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PITTSBURGH, PA – A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal narcotics and gun laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced …

NEW YORK – Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that RICHARD SCHIRRIPA pled guilty to making materially false statements to officers …

PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND – A Dominican national deported in August 2016 to his native Dominican Republic after having been arrested twice for drug trafficking, and who later re-entered the United …

NEW YORK, NY – A third superseding indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging 11 members and associates of the violent New York City-based street gang known …

BERNARDSTON, MA – Her cute little heart-shaped cocaine holder was not enough to get her off on multiple drug trafficking charges after Massachusetts State Police initiated a traffic stop. According …

NEW BEDFORD, MA – Massachusetts State Police Officers operating in the New Bedford area on Tuesday busted two out-of-towners who were just passing through to sell their drugs.  Officers became …

AKRON, OH –  Members of Akron Police Department’s Anti-Violence Bureau, assisted by SWAT, conducted two search warrants yesterday morning and made multiple arrests, after an extensive, ongoing investigation. The first …

JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA – U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan has sentenced Levi Ta’shae Goodman (33, Jacksonville) to 10 years in federal prison for selling drugs and possessing a firearm in …

BOSTON, MASS  – The former Second-in-Command, or Cacique, of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (“Latin Kings”) pleaded guilty today to racketeering charges. Angel Roldan, a/k/a “King Big …

DAYTONA BEACH, FL – Five people are facing numerous charges after the Daytona Beach Police Department (DBPD) investigated a weapons complaint at a U.S. 1/ Ridgewood Avenue motel, finding a …

BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT – As part of an ongoing investigation into gang-related drug trafficking and related violence in Bridgeport, a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned a superseding indictment …

ORLANDO, FLORIDA – Matthew Zachariah Humphrey (26, Daytona Beach) has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and possessing a firearm in furtherance of that offense. He faces a …

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA – Acting United States Attorney John Childress announced today that Thomas Lee Goliday, 49, of Indianapolis, Indiana, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison by U.S. District …

ROANOKE, VIRGINIA – Ana Bella Sanchez-Rios, the former owner and operator of a Martinsville business used to launder more than $4.3 million in profits for an international drug cartel, was …

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – U.S. Attorney Bill Powell, of the Northern District of West Virginia, has announced his resignation effective midnight on February 28, 2021. Powell, a graduate of Salem …

RALEIGH, N.C. – A Henderson man was sentenced last week to 144 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin. According to court documents, …

BOSTON, MASS – A Natick man was charged in a superseding indictment today in connection with fentanyl trafficking resulting in the death of a 24-year old woman in Natick in …

MADISON, WIS. – Scott C. Blader, the United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin has announced he will be resigning as U.S. Attorney effective 11:59 pm, February 26, …

RALEIGH, N.C. – Yakim Paige of Elizabeth City was sentenced today to 90 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of a mixture containing …

SPOKANE, WASHINGTON – United States Attorney William D. Hyslop, of Spokane, Washington, announced today he will resign his position effective midnight February 28, 2021. Yesterday, the Acting Attorney General conveyed …

SPOKANE, WASHINGTON  – William D. Hyslop, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Todd Earl Bridges, age 38, a resident of Spokane, Washington, was sentenced today …

NEWARK, N.J. – A federal grand jury today indicted an Essex County, New Jersey, man for narcotics offenses for operating a large-scale heroin mill out of his apartment, Acting U.S. …

PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND – A Dominican national previously convicted in Massachusetts on drug trafficking charges and for illegally entering the United States was sentenced on Thursday in U.S. District Court …

BOSTON, MASS – A Lawrence man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for fentanyl conspiracy and unlawful possession of firearms, including an AR-15 rifle. Ariel Pagan-Romero, 31, was …

BEDMINSTER TOWNSHIP, PA – Sometimes when you pull the handle on a slot machine, you just get lucky and thankfully for the Lehigh Valley area, the Bedminster Police Department did …