PLANO, Texas – Attorney General Maria Consuelo Porras Argueta, of the Republic of Guatemala, joined United States Attorney Joseph D. Brown, Director of the Department of Justice's Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces Adam Cohen, and Drug Enforcement Administration Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Dallas Field Division Guy...

DALLAS - Eight alleged gang members were arrested in a large-scale takedown Thursday, charged with gun and drug crimes, announced Special Agent in Charge Eduardo A. Chavez.of the Drug Enforcement Administration and U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox. “357 Crips” gang members Dwight Alexander Frank...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Otequise Lenard Miller, 34, of Concord, N.C. was sentenced today to 240 months in prison and five years of supervised release on drug trafficking conspiracy resulting in an overdose death and money laundering charges, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Drug...

RALEIGH, N.C. – United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that in federal court, Chief United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced Christian Toledo, also known as “Flaco,” 24 of Athens, Ga., to 180 months imprisonment and five years supervised release for possession with the intent to distribute...

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Acting United States Attorney A. Lance Crick announced today that Scott Dylan Green, Joseph Price Langford, Ricardo Dunbar, and James Clinton Gunter, Jr., all of Aiken County, were sentenced in federal court for their involvement in a methamphetamine and heroin conspiracy. United States District Judge J. Michelle...

MARSHALL, Texas – A 31-year-old Hallsville, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Eduardo A. Chavez nd U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today. Mark McLean Farmer pleaded guilty on Aug. 16...

DALLAS – DEA Dallas Division Special Agent in Charge Eduardo A. Chavez and United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey S. Berman announced today the unsealing of four indictments charging Miguel Cespedes, Omar Mogollon, Luis Felipe Gonzalez Arcila, Ivan Rojas Acosta, Alex Barrera Forero and David...

STATESBORO, Ga. – A major investigation targeting an expansive, gang-related drug trafficking ring operating in Georgia has resulted in a 61-count indictment naming 26 defendants on federal charges. Indictments in Operation Ace in the Hole were returned under seal in U.S. District Court in Statesboro, said U.S. Attorney for the...

STATESBORO, Ga. -- Four people have been indicted on federal charges for running a methamphetamine distribution ring throughout Bulloch County. The indictment, returned by a grand jury in U.S. District Court, charges the four – Clifton Pittman, 50, of Reidsville, Ga.; STATESBORO, Ga. -- Four people have been indicted on...

RALEIGH, N.C. – United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that in federal court, United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced Dennis Ray Taylor, 40, of Wilson, N.C., to 144 months imprisonment and 5 years supervised release for conspiracy to distribute five grams or more of methamphetamine...