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Las Vegas Man Pleads Guilty To Anabolic Steroid Trafficking And Firearms Charges

BOSTON – A Las Vegas man, formerly of Northborough, Mass., pleaded guilty on Sept. 10, 2026 in federal court in Worcester for conspiring to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute large quantities of anabolic steroids and methamphetamine. The defendant also pleaded guilty to firearms charges. Mark Taslakian, 52...
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Fresno Methamphetamine Conversion Lab Dismantled; Three Arrested

FRESNO, Calif. — Three individuals were charged today following a multi‑agency investigation that dismantled a clandestine methamphetamine conversion laboratory in Terra Bella, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Bob P. Beris announced. Jose Diarte-Perez, 46, and Carlos Beltran-Ochoa, 27, both from Mexico and illegally...
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Convicted Felon Guilty of Illegally Possessing Gun, Drugs in Macon

MACON, Ga. – A federal jury convicted a Georgia man with a criminal history for illegally possessing a firearm and attempting to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine in Central Georgia resulting from a Project Safe Neighborhoods investigation. “Repeat offenders who possess illegal drugs and firearms pose a serious threat to our...
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Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Meth in Idaho and Oregon

BOISE, Idaho--Ricky Dee Sedlacek, 63, of Caldwell, Idaho, was sentenced to 87 months in federal prison for distribution of methamphetamine. According to court records, Sedlacek sold more than a quarter pound of methamphetamine over multiple transactions in Oregon and Idaho. Investigators contacted Sedlacek during a traffic stop as he was...
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Pocatello Man Sentenced To 10 Years in Federal Prison for Distributing Fentanyl and Methamphetamine

BOISE, Idaho - Michael Joseph Pena, 28, of Pocatello, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances. According to court records, Pena sold methamphetamine and fentanyl on multiple occasions throughout the summer and fall of 2025. When questioned...
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Lexington Man Sentenced to More than 18 years in Federal Prison for Drug Distribution

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Demetrius Tyare Glenn, 35, of Lexington, has been sentenced to more than 18 years in federal prison for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy. Evidence gathered during the investigation showed that, beginning in 2023, members of a drug-trafficking organization distributed large quantities of methamphetamine, fentanyl, cocaine...
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Ice Trafficker Receives Frosty 14 Year Federal Prison Sentence

WILMINGTON, N.C.– A federal judge sentenced Lara Joy Ezell, 42, to over 14 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of meth and distribution of 50 grams or more of meth. Ezell pleaded guilty to the charges on June...
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Homeland Security Task Force Operation Leads to Three Luzerne County Men Convicted of Drug Trafficking Offenses

SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jerrod Curtis, age 42, Paul Daniel Chavis, a/k/a “Payne,” age 56, and Reneard Harris, age 68, all of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, were convicted on September 10, 2026, for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and other drug...
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Homeland Security Task Force Investigation in Western Washington Leads to 10.5 Year Sentence for Local Distributor for Cartel Connected Drug Ring

SEATTLE – A 40-year-old repeat offender with a long history of drug and gun crimes was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 10.5 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. Levi Frank Graham, most recently of Everett, Washington, was identified as a drug redistributor for...
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Milton Man Sentenced to More Than Eight Years in Prison for Role in Cross-State Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

CONCORD, N.H. – A Milton man was sentenced in federal court to 100 months in prison with four years of supervised release for one count of conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, in a case brought by New Hampshire’s Homeland Security Task Force. Jacob D...

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