Mexican drug trafficker, illegal alien gets 17 years for dealing meth in Tennessee

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – On November 30, 2020, Jairo Cruz-Rico, 37, a Citizen of Mexico, was sentenced to 210 months (17.5 years) in a federal prison by Senior United States District Court Judge…

Six Defendants Indicted for Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme

LONG ISLAND, NY – Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, an indictment was unsealed charging Ibrahim Aksakal, Indicted Co-conspirator #1, Enes Burak Cakiroglu and Sarah Kaplan with conspiring to…

Tulsa man who ran Mexican drug cartel operation in U.S. gets 10 years in prison

TULSA, OK – A Tulsa man was sentenced today in federal court for his role in a heroin trafficking operation with ties to Mexico’s New Generation Cartel, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.…

McAllen woman gets 5 years on Drug Charge

McALLEN, TEXAS – A 29-year-old resident of Rio Grande City has been ordered to federal prison following her conviction of importing 59 kilograms of meth, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Alma…

Feds Say Owner of India-Based Call Centers Scammed U.S. Victims out of Millions of Dollars

DALLAS, TX – An Indian national was sentenced today to 20 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release in the Southern District of Texas for his role in operating…

Recording Artist Kintea McKenzie Sentenced To 4½ Years In Prison In Connection With 2018 Shooting In Times Square

NEW YORK, NY – Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that KINTEA MCKENZIE, a/k/a “Kooda B,” was sentenced to 54 months in prison…

Massive Mexican Cartel Shipment of Cash, Cocaine and Ammo Intercepted in San Diego

SAN DIEGO – Three Mexican nationals suspected of trafficking huge quantities of illicit drugs for the Sinaloa Cartel were charged in federal court today in connection with what is believed to be…

Duval Man Sexually Assaulted Infant, Shared Photos to Others on Social Media

Jacksonville, Florida – U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan has sentenced Harlon David Prater (Jacksonville, 28) to 80 years in federal prison for producing photographs of his ongoing sexual assaults of an…

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Schenectady County Man Sentenced to 40 Years for Sexually Exploiting a Child

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Robert Kirk, age 37, of Schenectady, New York, was sentenced today to 40 years in prison for sexually exploiting a child, and distributing and possessing child [censored]ography. The…

Tennessee Man Who Served as Nazi Concentration Camp Guard Ordered to Leave America

WASHINGTON – The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) has dismissed the appeal of Tennessee resident Friedrich Karl Berger, a German citizen who was ordered removed from the United States earlier this year on…

Illegal Alien Caught Smuggling 2 Tons of Marijuana in Laredo, Texas Said Drug Cartel Held His Wife Hostage

LAREDO, Texas – A 33-year-old resident of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of conspiracy to import and importing more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana,…

Effingham County man sentenced to federal prison for distributing illegal drugs via U.S. Mail

SAVANNAH, GA – An Effingham County man has been sentenced to more than a decade in federal prison for a scheme to buy and sell illegal drugs online and through the U.S. Mail.…

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…

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…

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…

Drug Runners Caught Smuggling Cocaine Hidden Inside Banana Pulp

SYNDEY, AUS – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Canberra provided the Australian Border Force (ABF) with information that resulted in the seizure of 552 kilograms of cocaine…

Roebuck, SC Man Who Bought Teenage Sex Slave Charged with Human Trafficking

ROEBUCK, SC – The men who bought and sold a 19-year-old woman as a “sex slave” have been charged with human trafficking, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin…

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…

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