BROOKLYN, NEW YORK — Fabienne Osias, 40, a former federal correction officer employed by the United States Bureau of Prisons (BOP), pled guilty on Thursday to smuggling cell phone chargers…
BOSTON, MA – The President of a freight forwarding company has been indicted for allegedly smuggling goods from the United States into Russia without a license, announced the U.S. Attorney’s…
White Plains, NY – Westchester County District Attorney Miriam E. Rocah and Westchester County Department of Correction Commissioner Joseph K. Spano announced the arraignment of several correction officers and civilian…
MAYS LANDING, NJ—A correctional officer and two others face charges following a conspiracy to smuggle contraband into the Atlantic County Justice Facility. Christopher Piccioni, 33, of Swedesboro, NJ, a correctional…
A Mexican national repeatedly deported from the United States was allegedly the leader of a stash house that smuggled drugs, ammunition and migrants across the southern border. A federal grand…
Harrisburg, PA – A 36-year-old man, Christopher “Fats” Texidor, was found guilty of smuggling thousands of pounds of marijuana worth millions of dollars through the U.S. mail from a used…
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: “As alleged, these flight attendants smuggled millions of dollars of drug money and law enforcement funds that they thought was drug money from the United…
OTAY MESA, Calif., — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry discovered 5 parrots concealed in the truck bed of a vehicle. On…
CALEXICO, Calif., — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Area Port of Calexico seized fentanyl and methamphetamine concealed within air compressors in two separate interdictions last week. …
MIAMI— U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Air and Marine Operations worked with partners in the Eastern Caribbean to disrupt smuggling of 2.8 tons of cocaine, denying transnational criminal organizations approximately $73,892,000…
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas ripped a national guardsman accused of smuggling an illegal immigrant during a Thursday Fox News appearance. Savion Johnson was arrested Sunday for allegedly trying…
TERRE HAUTE, Indiana — Jordan Kelsheimer, a 25-year-old former corrections officer from Blanford, Indiana, has been sentenced to eight months in federal prison after pleading guilty to accepting bribes as…
EL PASO, TX – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working throughout the El Paso area ports seized over 252 pounds of narcotics in three separate failed smuggling attempts. “Every…
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A Chinese man arrested in Australia is awaiting extradition to the United States for alleged involvement in a North Korean scheme to generate revenue by selling counterfeit…
Annapolis, MD – A recent contraband interception at the Anne Arundel County Department of Detention Facility has led to charges against a visitor and an inmate, showcasing the effectiveness of…
Palm Beach, FL – In a major breakthrough during Human Trafficking Awareness Month, detectives from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office have arrested Miriam Lopez Mackler on serious charges related…
CBP Officers Thwart Multiple Drug Smuggling Attempts at Paso Del Norte Border El Paso, TX – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Paso Del Norte border crossing…
ANNAPOLIS, MD – The Anne Arundel County Police Department’s Criminal Gang Unit, in coordination with the Department of Detention Facilities Security Threat Group, conducted a successful operation against narcotics smuggling…
DACA Recipient Arrested On ‘Human Smuggling’ Charges Harold Hutchison on January 24, 2024 Border Patrol agents arrested a Mexican national enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program…
ANNAPOLIS, MD – Anne Arundel County Police, in collaboration with Maryland State Police and Anne Arundel County Department of Detention Facilities, charged three inmates for narcotics smuggling. The investigation, spanning…
ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PA – Allegheny County Police arrested corrections officer William Kemp III for allegedly bringing illegal narcotics into the Allegheny County Jail. The arrest followed a December 30 investigation…
TRENTON, NJ — Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) announced that a Mercer County correctional police officer, Tyree L. Hobbs, 39, of…
NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – December 14, 2023 SAN DIEGO – The captain and co-captain of a boat that capsized off Imperial Beach during a 2022 smuggling incident, resulting in the…
HONOLULU – Richard Ascencio, 52, of Wahiawa, Hawaii, was sentenced yesterday by Chief United States District Judge Derrick K. Watson to 42 months in prison and two years of supervised…
MOBILE, AL – A Gulf Shores man was sentenced to four months in prison for illegally smuggling paper soaked in “spice,” a synthetic cannabinoid, to a federal inmate at the…