BROOKLYN, NY - Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Devon Thurmond pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute fentanyl from 2021 through 2023 and to distribution of fentanyl in April 2021 that ultimately caused the overdose death of a victim (Victim-1). As part of his plea, Thurmond admitted that...

BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Ernest Green a/k/a Fire a/k/a Burn a/k/a Ern the Burn a/k/a Dread a/k/a B Love, 41, of North Tonawanda, NY, with distribution of fentanyl causing death, and conspiracy to possess with intent...

Dallas, TX - An Albuquerque mother who concealed a deadly dose of fentanyl inside her children’s luggage pleaded guilty yesterday to a federal drug crime. Magdalena Silva Banuelos, 47, was indicted in November 2022. She pleaded guilty Wednesday to distribution of fentanyl before U.S. District Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn. In...

BOISE, Idaho – Tanner Lee Goforth, 37, of Nampa, pleaded guilty to distribution of fentanyl after selling a co-worker fentanyl that led to his overdose death, announced U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit today. According to court records, on May 17, 2022, Goforth met his friend and co-worker, the victim, at a...

GREENSBORO – Two defendants whose 18-month long drug conspiracy resulted in the death of one college student and contributed to the death of another have been sentenced, announced United States Attorney Sandra J. Hairston of the Middle District of North Carolina (MDNC). CYE LEANCE FRASIER, also known as “The Barber,”...

NEW YORK CITY - Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Jose Luis Tejada Aybar was sentenced yesterday to 150 months in prison for operating the Cab Louie Delivery Service, an on-demand drug courier service that delivered fentanyl-tainted cocaine to customers in...

CAPE GIRARDEAU. Mo. – A man from Jackson, Missouri, on Wednesday admitted selling fentanyl to someone who later suffered a fatal overdose. Dylan C. McMikle, 22, of Jackson, Missouri, pleaded guilty to one felony count of distribution of fentanyl. He admitted selling fentanyl to a 25-year-old Sikeston man early on...

WICHITA, Kan. – A Kansas man was sentenced today to 25 years in prison for giving a man a fentanyl pill which caused his death. According to court documents, in October 2023, Tyler Ralls, 35, of Wichita pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of a controlled substance which resulted...

SAN ANTONIO – A Pearsall man was sentenced in a federal court in San Antonio to 24 years in prison for one count of felon in possession of a firearm and one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl. According to court documents, Elberto Roy Trevino Jr...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, a complaint was unsealed charging Levar Jackson and Jaclyn Misuraca with conspiring to distribute fentanyl. As alleged, Jackson and Misuraca sold approximately 270 grams of fentanyl—often in broad daylight and in public locations across Long Island including outside of...