(FORT MYERS, Fla..) - Kenneth (58, Okeechobee) has pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance. He faces a minimum of five and up to 40 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set. According to court documents, a City of Arcadia police...

(ORLANDO, Fla.) - Juan Almeida, 59, and Andrew Cassara, 38, both of Boca Raton, were sentenced to six and seven years in federal prison, respectively, for conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute 100 kilograms or more of marijuana. They pleaded guilty on November 6, 2017. A third co-conspirator...

TAMPA, Fla. - - Eleven individuals from Lakeland, Florida were charged yesterday with conspiracy to distribute more than one kilogram of heroin, 400 grams of fentanyl and 100 grams of a fentanyl analogue, the distribution of which resulted in four deaths and serious bodily injury to a victim. A 10-count...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Leon Conaway, 56, of Carlsbad, N.M., pleaded guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to charges arising out of the sale and offering for sale of drug paraphernalia. Conaway’s plea agreement recommends a sentence of three years of probation. Conaway, the owner and operator...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - U.S. Attorney John C. Anderson, Special Agent in Charge Terry Wade of the FBI’s Albuquerque Division and Chief James Gimler of the Hatch Police Department announced that Jesse Denver Hanes, who shot and killed Hatch Police Officer Jose Chavez on Aug. 12, 2016, was sentenced today to...

(ORLANDO, Fla.) - Jimmy Remy (30, Miami), Edson (40, Orlando), Raymond Mike (Orlando, 41), Kissinger St. (36, Orlando), and Gerardson (33, Orlando) were found guilty by federal jury of separate counts of conspiracy to distribute, and distribution or possession with the intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine...

(WESTON, Fla.) - A federal jury has found Tirso Hernandez-(35, Ocala, Florida) guilty of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, and possession with the intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 10 years...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Esmeralda Dominguez, 33, of Glendale, Ariz., pleaded guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to methamphetamine trafficking charges. Dominguez and co-defendant Frank Lara, 45, of Albuquerque, N.M., were charged by criminal complaint in July 2017, with methamphetamine trafficking offenses. According to the complaint, Dominguez...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Jeremy W. Gough, 41, of Hobbs, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 120 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for his methamphetamine trafficking conviction. Gough and seven other residents of Lea County, N.M., including four Mexican...

(WESTON, Fla.) - Gregorio Lucas-Ramos, 29, Tampa, Florida, was sentenced yesterday to nine years in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. He pleaded guilty on October 25, 2017. According to court documents, Lucas-Ramos is a Mexican citizen who entered...