SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Puerto Rico, Héctor Ramírez-Carbó, Acting United States Attorney, in conjunction with our partner agencies in the Homeland Security Task Force (“HSTF”) announce the following prosecutorial results for the week of July 13 through July 17, 2026...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—The primary distributor in a fentanyl conspiracy responsible for the distribution of thousands of pills, including one that resulted in a death, will spend the next 27 years in federal prison. Jonathan D. Ross, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced the sentence, which was...

TYLER, Texas – An illegal immigrant and a Smith County man sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations. Daniel Garibay-Barriga, 39, a Mexican national, and Craig Allen Wallace, 50, of Tyler, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. On July 21, 2026, Garibay-Barriga was sentenced to 168...

OKLAHOMA CITY – A federal indictment has been unsealed, charging Collin Shane Kirby, 21, of Oklahoma City, with distributing a controlled substance analogue resulting in death. According to the Indictment, Kirby is alleged to have distributed a substance containing N-Propionitrile Chlorphine, a synthetic opioid known as cychlorphine, to another individual...

El Paso - A Bario Azteca gang member pleaded guilty today in federal court in El Paso, Texas, for being part of a racketeering and drug trafficking conspiracy which included acting as the lookout in the murders by Barrio Azteca members of a U.S. Consulate Juarez employee, her husband, and...

PHOENIX, Ariz. – Jose De Jesus Martinez, 25, of Avondale, was sentenced on July 13, by United States District Judge Sharad H. Desai to five years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Martinez previously pleaded guilty to Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl. On May 5, 2025...

RAPID CITY - United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced today that United States District Judge Camela C. Theeler has sentenced an Arizona man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance. The sentencing took place on July 20, 2026. John Parrado, 38, was sentenced to 21 years and 10 months...

Pensacola, Fla. – James Craig, 46, of Mokena, Illinois, has been indicted in federal court on one count of possession with intent to distribute 100 kilograms or more of marijuana. John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced the charge. Craig appeared in federal court...

INDIANAPOLIS - Deontai Williams, 33, of Indianapolis, has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, after a federal jury found him guilty of trafficking in fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine; illegally possessing eight firearms as a convicted felon; and possessing those firearms in...

NEW ORLEANS – On July 16, 2026, a federal grand jury indicted NICKY PARFAIT (“PARFAIT”), age 37, a resident of Houma, Louisiana, for violating the Federal Controlled Substances Act and the Federal Gun Control Act, announced United States Attorney David I. Courcelle. According to court documents, PARFAIT was indicted for...