Marijuana

A woman who possessed firearms while being a user of marijuana was convicted by a jury today after a three-day trial in federal court in Cedar Rapids. Allyssa Stovall, age …

TEANECK, NJ – Police in Teaneck have arrested a man from Jamaica, Queens hauling 144 pounds of marijuana through New Jersey last week. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the …

LAREDO, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers seized narcotics in one enforcement action this weekend, that totaled over $692,000 in street value. “Officers at …

CONTACT: Barbara Burns    PHONE:       (716) 843-5817  FAX #:          (716) 551-3051   BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Syed Ahmad, 47, of Chicago, Illinois, pleaded guilty before U.S. District …

SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on January 27, 2022, Carlos Santurtan-Teran, age 61, of Miami, Florida, was convicted by a …

MASSENA, N.Y. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Port of Entry seized multiple vacuum-sealed packages of marijuana concealed in the trunk of a vehicle, that was …

PORT HURON, Mich. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations seized over 2,027 pounds of Marijuana within the trailer of an inbound commercial shipment at the …

PORTLAND, Ore.—On January 18, 2022, a Springfield, Oregon man pleaded guilty for distributing marijuana on the dark web and laundering his cryptocurrency proceeds. Robert Kelly O’Neil, 59, waived indictment and …

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – An Auxvasse, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for growing marijuana and illegally possessing dozens of firearms. Darrin Dale Smithee, 56, was sentenced by …

BROWNSVILLE, Texas – A 32-year-old local man has been ordered to federal prison for possession with intent to distribute more than 100 kilograms of marijuana, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. …

LAREDO, Texas – Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents stopped a marijuana smuggling attempt near El Cenizo, Texas. The incident occurred during the evening of Jan. 16, when Laredo South Station …

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Russell J. Neglia, age 26, was sentenced today to 21 months in prison for his involvement in a drug trafficking organization in Ulster County that was …

FRANKFORT, Ky. – A Lost Creek, Ky., man, Kevin Combs, 32, was sentenced to 105 months in federal prison on Tuesday, before U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove, after pleading …

A man who unlawfully possessed a firearm was sentenced today to six months in federal prison. Daric Lawrence, age 36, from Dubuque, Iowa, received the prison term after an August …

BOSTON – A Boston man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Springfield for marijuana distribution and tax offenses.  Zachary Sweener, 36, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Mark …

Montana became the latest state to sell legal recreational marijuana, with its law going into effect on New Year’s Day. While Montana residents adopted the law on Election Day in …

Marijuana farms are being rapidly established in Oklahoma, now home to the largest number of licensed farms for the substance, The New York Times reported. Cannabis entrepreneurs have journeyed to …

  Our nation-wide commitment to reducing gun crime in America. – click here  – Public Service Announcement from the US Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of the Virgin Islands     The Elder Justice Program stems …

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A federal jury convicted an Alexandria man yesterday of murdering another man in retaliation for robbing him of an ounce of marijuana, and trying to convince a witness to lie for him to …

BROWNSVILLE, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol (RGV) agents seize over 200 pounds of marijuana in Brownsville from three events. One of the seizures was the result of a …

COLUMBUS, OH – Last night, November 28, 2021 at 5:58pm, officers were dispatched to the area of 500 S. Cleveland Avenue on a walk-in shooting at St. Ann’s Hospital. Upon …

  Our nation-wide commitment to reducing gun crime in America. – click here  – Public Service Announcement from the US Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of the Virgin Islands     The Elder Justice Program stems …

Benton, Ill. – Two men have been sentenced for their role in a 2018 marijuana robbery and shooting  in Caseyville, Illinois.   Deveon Humphries, 28,   was sentenced to 144 …

Baltimore, Maryland – Dwight Antonio Pitts, age 47, of Hanover, Maryland, pleaded guilty on November 19, 2021, to charges related to his participation in a drug distribution conspiracy involving large …

The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont announced that Jack M. Cohen, 36, presently of Hyde Park, Vermont, was sentenced today in United States District Court in …