Illinois Man Sentenced To 12 Years In Federal Prison For Drug Trafficking

HOT SPRINGS. – An East St. Louis, Illinois man was sentenced yesterday to 144 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release on one count of Possession with Intent to…

Jake’s Fireworks Owner Guilty of Federal Drug Trafficking Violations

BEAUMONT, Texas – Two Jake’s Fireworks defendants, including the owner of the Nederland business, have pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit…

Convicted Knoxville Gang Leader Sentenced To Life Plus Ten Years For Drugs, Firearm, And Money Laundering Crimes

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. On January 12, 2022, Alim J. Turner, 23, of Knoxville, was sentenced to life plus ten years in prison, by the Honorable Thomas A. Varlan, in the United States District…

Buffalo Man Previously Convicted On Federal Drug Charge Arrested For Possessing Guns

CONTACT: Barbara Burns PHONE: (716) 843-5817 FAX #: (716) 551-3051 BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Nikita Burt, 38, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with being a…

Drug Dealer Sentenced to Eighty-Seven (87) Months in Federal Prison

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – On January 11, 2022, United States District Judge Susie Morgan sentenced COREY DUNN, age 49, to eighty-seven (87) months in the Bureau of Prisons for conspiracy to distribute…

Burlington Man Sentenced to Prison for Drug Conspiracy

DAVENPORT, IA – On January 12, 2022, a Burlington man was sentenced to prison for his involvement in a drug conspiracy dating back to 2001. Alphonso Edmond, Jr., age 43, was sentenced…

Shreveport Man Headed to Federal Prison for Illegal Possession of Drugs and a Firearm

SHREVEPORT, La. – United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that Antonio Lamont Ware, 44, of Shreveport, Louisiana, has been sentenced by Chief United States District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. to…

Five Members Of Pinellas County Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Charged And Arrested

Tampa, Florida –United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Jovante Raschod Thomas, a/k/a “Wood,” a/k/a “Tae” (40, Pinellas Park), Troy Lydell Mctier Jr. (29, St. Petersburg),…

Ringleader in prescription drug conspiracy sentenced to federal prison

SAVANNAH, GA: The leader of a conspiracy that used forged prescriptions to obtain and sell large amounts of highly addictive opioids has been sentenced to federal prison. Raheem Hardy, 29, of Decatur,…

Chiropractor Sentenced for Unlawful Distribution of Steroid-like Drugs

ABINGDON, Va. – A New Jersey chiropractor was sentenced to eight months of imprisonment for distributing steroid-like drugs as purported dietary supplements, the Department of Justice announced today. Nicholas Andrew Puccio, 41, of…

AMO, Law Enforcement Partners Intercept Vessel with over 1,400 Pounds of Cocaine near St. Croix

ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands— US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) agents, along with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), intercepted Sunday a vessel…

Louisville Man Sentenced to Over 14 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking

Jackson, Miss.- A Louisville, Mississippi man was sentenced to 175 months in prison for conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Vernon “Jeb”…

Jamestown Man Pleads Guilty To Multiple Drug Charges

CONTACT: Barbara Burns PHONE: (716) 843-5817 FAX #: (716) 551-3051 BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Jun N. Martinez, 28, of Jamestown, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John…

Former Sales Representative Admits Role in Compounding Prescription Drug Scheme

NEWARK, N.J. – A former sales representative today admitted his role in a scheme to defraud New Jersey state health benefits programs, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Scott Shekitka, 42, formerly…

Drug Trafficking Investigations Result in Federal Prison Sentences for Three Men

SHREVEPORT, La. – United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced the resolution of three cases involving the trafficking of illegal narcotics in the Western District of Louisiana. Two of these cases were…

Firearm And Drug Trafficking Charges Follow Apparent Road Rage Incident In San Francisco’S Tenderloin District

SAN FRANCISCO – Wilmer Arteaga appeared today in United States District Court to face federal charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm and for possession of more than 40…

Portland Area Drug Trafficker Indicted for Kidnapping and Murder of Washington State Man

PORTLAND, Ore.—A federal superseding indictment was unsealed today charging a Mexican National residing in Clackamas County, Oregon for his role in the 2019 kidnapping and murder of a Washington State man and…

New York Man Who Supplied Southeastern Connecticut Drug Trafficker with Cocaine is Sentenced

Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that GEOFFREY GORDON, 51, of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced today via videoconference by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden…

Boise Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking

BOISE – A Boise man was sentenced to 144 months in federal prison for possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. According to court records, Robert Lee Brittain, 54, of Boise,…

Massachusetts Man Sentenced to 60 Months for Drug Trafficking

CONCORD – Gianno Koeiman, 31, of Lawrence, Massachusetts was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for possession of fentanyl and cocaine with intent to distribute,…

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