NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – December 12, 2023 SAN DIEGO –Augusto Jean Carlo Castillo-Hernandez of Guatemala pleaded guilty in federal court today, admitting that he and his co-conspirators coordinated the smuggling…
EL PASO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Ysleta port of entry intercepted a combined 145 pounds of cocaine and methamphetamine in two separate failed…
Jacksonville, Florida –United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Jason Laquwan Callum (43, Jamestown, SC) and Rodney Leandro (49, Jacksonville, FL) have pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute cocaine.…
ORANGE COUNTY, NY — Shariff Gual, 38, of Deerpark, was sentenced to 10 years in state prison and five years of post-release supervision on December 6, 2023, for first-degree criminal…
EL PASO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at El Paso area ports of entry intercepted approximately 67 pounds of cocaine, 89 pounds of methamphetamine and multiple…
Seattle – Ten members of a South Puget Sound drug trafficking organization were indicted following a lengthy investigation that uncovered the trafficking of marijuana to East Coast locales, and the…
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 35-year-old man has been sentenced following his conviction for possession with intent to distribute a substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney…
LAREDO, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations officers at Roma Port of Entry seized a significant amount of cocaine in a single enforcement action over the weekend. …
LAREDO, Texas – A 35-year-old Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer working at the Port of Entry in Laredo has been arrested, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Emanuel Celedon…
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that OCTAVIO RAZON-MEJIA, also known as “Pachas,” 37, a citizen of Mexico last residing in Enfield, was sentenced…
Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Richard A. Lazzara has sentenced Americo Bautista-Villarreal (59, Mexico) to seven years and eight months in federal prison months in federal prison for conspiracy…
PITTSBURGH, PA – A resident of Castle Shannon, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine and…
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 34-year-old man has pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute more than four kilograms of cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. On Oct.…
Earlier today, Amaury Abreu, a former police officer with the New York City Police Department (NYPD), pleaded guilty at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn to one count of conspiring to…
SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y. – Nathaniel Howell, 40, from Medford, faces multiple charges, including Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the First Degree. Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney…
RAPID CITY – United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. Chief District Judge Roberto Lange has sentenced a Rapid City, South Dakota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to…
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – A resident of Johnstown, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of attempting to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, United States Attorney Eric G.…
MISSOULA — A Butte man suspected of receiving illegally imported pill presses from China and trafficking cocaine and other drugs admitted to a drug charge today, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich…
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CHADDIEL FERRER, 29, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford…
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ – A tip from a citizen led to the arrest of 21-year-old Mykal Salaam-Derry by the Atlantic City Police Department. Detectives Eric Evans, James Barrett, and Troy…
DAVENPORT, Iowa – A Davenport man was sentenced on November 20, 2023, to 86 months in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine. According to court…
Burlington, Vermont – The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Brendan Salmon, 30, also known as “Nice,” of Hartford, Connecticut, and Lincoln Anthony…
HARRISBURG, PA – Moniqua Ramirez, 44, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was convicted of conspiracy to distribute cocaine after a three-day jury trial, as announced by the United States Attorney’s Office for…
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JUAN SANCHEZ-RAZON, also known as “Juanito,” 29, a citizen of Mexico last residing in Enfield, was sentenced…
PITTSBURGH, PA – Jammar Shelton was sentenced to 36 months in prison for cocaine and fentanyl trafficking, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. Shelton, age 44 of Sharon,…