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Known Gang Member Trafficking Drugs to Homeless Encampments in Bellingham Sentenced to 4+ Years in Prison

SEATTLE – A 40-year-old Renton, Washington man was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 50 months in prison for drug trafficking. Davon Malbrough was identified as a member of the “Family Mafia Crips” – a criminal gang profiting off the distribution of controlled substances and sex trafficking...
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Georgia Woman Sentenced for Mailing Synthetic Cannabinoids into Alabama Correctional Facilities

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – A federal judge in Montgomery has sentenced a Georgia woman for distributing controlled substances and unlawfully using the United States mail to facilitate the distribution of synthetic cannabinoids into Alabama correctional facilities. Last week, Jinna Candice Moore, 44, of Fairburn, Georgia, received a sentence of 78 months...
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DEA Assists ATF With Five-Week Enforcement Operation Seizing 97 Firearms, Arresting 17 in Portland Area

PORTLAND, Ore.— On Monday, at a press conference at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon, federal, state, and local law enforcement partners announced completion of a coordinated, five‑week federal law enforcement operation targeting firearms and narcotics trafficking in the Portland metro area. During that enforcement operation 97...
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Oregon Man Sentenced to Two Years and Nine Months in Federal Prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl

PORTLAND, Ore.— U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon Scott Bradford announced that Eder Fletes Calix, 24, of Beaverton, Oregon, was sentenced to two years and nine months in federal prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for possessing more than 700 grams of fentanyl with intent...
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Homeland Security Task Force Investigation Leads to 10-Year Sentence for Drug Trafficking Leader and Supplier who Targeted Seattle's Chinatown International District and "The Jungle"

SEATTLE –A 39-year-old Newcastle, Washington man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to ten years in prison for his leadership role as a supplier and distributor of methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl in Seattle’s homeless encampments and International District, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Floyd. Tommy...
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Little Rock Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm

LITTLE ROCK—Andre Lavon Harris, who previously received a 30-year state sentence for first-degree murder, will spend the next 180 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Jonathan D. Ross, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, which was handed down on Wednesday...
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Monroe Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses

MONROE – On October 21, 2026, United States Chief District Judge Terry A. Doughty sentenced Demorion “Duck” Baker, 30, of Monroe, to 30 years in federal prison for multiple counts of Possession with Intent to Distribute Controlled Substances including Cocaine, Alprazolam, Marijuana, and Methamphetamine, and for Possession of Firearms in...
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Little Rock Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm

LITTLE ROCK—Andre Lavon Harris, who previously received a 30-year state sentence for first-degree murder, will spend the next 180 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Jonathan D. Ross, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, which was handed down on Wednesday...
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Bastrop and Texas Men Sentenced as Part of Methamphetamine Conspiracy Impacting North Louisiana

MONROE – On October 9, 2026, United States Chief District Judge Terry A. Doughty sentenced Johnny Bradshaw, 34, of Bastrop, to 144 months in federal prison for Conspiracy to Possess a Controlled Substance with Intent to Distribute, followed by five years of supervised release. He previously pled guilty to the...
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Texas Man Sentenced to 120 Months’ Imprisonment for Cocaine Trafficking

MOBILE, AL – Dominick Gerald Balli was sentenced on October 13, 2026, by United States District Court Judge Terry F. Moorer to 120 months in federal prison for cocaine trafficking. According to court documents, on June 12, 2025, an Escambia County, Alabama, Sheriff’s deputy conducted a traffic stop on a...

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