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Ten-Time Felon Sentenced to Decade in Prison for Drug Trafficking and Illegal Gun Possession

SAN DIEGO – Ten-time felon Robert Stokes of San Diego was sentenced in federal court today to 10 years in prison for his latest crimes: Trafficking PCP and methamphetamine and illegally possessing multiple firearms as a convicted felon. According to court records, on August 28, 2025, members of the Drug...
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HSTF Investigation in Oregon Leads to Indictment for Possession with Intent to Distribute Meth

PORTLAND, Ore.—A federal grand jury in Portland returned an indictment Tuesday charging Jonathann Uriel Ayala Garcia, 23, with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine after his involvement in a transnational criminal organization (TCO). According to court documents, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and...
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Sioux City Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Meth Conspiracy

SIOUX CITY, Iowa -- Damian Havens, 52, pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. At the plea hearing, Havens admitted that between March and May 2026, he and others conspired to distribute methamphetamine in Sioux City. Evidence showed that in those two months Havens was involved in...
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Five Quad City Individual Sentenced to Federal Prison for Fentanyl Charges

DAVENPORT, Iowa – Five Quad City individuals were sentenced to federal prison for charges related to their conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, specifically counterfeit pills containing fentanyl. According to public court documents and evidence presented at sentencing, between April 2022 and March 2024, five individuals conspired together to distribute fentanyl across...
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Five Men Sentenced to Total of 518 Months Imprisonment for Role in Large-Scale Drug Trafficking in Wadena County

MINNEAPOLIS – United States Attorney Daniel N. Rosen announced today that five defendants were collectively sentenced to over 500 months of imprisonment for their roles in a large-scale drug trafficking case out of Wadena County. The following individuals were sentenced: Robert Joseph Anderson, 40, of Wadena, Minnesota, 132 months for...
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Ten Pounds of Fentanyl Seized from Bronx Apartment - Two Daycare Centers in Building Evacuated

A short-term investigation into a fentanyl packaging and distribution operation led authorities to recover approximately 4.5 kilograms of suspected fentanyl (nearly 10 pounds) from a third-floor apartment at 2075 Morris Avenue, a five-story residential apartment building in the Fordham neighborhood of the Bronx. As agents and officers entered the location...
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Homeland Security Task Force Investigation Results in the Sentencing of a Memphis Man to Over 19 Years in Prison for Trafficking Narcotics While on Supervised Release for Trafficking Narcotics

MEMPHIS, Tn. – Antonio Caldwell, aka “Joe”, 40, of Memphis, was sentenced to 235 months in prison for narcotics trafficking. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today. U.S. Attorney Dunavant said, “Caldwell is a recidivist drug dealer who was brazenly distributing deadly...
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Six Lubbock Meth Traffickers Sentenced to Combined 143 Years in Prison

LUBBOCK, TX –The final defendant in a significant Lubbock, Texas, methamphetamine trafficking organization was sentenced to 18 years in federal prison. Waylon Williams, 42, pled guilty to one count of distribution and possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of methamphetamine in January 2026. Five others charged in...
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Meth Trafficker from Georgia Pleads Guilty

Tallahassee, Florida – Jimmy Randell Chason, 70, of Cairo, Georgia, pleaded guilty in federal court to three counts of distribution of methamphetamine and one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. The plea was announced by John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. U.S...
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California Man to Serve 30 years in Federal Prison for Transporting More Than 60 pounds of Meth to Oklahoma

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Gustavo De Alba, 48, of Los Angeles, California, has been sentenced to serve 360 months in federal prison for drug conspiracy and possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. According to public records, on June 13, 2025, law enforcement conducted a traffic stop involving a vehicle...

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