Two Human Traffickers Heading to prison after leaving Illegal aliens in 100 degree trailer

LAREDO, TEXAS – A 28-year-old Laredoan has been ordered to federal prison for conspiring to transport illegal aliens, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Jose Maria Ramirez pleaded guilty Nov. 24,…

Teen riding bike killed in Pembroke traffic crash

PEMBROOK PINES, FL – On Monday, May 10, 2021, members of the Pembroke Pines Police and Fire Departments responded to a traffic crash at the 15800 block of Pines Boulevard involving a…

Camdenton Man Sentenced to 12 Years for Meth trafficking

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Camdenton, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine in southwest Missouri. Stephan D. Samons, 31,…

Investigation into White Supremacists and Drug Traffickers Yields Guilty Pleas

TYLER, TEXAS – One member of the Aryan Circle (AC) pleaded guilty today to his role in a violent assault of a man in October 2016, as well as conspiring to sell…

Camden couple sentenced to prison for gun trafficking

CAMDEN, N.J. – A convicted felon and his girlfriend were sentenced today to prison for their roles in a scheme to buy firearms in Georgia and transport them to New Jersey for…

Three dead after human trafficking ship breaks apart on California reef

SAN DIEGO — An attempt to smuggle more than 30 people into the United States along the coast of San Diego Sunday turned deadly after the smuggling boat broke apart along a reef…

Mexican human trafficker pleads guilty after caught smuggling dead body

CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS – A 34-year-old undocumented immigrant residing in Austin has entered a guilty plea to conspiring to transport other non-citizens, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Lucio Magana Aguilar…

New York Man Sentenced for Crack Cocaine Trafficking

BANGOR, MAINE – A Bronx, New York man was sentenced today in federal court for possessing cocaine base, aka crack cocaine, with intent to distribute, Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced.…

Lewiston meth, heroin trafficker gets 26 years in federal prison

COEUR D’ALENE, ID – Christopher William Bounds, 38, of Lind, Washington, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 322 months in federal prison, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael M. Gonzalez, Jr. announced today.…

California Man Charged with Trafficking More Than Four Kilos of Fentanyl

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A California man was charged in federal court today with transporting more than four kilograms of fentanyl from Los Angeles, California, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, aboard a bus that…

Salem Man Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Over Four Kilos of Fentanyl Pills

BOSTON – A Salem man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with conspiring to distribute large amounts of fentanyl. Jose Esmerlin Diaz, 36, of Salem, pleaded guilty to…

New York Man Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Exotic African Cats

WASHINGTON – A New York man pleaded guilty today to violating the Lacey Act and the U.S. Animal Welfare Act based on his trafficking of African wild cats in interstate commerce. According…

Traffic crash in Port St. Lucie turned into road-raged stabbing incident

PORT ST. LUCIE, FL – Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Port St. Lucie man Wednesday night after he caused a minor vehicle crash that escalated into a fight, which led to the victim…

Human trafficking operations disrupted in Texas

EDINBURG, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) disrupted alien smuggling cases. On Tuesday afternoon, RGV agents received information of a suspected stash house located in…

Manchester Man Sentenced to 144 Months for Drug Trafficking and Firearms Crimes

CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE – Justin McInnes, 32, of Manchester, was sentenced to 144 months in federal prison on Tuesday for unlawful possession of a firearm, possessing a…

Border agents stop two adults from entering U.S. with children who weren’t their own

YUMA, Ariz. – Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents identified two fraudulent family units while processing different events over the weekend. An eight-year-old girl who illegally entered the United States with a 36-year-old…

Verona Teen Sentenced to Prison for Role in DS44 Gang’s Drug Trafficking

PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA — A resident of Verona, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to 15 months of imprisonment followed by two years of supervised released on his conviction of conspiracy to…

Brooklyn Center Game Stop Looted after Police Shoot and Kill Duante Wright

BROOKLYN CENTER, MN – Riots are once again on the agenda in Brooklyn Center, a suburb of Minneapolis after police shot a man who fled a traffic stop killing him. Duante Wright…

7 Arrested in New York for kidnapping, cocaine trafficking

NEW YORK – Audrey Strauss, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Raymond P. Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the U.S. Drug…

60 Illegals caught, human trafficking tractor-trailer jackknifed on US-59

EDINBURG, Texas – On Tuesday, Rio Grande Valley (RGV) Sector Border Patrol agents discovered the illegal aliens in two tractor-trailer human smuggling events. Yesterday morning, Corpus Christi (CCT) Border Patrol Station agents…

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