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Memphis Man Sentenced to 17 Years in Federal Prison

DOJ PressJune 24, 20220

Memphis, TN – Demario Davis, 35, of Memphis has been sentenced to 204 months in federal prison for distribution of heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl. Joseph C. Murphy, Jr., United States Attorney, announced the sentence today. According to information presented in court, on February 12, 2018, members of the Memphis Police Department’s – Organized Crime Unit responded to an overdose that occurred at a hotel room on Madison Avenue. Davis was identified as the source of these narcotics. In December 2019, a federal grand jury returned a six-count indictment against Davis, charging violations including possession with intent to distribute heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl. The defendant pled

Cumberland Police Blotter: June 17, 2022

Charlie DwyerJune 18, 20220

CUMBERLAND, MD – The following incidents were reported by the Cumberland Police Department on June 17, 2022. These incidents do not reflect all calls for service on that date by the Cumberland Police Department. CDS ARREST On Thursday, June 16, 2022, at approximately 7:40 AM, officers of the Cumberland Police Department responded to a residence in the 200 block of Decatur Street for the report of people in the apartment that were not allowed to be there. Upon arrival, police contacted Kelly Sinclair who advised that she had permission to be there. While speaking with Sinclair, an officer observed a

Hot Springs Man Sentenced to Over 17 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking and Firearms Possession

DOJ PressJune 17, 20220

HOT SPRINGS – A Hot Springs man was sentenced today to a total of 211 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and one count of Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Offense. The Honorable Chief Judge Susan O. Hickey presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Hot Springs. In June of 2019, agents with the Arkansas State Police and detectives from the 18th East Judicial Drug Task Force began an investigation into Antone Nicklaus Costa, age 42,

Armed Pitt County Drug Trafficker Sentenced to More than 17 Years

DOJ PressJune 16, 20220

WILMINGTON, N.C. – Alterick Wallisima Boyd of Winterville, NC, was sentenced today to 210 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine, 280 grams or more of cocaine base (crack), 40 grams or more of fentanyl, and 50 grams or more of a mixture containing methamphetamine; and distribution of 28 grams or more of cocaine base (crack). On February 16, 2021, Boyd entered a plea of guilty to the charges. “Working with law enforcement at every level to stop the trafficking of dangerous and illegal drugs in our

St. Louis man sentenced to 17 years in prison for distributing fatal fentanyl dose

DOJ PressJune 14, 20220

ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge John A. Ross on Tuesday sentenced a St. Louis man who sold a fatal dose of fentanyl to 17 years in prison. On March 6, 2020, Markquis Bryant sold fentanyl to a Florissant man who was found dead early the next morning in his home by his father. Florissant police officers determined the fentanyl came from Bryant, and then conducted an undercover operation in which fentanyl was purchased from Bryant at his home in the 5300 block of Queens Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri. During the execution of a federal search warrant on March

Leader of $9 Million Scheme to Defraud Prescription Drug Coupon Programs Sentenced to Over 17 Years in Federal Prison

DOJ PressJune 1, 20220

Miami, Florida – Today, William Clero, 45, a resident of Miami, Florida, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge K. Michael Moore to 210 months in prison. Clero had previously pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud stemming from his role as the leader in a $9 million scheme to defraud prescription drug cost-savings (coupon) programs offered by pharmaceutical manufacturers to reduce the cost of prescription drugs for consumers. Clero’s co-defendant, Cesar Armando Perez Amador, 52, a resident of Miami, Florida, was sentenced to 87 months in prison for his role in the scheme.

