EUGENE, Ore.— A Mexican national unlawfully residing in the United States has been charged with laundering purported drug proceeds and being an alien in possession of a firearm. According to court documents, Esteban Peralta Fragozo, 50, of Springfield, Oregon, owned and operated El Kaiman Western Wear, a Springfield business that...

SIOUX CITY, Iowa -- April Nikkel, 37, from Sioux City, Iowa, was sentenced October 29, to 168 months’ imprisonment. Nikkel pled guilty on May 18, 2026, in federal court in Sioux City to one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and one count of distributing methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of...

SEATTLE – A 40-year-old Renton, Washington man was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 50 months in prison for drug trafficking. Davon Malbrough was identified as a member of the “Family Mafia Crips” – a criminal gang profiting off the distribution of controlled substances and sex trafficking...

PORTLAND, Ore.— On Monday, at a press conference at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon, federal, state, and local law enforcement partners announced completion of a coordinated, five‑week federal law enforcement operation targeting firearms and narcotics trafficking in the Portland metro area. During that enforcement operation 97...

SEATTLE –A 39-year-old Newcastle, Washington man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to ten years in prison for his leadership role as a supplier and distributor of methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl in Seattle’s homeless encampments and International District, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Floyd. Tommy...

A man who law enforcement officers found with more than 16 pounds of methamphetamine was sentenced today to more than 21 years in federal prison. Demetrius Stone, age 54, from Chicago, Illinois, received the prison term after a May 8, 2026, guilty plea to one count of possession with intent...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - A man who distributed methamphetamine, heroin, and fentanyl on multiple occasions in 2022 was convicted by a jury after a three-day trial in federal court in Cedar Rapids. Anthony Harris, age 61, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was convicted of one count of distribution of a controlled...

MOSES LAKE, WA – Yesterday, ATF and the Moses Lake Police Department Street Crimes Unit, with assistance from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and other law enforcement partners, arrested six suspects and executed eight simultaneous search warrants between Moses Lake and Spokane, Washington. Floyd Young, Eutimio De Padua Contreras, Wilmer...

SIOUX CITY, Iowa - Shelton Lapointe, 36, from Sioux City, was sentenced October 6, to 360 months’ imprisonment. Lapointe was convicted by a jury on April 29, 2026, on one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and aiding and abetting...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A former Anchorage defense attorney was sentenced yesterday to 20 years in prison for possessing fentanyl and methamphetamine with the intent to distribute the drugs in Alaska. According to court documents, Justin Facey, 46, facilitated a drug trafficking organization run by a California prisoner, Heraclio Sanchez-Rodriguez, who...