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Convictions through Guilty Pleas and Sentencings in Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) Prosecutions (June 8 through June 12, 2026)

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Puerto Rico, W. Stephen Muldrow, 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 June 8 through June 12, 2026...
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California Man Sentenced to More Than 12 Years in Prison for Los Angeles-to-Dayton Drug Trafficking

DAYTON, Ohio – Ernesto Villalobos, 48, of Los Angeles, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 150 months in prison, June 15, for distributing kilograms of cocaine, fentanyl and methamphetamine throughout the United States, including in the Southern District of Ohio. A Drug Enforcement Administration investigation revealed, Villalobos served as...
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Prichard Police Officer Arrested on Charges of Civil Rights Violations, Bribery, Evidence Tampering, and Extortion

MOBILE, AL – A Prichard police officer has been arrested on a criminal complaint charging him with federal crimes he is alleged to have committed in his capacity as a law enforcement officer. According to court documents, Emmanuel Naman Dotch, II, a police officer with the Prichard Police Department (PPD)...
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Operation Viper Results in 39 Arrests, the Seizure of 35 Firearms, Large Quantities of Narcotics, Money, and Nine Federal Indictments

LITTLE ROCK—In coordination with federal, state, and local law enforcement partners, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Little Rock Field Office, and Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) New Orleans Field Division announce the results of Operation Viper. Operation Viper, a high-intensity fugitive...
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Four Defendants Plead Guilty to Federal Crimes Related to the Murder of Puerto Rico Police Sergeant Eliezer Ramos Vélez in Homeland Security Task Force Prosecution

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Puerto Rico, W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney, in conjunction with our partner agencies in the Homeland Security Task Force (“HSTF”) announce the guilty pleas of the following four defendants charged in Criminal Case No. 24-453...
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Cleveland Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Manufacturing Illegal Pills Trafficked Out of a Home Daycare

CLEVELAND – A DEA Detroit Field Division investigation has led to the sentencing of a 36-year-old man for manufacturing fentanyl and methamphetamine pills and using his home daycare as part of the drug trafficking operation. Larry Crenshaw-Broadnax was sentenced to 144 months (12 years) in prison by U.S. District Judge...
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Convictions through Guilty Pleas and Sentencings in Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) Prosecutions (June 1 through June 5, 2026)

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Puerto Rico, W. Stephen Muldrow, 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 June 1 through June 5, 2026...
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St. John the Baptist Parish Men Sentenced for Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA –RICARDO JIMENEZ RAMOS (“JIMENEZ RAMOS”), age 58, and DARIEL HERNANDEZ GARCIA (“HERNANDEZ GARCIA”), age 33, residents of Laplace, Louisiana, were sentenced by United States District Judge Darrel James Papillion after pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess, and possession with intent to distribute, 5 kilograms or more of...
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Jefferson County Man Convicted for Drug Trafficking from Inside the Alabama Department of Corrections

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A Birmingham man has been convicted of using a contraband cell phone to run a methamphetamine conspiracy while in custody of the Alabama Department of Corrections, announced U.S. Attorney Phillip W. Williams Jr. The jury returned a guilty verdict against Samdrekus Eugene Bester, 43, after four days...
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Daleville Resident Receives 35 Year Prison Sentence for Role in Large‑Scale Methamphetamine and Cocaine Conspiracy

Today, United States Attorney Thomas Govan and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge John P. Scott of the New Orleans Field Division announced that a Daleville, Alabama man has been sentenced for his role in a large-scale drug trafficking organization operating in Alabama’s Wiregrass region. On June 3...

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