St. Thomas Resident Sentenced for Possessing Marijuana

St. Thomas, USVI – United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that Tashawn T.A. Warner, 24, resident of St. Thomas, V.I., was sentenced to time served in prison for possession of…

St. Croix Woman Sentenced for Attempting to Smuggle Marijuana from Florida Through the Cyril E. King Airport

St. Thomas, USVI – U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced that Raquel Rivera, from St. Croix, was sentenced for the federal crime of possession with intent to distribute 6 kilograms of marijuana.…

North Carolina Man Convicted of Multi-State Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – A federal jury convicted an Edenton, North Carolina man yesterday on charges of conspiring with others to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine, possessing cocaine with the…

11 Central Ohio men convicted of conspiring to illegally smuggle hundreds of guns to Canada for profit

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Eleven defendants have been convicted and sentenced in a conspiracy to smuggle at least 200 firearms from Ohio to Canada for tens of thousands of dollars. Abdulwahab Sharif…

Harford County Narcotics Dealer Sentenced to Nine Years in Federal Prison for Participating in a Conspiracy to Sell Crack Cocaine

Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Reginald Leon Bolden, age 37, of Harford County, Maryland yesterday to nine years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised…

HSI contributes to multiagency Task Force to pursue transnational gang leader

WASHINGTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Acting Homeland Security Investigations Director, Steve Francis, joined Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, John J. Durham, Director…

Ten Defendants Indicted for Human Smuggling Operation

DEL RIO – Federal agents arrested the tenth and final defendant charged in an 11-count indictment involving human smuggling. The following are charged with one count of conspiracy to transport undocumented noncitizens: …

St. Thomas Man Convicted at Trial of Felon in Possession of a Firearm Sentenced to 33 Months in Federal Prison

St. Thomas, USVI – Leroy Henry, Jr., 30, of St. Thomas, was sentenced in District Court on one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, United States Attorney Gretchen…

Washington County Woman Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Dealing Drugs

PITTSBURGH – A former Washington County, PA resident has been sentenced in federal court to 10 years of imprisonment and 5 years of supervised release on her conviction for violating the federal…

Man Who Pointed Apparent Firearm at Police Officer Charged with Unlawfully Possessing a Firearm

The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Jeremiah Smith, 41, of Burlington, was charged today by criminal complaint with unlawfully possessing a firearm as a…

Federal Inmate Sentenced to 8 Additional Months in Prison for Conspiring to Distribute K2 Controlled Substances

PITTSBURGH – Paris Wilson was sentenced to 8 months in prison for conspiring to distribute K2 controlled substances (Schedule I synthetic cannabinoids) while serving a federal prison sentence in 2017, Acting United…

Texas Officials Have Arrested Over 8,500 Illegal Migrants Since Abbott Launched Operation Lone Star

Texas law enforcement officials have made more than 8,520 criminal arrests of illegal migrants since Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott launched Operation Lone Star in March, a Texas Department of Public Safety…

Kory Lee George Sentenced to Over Seven Years in Prison for Federal Firearms Offense

The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Kory Lee George, 33, of Bristol, Vermont, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Christina Reiss after his conviction…

Three Defendants Sentenced in the Western District of Louisiana

SHREVEPORT, La. – Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced the resolution of three cases today in the Western District of Louisiana. The cases sentenced today are as follows: Allen Jackson,…

Troy Man Pleads Guilty to Gun and Drug Charges

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Sherrod Johnson, aka “Rod,” age 28, of Troy, New York, pled guilty today to possessing heroin with intent to distribute it on two separate occasions in 2019 and…

Gangster Disciples Enforcer And Hitman Convicted Of RICO Murder, Killing Witness, And Other Violent Crimes

NASHVILLE – Following a two-week jury trial in U.S. District Court, a federal jury today convicted Brandon Durell Hardison, aka Creep, aka Creeper da Reeper, a member of the Gangster Disciples, of…

Two Men Plead Guilty to Roles in Multi-State Methamphetamine Conspiracy

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Two men who participated in a multi-state methamphetamine conspiracy entered guilty pleas in federal court. Dennis Deire Mosley, Jr., 35, of Akron, Ohio, and Frederick Clyde Waite, 49, of…

Leader of Wholesale Drug Distribution Network Pleads Guilty to Distributing Synthetic Cannabinoids and Laundering Millions in Proceeds

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A Los Angeles man pleaded guilty today to being the head of a conspiracy involving the distribution of wholesale quantities of synthetic cannabinoids—commonly known as “spice” or “K2”—and laundering…

“11 Hunnit” Gang Member Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison

PITTSBURGH, PA – A former resident of the Hill District neighborhood of the City of Pittsburgh, has been sentenced in federal court to 12 years (144 months) of incarceration followed by five…

St. Paul Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Distributing Meth, PCP, Cocaine, Heroin, Marijuana

MINNEAPOLIS – A St. Paul man was sentenced today to 180 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for his role in a multi-drug trafficking conspiracy. According to court…

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