(KNOXVILLE, Tenn - .) On Aug. 29, 2013, a press conference was held at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Knoxville, Tenn., to present 19 local and state law enforcement agencies with their share of funds forfeited in the case of U.S. v. Francisco Javier Cruz-Ramirez, et. al. Agencies receiving forfeiture...

WILMINGTON, NC. - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today, Senior United States District Judge James C. Fox sentenced DesmondBertram White, 35, of Elizabeth City, North Carolina to 210 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release. Whitewas named in a Criminal Information filed...

NEW BERN, N.C. - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that today in federal court, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced Mario - Carmon, 33, of Greenville, North Carolina, to 100 months imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release. Carmonwas named in an Indictment filed on...

RALEIGH, N.C. - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that today in federal court, Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever, III, sentenced Omar Fogg, 34, of Kinston, North Carolina, to 108 months imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release. Fogg was named in a Criminal Information...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Craig Petties, 36, of Memphis, Tennessee was sentenced today to nine life sentences in federal prison by United States District Judge Samuel H. Mays, announced U.S. Attorney Edward L. Stanton III. In 2009, Petties pleaded guilty to 19 charges related to his role as the ringleader of...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - -Demetrius Duncan a/k/a Whirley, 32, Alto Parnell a/k/a Al-Pistol, 31, and Chris Young a/k/a Soldier C, 25, all of Clarksville, Tennessee, were convicted Friday in U.S. District Court, of operating a drug conspiracy and related firearms charges, after a three week jury trial, announced David Rivera, Acting...

MACON, Ga. - Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia announced that Bacari McCarthren, 37, of Orlando, Florida, was sentenced on July 31, 2013 by Senior U.S. District Judge Hugh Lawson in Valdosta, Georgia, to 240 months imprisonment, to be followed by (3) years supervised...

ATLANTA - Glenn A. Cook has been sentenced to serve over ten years in federal prison on charges of conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine, money laundering, and possession of a firearm during a drug offense. “This organization’s cocaine trafficking activities clearly fed many illicit drug users. Because of the...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Three used car salesmen have entered guilty pleas for their roles in selling cars to drug traffickers in an effort to launder drug proceeds, announced United States Attorney Edward L. Stanton III. Wayne David McAlpin, Jr., 50, of Memphis, TN pleaded guilty to one count of money...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Thirty men and women have been charged to date with methamphetamine trafficking and firearms offenses as a result of Operation “Dixie Crystal,” announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. To date, 17 defendants have pleaded guilty to the charges. Operation “Dixie...