(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) - Wesley Eugene Parker, 25, of Fernandina Beach, Florida, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for distributing cocaine. He pleaded guilty on May 22, 2017. According to court documents, on December 28, 2016, and again on January 10, 2017, Parker sold powder cocaine to a confidential...

SAN DIEGO - DEA Special Agent in Charge William R. Sherman and FBI Special Agent in Charge Eric S. Birnbaum invite the community to attend the screening of an impactful documentary film created to educate the community about opiate addiction. Event: Free Movie Screening: “Chasing the Dragon: The Life of...

SAN DIEGO - Jose Rafael Camacho-Ontiveros, the alleged leader of a Mexican heroin trafficking organization, was extradited to the United States by Mexico yesterday and made his first appearance in federal court this afternoon. A federal grand jury in San Diego returned an indictment on October 14, 2011, charging Camacho-Ontiveros...

SAN DIEGO - Sinaloa Cartel Cell Leader Damaso Lopez-Serrano, aka Mini Lic, was arraigned in federal court today following his self-surrender to United States law enforcement authorities at the Calexico West Port of Entry on July 27. Lopez-Serrano, 29, is believed to be the highest-ranking Mexican cartel leader ever to...

JUL 20 - (ORLANDO, Fla.) - Jeremy Achey, 43, of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand in Boynton Beach, Florida, with conspiracy to distribute and distribution of controlled substance analogues. If convicted on all counts, he faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. According to court...

JUN 28 - (FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.) - Porsha Session, 31, of Boynton Beach, Florida, a Broward County School District employee was sentenced in federal court to three years in prison for obstructing a drug investigation. Session previously pled guilty to obstructing an official proceeding. According to the court record, federal...

JUN 21 - MIAMI, Fla. - Guy Philippe, a former high-ranking Haitian National Police officer was sentenced today in Miami, Florida, to 108 months in prison with an order for a money judgment in the amount of $1.5 million to follow. Philippe previously pled guilty to a money laundering charge...

SAN DIEGO - A long-term investigation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has led to one of the nation’s largest seizures of the deadly synthetic opiate fentanyl and a federal indictment against three alleged traffickers. “The opioid crisis the country is facing right now makes this indictment all the more...

JUN 15 - POMPANO BEACH, Fla. - On June 15, 2017, Dr. Willem Ouw, 84, a licensed physician practicing in Pompano Beach, Florida, was arrested at his office, the Medical Center of North Broward, 38 NE 20th Ave., Pompano Beach, Florida, following the return of a 10 count indictment on...

MAY 11 - MIAMI, Fla. - Joshua J. Kelly, aka “Ustous,” 32, of Cape Girardeau, Mo., was charged by criminal complaint today with one count of conspiracy to distribute in narcotics, in and one count of conspiracy to launder money. Kelly becomes the fourth defendant in separate but related cases...