Baltimore City Defendant Malik Evans Sentenced to 17 Years in Federal Prison for Conspiracy to Participate in Racketeering Activity Involving Carjacking

DOJ PressJune 1, 20220

Baltimore, Maryland – Yesterday U.S. District Judge Stephanie A. Gallagher sentenced Malik Evans, age 25, of Baltimore City, Maryland to 17 years in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity involving carjacking. The sentence was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek L. Barron; Special Agent in Charge Toni M. Crosby of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Baltimore Field Division; and Commissioner Michael Harrison of the Baltimore Police Department. “Malik Evans participated in a violent carjacking crew that committed a series of violent

Hillsborough County Man Sentenced To 17 Years In Federal Prison For Distributing And Possessing Child Sexual Abuse Materials And Ordered To Pay Victims Over $100,000 In Restitution

DOJ PressMay 20, 20220

Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge William Jung has sentenced Andres Ivan Leyva Sabina (51, Tampa) to 17 years in federal prison for distributing and possessing images and videos depicting children being sexually abused. The court also ordered Sabina to pay more than $100,000 in restitution to child victims, serve a 10-year term of supervised release, and register as a sex offender. Sabina had pleaded guilty on January 12, 2022. According to court documents, on several occasions in September 2018, Sabina used a social media application and the internet to distribute images depicting children being forced to engage in sexually

Canada’s Telus to invest $17 billion in Alberta on network infrastructure

ReutersMay 17, 20220

(Reuters) – Telus Corp said on Tuesday it would invest $17 billion in network infrastructure, operations and spectrum across Canada’s Alberta over the next four years as the telecoms company seeks to expand its wireless networks. Telus, one of Canada’s largest telecoms company, has also committed to invest $70 billion overall across Canada by 2026. The company said the expansion is expected to add 8,000 jobs in Alberta, it added. With increasing competition, telecom companies are accelerating the development of networks in rural areas of Canada and expanding their coverage to enter markets that have few providers. Telus Corp’s investment

Mexican national sentenced to 17 years in prison for methamphetamine possession

DOJ PressMay 12, 20220

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Severano Ceballos Martinez, 45, of Copaco, Sinaloa, Mexico, was sentenced in federal court today to 17 years and six months in prison for possession with intent to distribute 500 grams and more of methamphetamine. Martinez pleaded guilty on Nov. 3, 2021. According to the plea agreement and other court records, on April 7, 2021, Martinez agreed to deliver five pounds of methamphetamine and 1,000 fentanyl pills to an apartment in Albuquerque. After Martinez arrived at the apartment, agents from the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) placed Martinez under arrest. A search of Martinez’s vehicle

California Man Sentenced to Over 17 Years for Drug Trafficking

DOJ PressMay 11, 20220

NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ALLEN EDGERSON, age 44, of Moreno Valley, California, was sentenced to over 17 years today for methamphetamine trafficking. EDGERSON pled guilty on July 7, 2021, to conspiring to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and 500 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A), and 846. According to court documents, EDGERSON sold methamphetamine in large quantities, quoting customers prices for up to 20 pounds of

South Texas man sentenced for smuggling 17 kilos of meth

DOJ PressMay 3, 20220

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 55-year-old Ennis resident has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of possession with the intent to distribute kilograms of meth, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Enrique Perez pleaded guilty Feb. 8. Today, U.S. District Judge Drew B. Tipton ordered Perez to serve 120 months in federal prison to be immediately followed by five years of supervised release. On Dec. 1, 2021, Perez arrived at the Javier Vega Jr. Border Patrol (BP) checkpoint driving a maroon Chrysler sedan. Authorities believed he was carrying illegal narcotics and referred him to secondary inspection. There, they

Nigerian citizen pleads guilty to COVID-19 unemployment fraud on Washington and 17 other states

DOJ PressMay 3, 20220

Tacoma – A 45-year-old resident of Lekki, Nigeria, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft for using stolen identities to claim hundreds of thousands of dollars in pandemic-related unemployment benefits, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Abidemi Rufai has been in custody since his arrest at New York’s JFK airport in May 2021. At the time of his arrest, Rufai was the Special Assistant to the Governor of Nigeria’s Ogun State. According to the plea agreement, since 2017, Rufai unlawfully obtained the personal identifying information for more than 20,000 Americans to submit

