Cape May drug bust uncovers 3,300 bags of elephant tranquilizer sold as heroin
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, NJ — A sweeping narcotics investigation led by the Cape May County Gangs, Guns and Narcotics Task Force ended with the arrest of one man and the removal…
Presque Isle Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Charge
BANGOR, Maine: A Presque Isle man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Bangor to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee…
Boston Man Convicted of Drug Trafficking Conspiracy
BOSTON – A Boston man was convicted by a federal jury on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021 in connection with possessing and conspiring to distribute drugs including fentanyl, heroin and cocaine. Adriano Cortez,…
Woman Pleads Guilty To Drug Trafficking After Flying From Hawaii And Attempting To Smuggle Heroin Into High Desert State Prison
SACRAMENTO, Calif. —Arlene-Anela Kekoolani, 30, of Honolulu, Hawaii, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to…
Federal Jury Takes Less than an Hour to Convict Hazelwood Man on Drug and Firearms Charges
PITTSBURGH, PA – After deliberating for less than an hour, a federal jury on Friday found James Weldon Johnson, aka “300 Blocc Knocc”, guilty on four counts of violating federal narcotics and…
Maryland man admits to role in drug trafficking conspiracy
MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Karim Irvin Brooks, of Hagerstown, Maryland, has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced. Brooks, 26, pleaded guilty today to one count…
Cedar Rapids Woman Who Sold $1,000 Worth of Heroin and Fentanyl Pleads Guilty to Drug Conspiracy
A woman who sold fentanyl in Cedar Rapids pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids. Ladonna Cynthia Givens, age 32, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was convicted of one count of…
Bronx Man Pleads Guilty To Drug Trafficking And Firearms Offenses
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ANTONIO MORA pled guilty today to drug trafficking and firearms offenses in connection with his participation in…
New Jersey Man Convicted Of Drug Trafficking In Connection With Largest Seizure Of Methamphetamine In The History Of DEA’s Philadelphia Division
SCRANTON—The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on October 29, 2021, David Jusino Ramirez, age 65, a New Jersey resident, was convicted of drug trafficking offenses…
York Man Sentenced To 10 Years’ Imprisonment For Drug Trafficking
HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Travis Parker, age 41, of York County, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on October 29, 2021, to 120 months’…
East Moline Man Pleads Guilty to Gun, Drug Charges
PEORIA, Ill. – An East Moline, Illinois, man, Christian Matthew Lannan, 24, of the 3600 block of 8th Street Court, pleaded guilty on October 29, 2021, to the charges of possession with…
Votes On Build Back Better, Infrastructure Bill Delayed As Democrats Scramble To Reach Agreement On Lowering Drug Costs
The House Rules Committee is no longer meeting Monday to markup Democrats’ spending package, meaning that the full House vote on it and the bipartisan infrastructure bill will be delayed past Tuesday,…
Inglewood Police Officer and an Informant Arrested on Federal Drug Trafficking Charges
LOS ANGELES – Federal authorities have arrested an Inglewood Police officer on narcotics trafficking charges that allege two cocaine transactions, one involving a kilogram of the drug, the Justice Department announced…
Reno Man Sentenced For Selling Methamphetamine While On Work Release For Prior Drug Trafficking Conviction
RENO, Nev. – A Reno man was sentenced yesterday to ten years in prison for selling methamphetamine. According to court documents, Bay Johnson (aka “Pissy,” 33) sold 105 grams of methamphetamine to…
CASPER FELON SENTENCED ON DRUG TRAFFICKING AND FIREARM CHARGES
Acting United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that EVAN AUBREY ARMSTRONG, age 40 of Casper, Wyoming, was sentenced on October 21, 2021 by Federal District Court Chief Judge Scott W. Skavdahl,…
Worcester Man Convicted of Drug Trafficking and Firearm Offenses
BOSTON – A Worcester man was convicted today by a federal jury in Worcester of fentanyl, heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine trafficking. Daniel Donald, 40, was convicted of one count of possession…
Facilitator of Drug Trafficking in Brattleboro Sentenced
The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Dean Gero, 54, formerly of Brattleboro, Vermont, was sentenced yesterday in United States District Court in Rutland, Vermont…
Sentencings in Operation ‘The Hole’ wrap up prosecution of middle Georgia drug trafficking conspiracy
DUBLIN, GA: Prison terms for two of the remaining defendants in a Laurens County-area drug trafficking conspiracy wrap up a major middle Georgia prosecution. Zandera Finney, 35, of Warner Robins, Ga., was…
Selma Duo Convicted in Federal Gun, Drug, and Witness Tampering Trial
MOBILE, AL – A federal jury convicted a Selma, Alabama man and woman today for witness tampering and the man for being a felon in possession of a firearm, possession of cocaine…
Seven Defendants Sentenced Resulting from Drug and Firearm Trafficking Investigation at Motels
ALBANY, Ga. – Seven defendants guilty of various crimes related to a multi-agency drug and firearms investigation at several Southwest Georgia motels were sentenced for their crimes this week in federal court.…
Perry County Man Sentenced to 270 Months for Federal Charges of Kidnapping and Armed Drug Trafficking
LONDON, Ky— A Perry County man, Thomas Hamblin, 65, was sentenced to 270 months in federal prison on Tuesday, by U.S. District Judge Claria Horn Boom, after previously being convicted of conspiracy…
Coosa County Man Found Guilty on Federal Gun and Drug Charges
Montgomery, Alabama – On October 26, 2021, Kilpatrick Cornelius McKinney, 38, from Kellyton, Alabama, was convicted by a jury on federal gun and drug charges, announced Acting United States Attorney…
Hardy County man admits to role in drug trafficking operation
ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA – Richard Allan Howell, of Moorefield, West Virginia, has admitted to his role in a drug distribution operation, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced. Howell, 43, pleaded…
York Man Sentenced To Over 18 Years’ Imprisonment For Drug Trafficking
HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on October 27, 2021, Brandon Orr, a/k/a “B Orr,” age 29, of York, was sentenced to 224…
Pittsburgh Man Charged with Drug and Firearms Offenses
PITTSBURGH, PA – A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been charged by superseding indictment before a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal firearms and narcotic laws, Acting United…
Superseding Indictment Charges 10 Western PA Defendants with Violating Drug and Gun Laws
PITTSBURGH, PA – A federal grand jury returned a six-count Superseding Indictment charging ten defendants from Westmoreland, Allegheny, and Lawrence Counties in Pennsylvania with violating the federal narcotics and firearms laws, Acting…
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