BALTIMORE, Md. – Thomas Parker III, aka “June,” age 52, of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty yesterday to federal charges related to his participation in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, heroin, and powder and crack cocaine. Eight co-defendants previously pleaded guilty to their roles in the drug conspiracy. The guilty plea...

ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Clark sentenced Kevin White to 120 months in prison today. The 27-year-old Hazelwood, Missouri, resident pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl. Beginning in 2018 and continuing until November 20, 2019, White and...

GREENBELT, Md. – A federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment charging Andrew Joseph Trimmer, aka “D” and “Smoke”, age 32, and Alicia Marie Walls, aka “Porsha” and “Alicia Porsha,” age 28, both of Bowie, Maryland, on federal charges related to a fentanyl distribution conspiracy. The superseding indictment adds Walls...

ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Clark sentenced Roman Frenchie to 60 months in prison today. The 22-year-old Overland, Missouri, resident pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl. Beginning in 2018 and continuing until November 20, 2019, Frenchie and...

DENVER – The Denver Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration in partnership with Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, Arvada Police Department, and the 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office, today announced the dismantling of an international drug trafficking ring and a related money laundering enterprise operating throughout Colorado. The investigation...

NEW YORK CITY – An accused major trafficker and three others are charged in connection with a large-scale heroin-packaging mill dismantled in Ridgewood, Queens. Approximately 39 kilograms of suspected heroin, with an estimated street value of $12 million, 1,000 fentanyl pills and $200,000 cash were recovered during the investigation, conducted...

Harrisonburg, Va. – Two of the five defendants charged as part of a conspiracy that trafficked heroin from Maryland to Virginia leading to at least one fatal and one non-fatal overdose were sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Harrisonburg, Special Agent in Charge Jarod A. Forget of the Drug...

SPOKANE, Wash., - Today, Todd Earl Bridges, age 38, a resident of Spokane, Washington, was sentenced to 180 month term of imprisonment for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of actual (pure) methamphetamine. United States District Judge Rosanna Malouf Peterson also ordered a 5 year term of...

PROVIDENCE, RI – A Dominican national previously convicted in Massachusetts on drug trafficking charges and for illegally entering the United States was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Providence to eight years in federal prison for trafficking fentanyl, crack cocaine, and cocaine. In May 2018, Rhode Island State Police developed...

BOSTON – A Lawrence man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for fentanyl conspiracy and unlawful possession of firearms, including an AR-15 rifle. Ariel Pagan-Romero, 31, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin to 12 years in prison and five years of supervised release. In...