El Paso - A Bario Azteca gang member pleaded guilty today in federal court in El Paso, Texas, for being part of a racketeering and drug trafficking conspiracy which included acting as the lookout in the murders by Barrio Azteca members of a U.S. Consulate Juarez employee, her husband, and...

ALBUQUERQUE – Ten individuals have been charged in a federal indictment alleging they participated in a Grant County drug trafficking organization that distributed large quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl throughout southwest New Mexico between 2023 and 2026. According to court documents, Margarita Encarnacion Dominguez, 43, is alleged to have led...

AUSTIN, Texas – An Austin man was sentenced in a federal court in Austin to 220 months in prison for trafficking fentanyl while in possession of a firearm, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Miguel Madrigal of the San Antonio Division and U.S. Attorney Justin R. Simmons for the Western District...

MEMPHIS, Tn. – Antonio Caldwell, aka “Joe”, 40, of Memphis, was sentenced to 235 months in prison for narcotics trafficking. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today. U.S. Attorney Dunavant said, “Caldwell is a recidivist drug dealer who was brazenly distributing deadly...

Albuquerque, NM – United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, Ryan Raybould, announced the July 10 conviction of a Bernalillo County, New Mexico Sheriff’s Office detective for obstructing Drug Enforcement Administration investigations and making a false statement to the FBI. After five days of trial and three hours...

WHEELING, Wv. — The United States Attorney’s Offices for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia announced today that West Virginia United Health System, Inc., doing business as West Virginia University Health System (WVUHS), has agreed to pay $4,177,139 and enter a Memorandum of Agreement to resolve civil allegations...

ALBUQUERQUE – The DEA and the U.S. Attorney's Office announced today that a federal court has entered a $320,000.00 judgment against a former Albuquerque dentist to resolve allegations that he violated the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) by unlawfully issuing prescriptions after his professional licenses were revoked or expired. William C...

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Joshua Willie McCarver, also known as “TJ,” 28, of Detroit, Michigan, pleaded guilty today to distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. McCarver admitted to a leading role in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) that distributed methamphetamine and fentanyl in the Huntington area. According to court...

KNOXVILLE, Tn. – The Drug Enforcement Administration, working with our federal, state and local law enforcement partners, arrested 70 individuals on a wide range of criminal charges related to drug trafficking following a two-month long targeted enforcement operation carried out across Eastern Tennessee, dubbed Operation Knoxville Thunder. In addition to...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – On June 24, 2026, Antonio DeWayne Watkins, a/k/a “Tony Bologna” and “Gator Mac,” 32 of Chattanooga, was sentenced to 432 months of imprisonment to be followed by 10 years of supervised release, by the Honorable Curtis L. Collier, in the United States District Court for the Eastern...