ATLANTA – An illegal alien from Mexico, a convicted felon, and an Austell man appeared in federal court to answer criminal complaints charging them with narcotics offenses following operations across metro Atlanta that resulted in the seizure of more than 280 pounds of methamphetamine, over four pounds of fentanyl, and...

ATLANTA - Juan Rueda-Palacios and Lourdes Prudente Blanco, both illegal aliens from Mexico, and Alan Hernandez, of Marietta, Georgia, are facing federal drug charges related to the recent seizure of nearly 500 pounds of methamphetamine from a vehicle in Brookhaven, Georgia, and an apartment in Sandy Springs. “These charges reflect...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Kuron Christopher Grant, 23, of Asheville, was sentenced yesterday to 10 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for distributing methamphetamine and illegally possessing a firearm in Asheville, announced Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Grant’s 10-year sentence will...

MACON, Ga. – The final of seven defendants involved in a methamphetamine trafficking network sourcing methamphetamine from Atlanta for distribution in Milledgeville, Georgia, has been brought to justice resulting from an Operation Take Back America investigation led by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office. “This case...

CONCORD, N.H. – A Kentucky man was sentenced in federal court for his role in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan announces. Riley Thibodeau, 27, was sentenced by U.S. District Chief Judge Samantha D. Elliott to 72 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release. Thibodeau...

CONCORD, N.H. – A citizen of the Dominican Republic, who previously lived in Massachusetts, was sentenced in federal court for drug trafficking in New Hampshire, U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan announces. Juan De Los Santos Romero, 23, was sentenced by U.S. Chief District Court Judge Samantha Elliott to 30 months in...

WEST HAVEN, Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SHAWN STEPHENS, 35, of West Haven, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 97 months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release for his participation in the...

CONCORD, N.H. – Michael Michaud, 55, pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, specifically methamphetamine and fentanyl, and two counts of possessing methamphetamine and fentanyl with the intent to distribute them, U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan announces. U.S. District Court Judge Steven J. McAuliffe...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Johnny Lee Dickerson, 45, of Columbia, has been sentenced to more than 16 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to a federal drug trafficking offense involving methamphetamine, cocaine, crack cocaine, and marijuana. According to the facts presented in court, the Columbia Police Department and long with...

WATERBURY, Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ANTHONY PRIMAVERA, 22, of Waterbury, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 18 months of imprisonment and two years of supervised release for trafficking firearms. According to court documents...