Man Pleads Guilty for Violating Federal Controlled Substances Act

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on June 30, 2021, that YRIAN DEVORE “DEVORE”, age 48, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana pled guilty to count five…

Man Pleads Guilty to Violating Federal Controlled Substances Act

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on Wednesday June 30, 2021, JEFFREY GITTE, age 24, a resident of New York, pled guilty to two counts of the…

Houston Man Pleads Guilty to Violating the Federal Controlled Substances Act

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – RAYMOND ZEPEDA age 48, of Houston, Texas, pleaded guilty on June 29, 2021 before the Honorable Jay C. Zainey to an indictment charging him with violating the Federal…

Texas Man Pleads Guilty to a Violation of the Federal Controlled Substances Act

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA –GUSTAVO BALDERAS, age 34, a resident of Texas, pled guilty on June 30, 2021 before United States District Court Judge Martin L. C. Feldman to a one-count superseding bill…

Tampa Woman Sentenced To Twenty Years For Distribution Of Heroin And Fentanyl Resulting In Death

Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber has sentenced Leslie Pagan (40, Tampa) to 20 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute heroin and fentanyl and distribution of heroin…

Las Vegas man indicted for distributing fentanyl resulting in death

LAS VEGAS – A Las Vegas man was indicted by a federal grand jury Monday for distributing fentanyl that caused the death of another person. The multi-agency effort, led by U.S. Immigration…

Man admits meth trafficking in Great Falls, role in crime spree of stolen ATVs

GREAT FALLS – A Florida man today admitted trafficking methamphetamine in Great Falls and transporting stolen property after he was arrested in Missouri driving a truck and pulling a stolen trailer loaded…

Essex Man Please Guilty To Crack Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy

Baltimore, Maryland – Joel William Hammond, age 35, of Essex, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute at least 28 grams of cocaine base. The…

Former Exeter Hospital Employee’s Request for Compassionate Release From 39-Year Sentence Denied

CONCORD – A federal judge today rejected an effort by David M. Kwiatkowski, 41, to obtain compassionate release, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today. Kwiatkowski, 41, a…

Meth trafficker sentenced to 12 years in prison in Billings conspiracy

MISSOULA – A man convicted in a methamphetamine conspiracy in which he helped bring the drug to Billings for distribution was sentenced today to 12 years in prison to be followed by…

Two Narcotic Interdictions Net Over $400K Worth of Marijuana

RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents, interdict two drug smuggling attempts in Rio Grande City, Texas within an hour. Yesterday afternoon, Rio Grande City Border…

Luzerne County Man Sentenced To 120 Months’ Imprisonment For Conspiracy To Possess And Distribute Methamphetamine

SCRANTON—The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Wilver Veras, a/k/a “Gavi,” age 31, of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 120 months’ imprisonment to be followed by…

Plaquemines Parish Man Indicted for Violations of The Federal Controlled Substances and Gun Control Acts

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – ERIC METZ, age 38, a resident of Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, was charged June 24, 2021 in a three-count indictment by a Federal Grand Jury with possession with intent…

Sixty Defendants Charged in Nationwide Takedown of Sinaloa Cartel Methamphetamine Network

For more information contact: Assistant U. S. Attorney Matthew J. Sutton (619) 546-8941, Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicole Bredariol (619) 546-8419, and Assistant U. S. Attorney Amy B. Wang (619) 546-6968 Click…

McKean County Man Pleads Guilty to Purchasing Meth on the Dark Web for Distribution

ERIE, Pa. – A resident of Kane, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal drug laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today. Michael Carter,…

Mexican National Sentenced to 15 Years for Methamphetamine Trafficking

RALEIGH, N.C. – A Mexican national was sentenced today to 180 months in prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. According to court documents and information…

Meriden Man Admits Trafficking Heroin from Bridgeport Markets

Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that EDDY ANTONIO TORRES MOREL, 50, of Meriden, pleaded guilty yesterday to one count of conspiracy to possess…

Jackson Man Pleads Guilty to Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine

Jackson, Miss. – A Jackson man pled guilty today to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Michelle A. Sutphin, Special Agent in Charge of…

Honduran National Extradited to Eastern District of Texas Sentenced for Conspiracy to Import Cocaine into the United States

SHERMAN, Texas – A Honduran man was sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today. Oscar Ruiz Colon,…

Border Patrol Agents Seize Meth at Checkpoint

SALTON CITY, Calif. — El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents arrested two individuals attempting to smuggle 46.76 pounds of methamphetamine with an estimated value of $128,590 through an immigration checkpoint Sunday evening. Agents…

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