El Paso Area CBP Officers Seize Narcotics and Arrest 17 Fugitives

US Border PatrolApril 29, 20220

EL PASO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at El Paso area ports of entry seized cocaine and methamphetamine with an estimated street value of over $210,000 and arrested 17 fugitives over the last week. Cocaine load. “The work performed by our CBP officers continues to enhance the safety of our community and our country,” said CBP El Paso Director Field Operations Hector A. Mancha. “Our priority mission is homeland security however the inspections we perform uncover a wide variety of violations on a daily basis.” On April 22, CBP officers working in El Paso intercepted narcotics

Bridgeport Gang Member Involved in Multiple Shootings Sentenced to More Than 17 Years in Prison

DOJ PressApril 22, 20220

UNDREA KIRKLAND, also known as “Spooda,” 25, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 210 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his involvement in multiple shootings and related gang activity. Today’s announcement was made by Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut; Joseph T. Corradino, State’s Attorney for the Fairfield Judicial District; Bridgeport Acting Police Chief Rebeca Garcia; James Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge, ATF Boston Field Division; David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal

Abingdon Man to Serve More Than 17 Years for Trafficking Methamphetamine

DOJ PressApril 21, 20220

ABINGDON, Va. – Ralph Allen Phillips, Jr., 62, was sentenced today to 210 months in federal prison for possessing with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. According to court documents, law enforcement officials executed several controlled purchases of methamphetamine from Phillips in early 2021. While executing a search warrant of Phillips’s residence, federal agents found approximately one pound of methamphetamine in his bedroom safe along with nearly $40,000 in cash, some of which bore the same serial numbers as cash used during the controlled purchases. Elsewhere, agents found a loaded 9 mm handgun, several thousand dollars

Warrenton Man Sentenced to 17 Years in Federal Prison for Sexually Exploiting Children Online

DOJ PressApril 18, 20220

PORTLAND, Ore.—A Warrenton, Oregon man was sentenced to 17 years in federal prison today for sexually exploiting at least two children he met online. Kirk Richard Cazee, 60, was sentenced to 204 months in federal prison followed by a 99-year term of supervised release. According to court documents, in 2010, the Oregon Department of Justice received a tip that child [censored]ography was being exchanged with an email address later determined to belong to Cazee. After obtaining a search warrant for the email account, investigators located emails wherein Cazee pretended to be a teenage boy or young adult to manipulate and

Extradited Colombian National Sentenced To 17 Years In Federal Prison For International Drug Trafficking

DOJ PressApril 13, 20220

Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore has sentenced Oscar Marsiglia Barrios (54, Colombia) to 17 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute cocaine knowing and intending that it be imported into the United States. Marsiglia Barrios had pleaded guilty on January 12, 2022. Marsiglia Barrios had been arrested in Colombia in August 2019 and extradited to the United States in March 2021. According to court documents, beginning around February 2015 and continuing until October 26, 2017, Marsiglia Barrios was part of a transnational criminal conspiracy that transported cocaine from Colombia to the United States. Marsiglia Barrios

East St. Louis Man Sentenced to 17 Years in Prison for Distribution of Methamphetamine and Money Laundering

DOJ PressApril 11, 20220

BENTON, Ill. – Martin Cooper, 31, of East St. Louis, Illinois, was sentenced to 210 months in prison on Thursday, April 7, 2022, for his role in a Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine and Money Laundering. The offenses occurred in St. Clair County and throughout the Southern District of Illinois. Cooper pleaded guilty to both charges in October 2021. The United States Postal Inspection Service initiated an investigation in January 2019, after noticing numerous suspicious packages being sent to and from addresses in East St. Louis, Illinois, and Phoenix, Arizona. During the investigation, agents learned that Jose Angulo shipped packages containing methamphetamine to the East St. Louis

