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...

WILMINGTON, N.C. – On Wednesday, a federal judge sentenced a Clayton woman to 11 years in federal prison for money laundering and trafficking large quantities of cocaine and methamphetamine. Oralia Rodriguez-Flores, 40, pleaded guilty at the end of last year to conspiracy to commit money laundering, conspiracy to distribute 5...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Today, Chief U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger ordered Michael Lindsey Jones, 39, of Hendersonville, N.C., to serve 10 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for trafficking methamphetamine, announced Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Jones’s supplier, Zachery Micah...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Asa Shaquille Holloway, 32, of Asheville, was sentenced today to 41 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine base, announced Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Holloway’s sentence will run...

FRESNO, Calif. — Salvador Vega Rendon Jr., 33, of Turlock, was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley to 16 years in prison for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant and...

Seattle – Over the last three weeks, federal, state and local law enforcement have been working to dismantle a Sinaloa Cartel-connected drug trafficking ring distributing fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin throughout western Washington, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Teal Luthy Miller. The drug traffickers transported narcotics from Mexico, via California, sometimes...

WILMINGTON, N.C. – A Kenansville man was sentenced Tuesday to five years in prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. On May 7, 2025, Dawan Dontra McKinzie pleaded guilty to the charges. “This case is a...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Torrey Lane Hodsden, 28, of Asheville, was sentenced to 300 months in prison yesterday followed by five years of supervised release for using a gun in furtherance of drug trafficking and other charges, announced Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Jae W...

COLUMBIA, S.C. —Jalik Shykeil Tucker, 30, of Sumter, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, 40 grams or more of fentanyl, and a quantity of cocaine and crack cocaine. Evidence obtained in the investigation revealed that during March 2023...

TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – Erik Gammons, 42, of Marianna, Fla., pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday, August 8, 2025, to Possession with Intent to Distribute 500 Grams or More of a Mixture and Substance Containing Methamphetamine and 500 Grams or More of Cocaine. The plea was announced by John P...