MINNEAPOLIS – A prior convicted felon was charged in a criminal complaint today with being a felon in possession of a firearm and theft of government property after breaking into an FBI vehicle and stealing a rifle, announced United States Attorney Daniel N. Rosen. Rosen was joined in the announcement...

BOSTON – A Boston area man has plead guilty to his role in Cameron Street, a violent Boston gang. Anthony Centeio, a/k/a “Wheezy,” 37 of Boston and Rehoboth, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise; conspiracy to distribute 500 grams of more of cocaine, cocaine base and...

EL PASO - A former FBI “Ten Most Wanted Fugitive” and leader of the El Paso/Juarez-based Bario Azteca gang pleaded guilty today in federal court in El Paso, Texas, for his role in the March 2010 U.S. Consulate murders in Juarez, Mexico, in which three people associated with the U.S...

OAKLAND, Calif. – A federal grand jury has indicted Allen Brown, Sebron Russell, Marquise Cooper, Janiero Booth (a/k/a Javon Herrington), Jowaun Jones, Shawn McGee, and Salvador Munguia on charges of conspiring to distribute, possessing with intent to distribute, and attempting to possess with intent to distribute more than 100 marijuana...

WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and our partners successfully dismantled an MS-13 cell operating within Nashville, Tennessee. After a 9-month investigation, a series of court-authorized search warrants were conducted this morning throughout the metropolitan Nashville area, resulting in the arrests of at least 17 members and associates...

STAMFORD, Conn. - AMIRE NEWSOME, also known as “Mire,” 22, last residing in Stamford, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 180 months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release for his involvement in a violent Bridgeport street gang. Today’s announcement was made...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - JOSHUA GILBERT, also known as “Lor Heavy,” 24, of Bridgeport, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 480 months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release for his involvement in a violent Bridgeport street gang. Today’s announcement was made was...

TACOMA, Wash. – A 52-year-old Tukwila, Washington resident was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 120 months in prison. Anthony Escoto was indicted in connection with a two-year investigation of drug trafficking organizations connected to the Aryan Family and Omerta prison gangs. At the sentencing hearing Chief U.S...

HOUSTON - A 25-year-old Houston resident has been ordered to federal prison for his role in a methamphetamine conspiracy and for possessing machine guns in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Houston Division Special Agent in Charge Jonathan C. Pullen and U.S. Attorney Nicholas J...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - LORENZO CARTER, also known as “Zo” and “Skiii,” 30, of Bridgeport, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 480 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his involvement in a violent Bridgeport street gang. This announcement was...