TUCSON, Ariz. – Jose Antonio Ornelas, Jr., 33, of Tucson, was sentenced on July 10, by United States District Court Judge Rosemary Márquez to 98 months in prison, followed by four years of supervised release. Ornelas, Jr. previously pleaded guilty to Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. On October 3...

TUCSON, Ariz — Attorney General Kris Mayes announced today that a Pima County Superior Court has reached a guilty verdict on all counts in the trial of 57-year-old Muhammad Saeed, M.D., a former Tucson Psychiatrist, who practiced in Arizona from 2004-2020. Dr. Saeed was convicted on June 19, 2025, of...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Two local men were sentenced last week for conspiracy to possess fentanyl with intent to distribute, possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Special Agent in Charge...

TUCSON, Ariz. – Jose Fernando McCormick, 52, of Tucson, was sentenced on June 27, 2025, by United States District Court Judge Scott H. Rash to 120 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. McCormick previously pleaded guilty to Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. On October 3...

LEXINGTON, Ky. – On June 26, 2025, a Mexican national was sentenced to 100 months in prison for his role in arranging for the collection of drug proceeds in the United States and the repatriation of the proceeds, or their equivalent value, to Mexico as part of a money laundering...

MEMPHIS, Tn. – Quantrese Brazzell, 48, of Memphis has been sentenced to 150 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. Interim U.S. Attorney Joseph C. Murphy, Jr. for the Western District of Tennessee announced the sentence...

Paducah, Ky. – A Hopkinsville, Kentucky man was sentenced on June 11, 2025, to 10 years in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine. Special Agent in Charge Jim Scott of the DEA Louisville Field Division, U.S. Attorney Kyle G. Bumgarner of the Western District of Kentucky, Special Agent in Charge Karen...

Paducah, Ky. – A Hopkinsville, Kentucky man was sentenced on June 11, 2025, to 10 years in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine. Special Agent in Charge Jim Scott of the DEA Louisville Field Division, U.S. Attorney Kyle G. Bumgarner of the Western District of Kentucky, Special Agent in Charge Karen...

Louisville, Ky. – A Mexican citizen was sentenced on June 10, 2025, to 6 years and 3 months in federal prison for cocaine trafficking. Special Agent in Charge Jim Scott of the DEA Louisville Field Division, U.S. Attorney Kyle G. Bumgarner of the Western District of Kentucky, and Chief Paul...

PHOENIX, Ariz. – Jose Angel Gonzalez-Carrillo, 46, of Modesto, California, and Ethyel Aldahyr Ontiveros-Flores, 25, of Mazatlan, Mexico, were arrested on the evening of June 2, 2025, and charged by criminal complaint for conspiring to distribute over 36 kilograms of fentanyl pills, and over 9 kilograms of fentanyl powder. On...