EL PASO, Texas - Emmanuel Velasco Gurrola, 30, was sentenced to life in federal prison for his role in a murder-for-hire plot. The sentencing was announced by Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy, United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Homeland Security (HSI) Special Agent in...

DALLAS - A Dallas-area man has been charged by federal criminal complaint stemming from his role in selling the heroin that caused a young woman’s overdose death at a McDonald’s restaurant in Farmers Branch in June 2016. Two other men were charged by federal criminal complaints stemming from their trafficking...

LUBBOCK, Texas - Six defendants have been charged in a federal indictment with felony offenses stemming from their role in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy. The indictment, which was unsealed this week, was announced jointly by Clyde E. Shelley Jr., Special Agent in Charge of DEA’s Dallas Division and U.S. Attorney...

DALLAS - Two defendants who pleaded guilty to their roles in a pill mill operation they were involved in during parts of 2013-2014 have been sentenced. U.S. Attorney John Parker announced that Taneisha Nickerson, 29, of Dallas, Texas, was sentenced last week to 24 months in federal prison, following her...

DALLAS - A federal grand jury in Dallas returned an indictment yesterday charging Reyes Alvarez, 32, and Pedro Calixto, 27, both of Dallas with one count each of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin. The indictment was by Clyde E. Shelley, Jr...

LAS CRUCES, N.M - Jessie Jesus Marquez, 37, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, was sentenced last week in federal court to 121 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for his conviction on narcotics trafficking charges. The sentence was announced by Special Agent in Charge Will R...

DALLAS, Texas - Jose Luis Martinez-Martinez, 41, of Desoto, Texas, made his initial appearance last week before U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul D. Stickney on a complaint, unsealed today, charging possession with intent to distribute. The charging was announced jointly by Dallas Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, Clyde Shelley...

LUBBOCK, Texas - Sidney Caleb Lanier, 36, of Lubbock, Texas, pleaded guilty this morning before U.S. Magistrate Judge D. Gordon Bryant Jr. to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas. Lanier faces a...

FT. WORTH, Texas - Seven defendants, including members and associates of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas prison gang were sentenced this week by U.S. District Judge John McBryde. U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas made today’s announcement. In September 2016 they were convicted following a four-day...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M - During a hearing yesterday, a U.S. Magistrate Judge in Albuquerque, New Mexico found probable cause to support a criminal complaint charging Michael Gerard Smith, 55, of Albuquerque, with violating the federal narcotics and firearms laws. Today, the Magistrate Judge entered an order holding Smith in federal custody...