LUBBOCK, Texas - Nine west Texas residents, including four alleged members of the Texas Syndicate, remain in federal custody following their arrests earlier this week on federal charges stemming from their roles in a methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana distribution conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A United States District Court convicted five Short North Posse gang members of racketeering and murder today following a two-month trial. Robert B. Ledbetter, 37, Christopher A. Harris, 28, Rashad A. Liston, 26, Deounte Ussury, 31, and Clifford L. Robinson, 38, all of Columbus, were convicted on...

DALLAS - Seven north Texas residents remain in federal custody following their arrests last week on federal charges outlined in a just-unsealed indictment that alleges various offenses related to their roles in a heroin distribution conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas. The arrests were...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Jermaine Carr, 34, of Riverdale, Illinois, received a three-year sentence in federal prison for tampering with a witness related to his brother’s federal drug charges on June 2, 2016. The witness was assisting law enforcement officers with an investigation into Jermaine Carr’s brother, Daniel Carr, for...

FORT WORTH, Texas - Octavio Colin, 34, of Cleburne, Texas, was sentenced on Monday by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor to 240 (20 years) in federal prison, following his guilty plea earlier this year to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney...

FORT WORTH, Texas - After a trial lasting more than two-weeks, a federal jury has convicted two Mexican citizens on federal charges related to the murder of Southlake, Texas, resident, Juan Jesus Guerrero Chapa, at Southlake Town Square on May 22, 2013, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern...

MARQUETTE, Mich. - United States Attorney Patrick A. Miles, Jr., announced the results of a joint investigation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), the Michigan State Police, the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement (UPSET), and the Forsyth Township Police Department. The investigation successfully dismantled a drug trafficking organization responsible for regularly...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Rashod D. Todd, 28, of Columbus, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to one count each of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute oxycodone and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Benjamin C. Glassman, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Timothy...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Today, anesthesiologist Jaime Guerrero, who had practices in Kentucky and Indiana, was sentenced to 100 months in prison, by United States District Judge Greg N. Stevens. United States Attorney John E. Kuhn Jr. announced today that according to the terms of a prior plea agreement, Guerrero agreed...

SHERMAN, Texas - A 51-year-old former pharmacist has been convicted of drug trafficking charges in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today. James Hemen, also known as James Ohemeng, of Grand Prairie, Texas, was found guilty by a jury on May 6, 2016, of conspiracy...