Sex Trafficking Conspiracy Leader Sentenced to 17 Years in Federal Prison

DOJ PressApril 8, 20220

Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Joshua Lankford a/k/a “20-20”, a/k/a “Light Bright”, a/k/a “Yellow”, age 33, of Federalsburg, Maryland, to 17 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for kidnapping in relation to a sex trafficking conspiracy. The sentence was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek L. Barron; Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division; Special Agent in Charge James R. Mancuso of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Baltimore; Colonel Woodrow W. Jones III, Superintendent of the Maryland State Police; Chief

“M30 King of Fresno” and 17 Members of His Drug Trafficking Ring Charged with Federal Offenses Following Investigation into a String of Overdoses

DOJ PressApril 1, 20220

FRESNO, Calif. — U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Tatum King announced the results of an investigation into fentanyl-related overdoses in the Fresno area, which resulted in charges against of a total of 18 drug traffickers, charging them with trafficking fentanyl powder, fentanyl pills, cocaine, and methamphetamine. “Many of the deaths and near deaths in drug overdoses are caused by counterfeit pills that look like prescription pills, but are not and actually contain fentanyl. The user may be unaware that the pills contain fentanyl and can be deadly,” said U.S. Attorney Talbert. “The charges

Nashville Man Sentenced To 17 Years In Federal Prison In Case That Left Child With Gunshot Wound To The Head

DOJ PressMarch 25, 20220

NASHVILLE – Kedrick Ross, 29, of Nashville, was sentenced yesterday to 17 years in federal prison for drug distribution and firearms charges, announced U.S. Attorney Mark H. Wildasin for the Middle District of Tennessee. Ross was charged in 2019 with three counts of being a convicted felon in possession of firearms; three counts of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug crime; possession with intent to distribute marijuana, methamphetamine and Xanax, within 1,000 feet of an educational institution; possession with intent to distribute marijuana and methamphetamine, within 1,000 feet of a public housing complex; possession with intent to

Defendant Sentenced to 17 Years in Prison for Attempting to Murder United States Government Informant

DOJ PressMarch 23, 20220

Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Luis Taveras was sentenced by United States District Judge Kiyo A. Matsumoto to 17 years’ imprisonment for attempting to commit obstruction-of-justice murder. Taveras pleaded guilty to the charge in January 2020. Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York; Ricky J. Patel, Acting Special Agent-in-Charge, Homeland Security Investigations, New York (HSI); Tim Foley, Acting Special Agent-in-Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division (DEA); Keechant L. Sewell, Commissioner, New York City Police Department (NYPD); and Kevin P. Bruen, Superintendent, New York State Police (NYSP), announced the sentence. “The defendant

Gang Leader Sentenced To Over 17 Years In Prison For Drug And Gun Offenses

DOJ PressMarch 22, 20220

Tampa, Florida – United States District Judge Thomas P. Barber today sentenced Keon Moore (30, Tampa) to 17 years and 6 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm or ammunition as a convicted felon and possessing controlled substances with the intent to distribute them. Moore had been indicted on June 4, 2020. A jury found him guilty on October 21, 2021. According to testimony and evidence presented during sentencing and the four-day trial, Moore is a convicted felon and a high-ranking member of Money Power Respect (MPR)—a violent and rapidly growing prison and street gang that operates throughout the

SFPD to Conduct DUI Saturation Patrols on March 17, 2022 22-037

Your NewsMarch 17, 20220

The San Francisco Police Department’s Traffic Unit will be conducting DUI saturation patrols this Thursday, March 17th, 2022, between the hours of 7:00 P.M. and 3:00 A.M. Research shows that crashes involving an impaired driver can be reduced by up to 20 percent when well-publicized DUI checkpoints and proactive DUI patrols are conducted routinely. Officers will be looking for signs of alcohol and/or drug impairment. When possible, specially trained officers will be available to evaluate those suspected of drug-impaired driving. Recent statistics reveal that 30 percent of drivers in fatal crashes had one or more drugs in their systems. A study