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Violent Sex Offender from Blytheville Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for Production of Child Pornography

JONESBORO—A Blytheville man involved in drugs, guns, and child pornography will spend the next 20 years in federal prison. Jeremy Barnett was sentenced to 240 months’ incarceration today after being convicted for illegally possessing firearms and production of child pornography. Jonathan D. Ross, United States Attorney for the Eastern District...
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Houston Man Indicted in Fayetteville for Selling Designer Drugs Around the World

RALEIGH, N.C. – A federal grand jury indicted Miqual Antwan Dysheen Spivey for the crimes of selling the designer drug MDMB-4en-PINACA, conspiring with others to possess and sell the drug, and money laundering. According to the indictment, Spivey, 27, owned and operated Bummy Legion, a Texas company that sells liquids...
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High-Ranking Sinaloa Cartel Member Extradited to Atlanta to Face Cocaine Trafficking Charges

ATLANTA – Following his extradition from Mexico to the United States, Roberto Najera Gutierrez, a/k/a Kunfu Panda and a/k/a La Gallina, pleaded not guilty in the Northern District of Georgia to a federal charge of conspiring to manufacture and distribute cocaine that he knew would be imported into the United...
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Illegal Alien Faces Federal Charges for Selling Fentanyl at a Farmers Market Produce Stand

Atlanta – Luis Sanchez-Acevedo, an illegal alien from Mexico, appeared in federal court yesterday afternoon on charges related to his alleged distribution of fentanyl from a Forest Park farmers market produce stand. “Sanchez-Acevedo allegedly distributed deadly “tranq” pills containing fentanyl and xylazine at a farmers market where he sold fruits...
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Leader of Major Alabama Drug-Trafficking Organization Sentenced to Life in Prison

MOBILE, AL – A Mobile man was sentenced today to life in prison for leading a vast drug-trafficking organization responsible for distributing hundreds of pounds of cocaine and pure methamphetamine. Several other members of the organization were also sentenced to serve decades in prison. According to court documents, Braxton A...
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Sumter Man Sentenced for Drug Conspiracy in Sumter, Richland Counties

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Jalik Shykeil Tucker, 31, of Sumter, has been sentenced to more than 19 years in federal prison for possession 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...
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Mississippi Repeat Offender Sentenced for Cocaine Distribution

Aberdeen, MS – A Cleveland man was sentenced today to 151 months in prison for distribution of cocaine. According to court documents, Anthony Williams, a/k/a “Big Ant”, 45, of was convicted of sale and distribution of cocaine. Williams was sentenced as a career offender having been previously convicted of two...
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Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 20 Years for Distributing Counterfeit Fentanyl Pills Resulting in a Fatal Overdose

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Pasqual Perez Duckett, 41, of Newberry, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for distribution of fentanyl which resulted in the death of a 28-year-old Columbia woman. In July 2023, agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration, in collaboration with the City of Columbia Police Department...
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Nash County Drug Dealer Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for Selling Over 22 Pounds of Meth

RALEIGH, N.C. – A federal judge sentenced a Nash County man to 20 years in federal prison for selling more than 50 grams of methamphetamine. On February 14, 2024, Kenneth Orlin Simmons, Jr., age 36, pleaded guilty to these crimes. “Drug dealers flood our communities with deadly methamphetamine and arm...
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Career Offender from West Memphis Sentenced to 12 years in Federal Prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Meth

LITTLE ROCK—Alreico Wiley, a multi-convicted felon, will spend the next 144 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Jonathan D. Ross, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced the sentence, which was handed down on December 16, 2025, by United States District Judge...

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