ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A former Eagle River advanced nurse practitioner was sentenced on Thursday to 26 years in prison following her guilty plea in which she admitted illegally prescribing and dispensing opioids and other drugs outside the scope of legitimate medical practice and thereby causing the overdose deaths of three...

Pensacola, Florida – Loredana Alessandra Bassolino, 38, of Navarre, Florida was sentenced to five years in federal prison after previously pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute more than 40 grams of fentanyl and more than 5 grams of methamphetamine. The sentence was announced by John P. Heekin, United...

PORTLAND, Ore. —Fernando Lombera Gonzalez, 34, a Mexican national unlawfully residing in the United States, was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison and five years of supervised release on Tuesday for conspiring to distribute more than three pounds of methamphetamine in Oregon. According to court documents, in late May...

LAS VEGAS – A Colombian national pleaded guilty Monday to selling thousands of Fentanyl-laced pills in the Las Vegas area. “Transnational drug trafficking networks believe they can operate with impunity inside our borders, but this plea proves otherwise,” said First Assistant United States Attorney Sigal Chattah for the District of...

RENO – A Mexican national pleaded guilty Tuesday to possession with intent to distribute nearly two pounds of heroin. “Heroin is a highly addictive, destructive poison that destroys lives, tears families apart, and fuels a wave of fatal overdoses across our nation,” said First Assistant United States Attorney Sigal Chattah...

Seattle – A 36-year-old Mexican national, who was tending a drug stash house in Everett and making drug deliveries for a large drug trafficking organization, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to five years in prison. Sylvestre Ramos was arrested October 28, 2025, following a year-long investigation...

Tallahassee, Florida – Christopher L. Daniels, 47, of Tallahassee, Florida, was sentenced to 25 years in prison after being found guilty by a federal jury of possession with intent to distribute various controlled substances including more than 50 grams of methamphetamine, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon...

Pensacola, Fla. –John Martin Elmore, 37, of Crestview, Fla., pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of conspiracy to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine or 500 grams of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine and one count of possession of more than 50 grams of methamphetamine or...

LAS VEGAS – A Las Vegas man was sentenced today by United States District Judge Cristina D. Silva to 84 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl, and to launder thousands of dollars of...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – An Anchorage man was sentenced earlier this week to 10 years in prison for the distribution of controlled substances. According to court documents, beginning around May 2025 and continuing into September 2025, Shane Norman Caliph Derryberry, 59, sold approximately 100 grams of fentanyl powder to multiple individuals...