BOISE, Idaho - Christopher Deleongurro Snyder, 24, of Boise, Idaho, became the latest member of a Treasure Valley oxycodone and heroin distribution ring to be sentenced to federal prison. U.S. District Court Judge Edward J. Lodge sentenced Snyder on January 14, 2015, to 87 months in prison followed by five...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Jorge Melendez, 44, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to manufacture more than 100 marijuana plants, was sentenced to 60 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge William Skretny. The defendant was also ordered to...

MEDFORD, Ore - On Monday, January 12, 2015, Senior U.S. District Judge Owen M. Panner sentenced Steven Allen Longbrake, 28, of Medford, Oregon, to 12 1/2 years in federal prison for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Longbrake had previously pleaded guilty to that offense on September 15, 2014...

BOISE, Idaho - Krista Federer, 46, of Twin Falls, Idaho, pleaded guilty on January 13, 2015, to one count of distributing a controlled substance. The controlled substances were prescription medications diverted from the pharmacy where Federer worked. Sentencing is set for March 26, 2015, before U.S. District Judge Edward J...

MEDFORD, Ore - On Monday, January 12, 2015, Senior U.S. District Judge Owen M. Panner sentenced Marco Antonio Gutierrez, 36, of Grants Pass, Oregon, to 14 years in federal prison, and his brother Samuel De La Cruz Gutierrez, 43, to 10 years in federal prison, after they pleaded guilty to...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Dwight Williams, 51, of Anchorage, Alaska, was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Timothy M. Burgess to serve 262 months in federal prison for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy that led to the death of a young woman. Williams previously pleaded guilty to...

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that Leonard Marchetta, a physician’s assistant, pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to conspiring to distribute a massive quantity of oxycodone out of a Staten Island-based medical clinic he oversaw. During a...

MINEOLA, N.Y. - Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice was joined by Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and city and federal officials yesterday afternoon to announce the dismantling of a multi-million dollar illegal drug pipeline which ran directly from Mexico to New York City and Long Island as part of...

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that Charlie Shrem, the former Chief Executive Officer and Compliance Officer of BitInstant, a Bitcoin exchange company, and the former Vice Chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation, was sentenced today to two years...

BOISE, Idaho - Rogelio Contreras Villasenor, 49, of Caldwell, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday to 41 months in prison for conspiracy to attempt to evade and defeat tax. United States District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Villasenor to serve three years of supervised release following his prison sentence and pay...