26, 2022

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Arlington Man Sentenced for East Texas Health Care Fraud Scheme

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TEXARKANA, Texas – An Arlington man has been sentenced to federal prison for his role in a health care fraud scheme in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston. …

April 26, 2022

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South Florida International Firearms Smuggler Sentenced to Almost 20 Years in Federal Prison

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Miami, Florida – A Delray Beach, Florida man who fueled an international firearms smuggling ring with guns he illegally purchased at South Florida gun shows through straw buyers has been sentenced to…

April 26, 2022

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