WAYCROSS, Georgia: Six defendants in a southern Georgia drug trafficking operation have been sentenced to prison in federal court. The sentences were imposed by U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood and announced by Margaret E. “Meg” Heap, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia. They include: Chen Hui...

WASHINGTON – A 21‑count federal Indictment was partially unsealed in U.S. District Court this morning charging 14 defendants in connection with a conspiracy that allegedly distributed crack and powder cocaine near Hendley Elementary School in Southeast Washington, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro. Law enforcement officers from the FBI, Drug...

Seattle – A 41- year-old Renton, Washington resident, illegally present in the U.S. was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 84 months in prison for his role as a significant drug distributor to both Western Washington and Western Kentucky. Manuel Garcia Hernandez, was arrested in June 2024...

BOSTON – A Fall River, Massachusetts man has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for drug distribution resulting in the death of a minor, as well as multiple other charges associated with his sale of drugs, machineguns and firearm parts on the Telegram app. Benjamin Hunt, 27, was sentenced...

CHICAGO — A man has been sentenced to more than 26 years in federal prison for distributing drugs through a dark web marketplace known as the “Nemesis Market.” Darren Hughes operated a vendor store offering free samples of methamphetamine on the Nemesis Market, one of the world’s largest dark web...

NORWALK, Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KIMBERLY DELACRUZ, also known as “K,” 31, of Norwalk, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Vernon D. Oliver in Hartford to 30 months of imprisonment and 18 months of supervised release for her...

Seattle – A 37-year-old Mexican national, a former resident of Issaquah, Washington, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to six years in prison for his role in an armed drug trafficking ring that sought drug customers in Seattle’s homeless encampments and International District. Giovanni Antonio Garduno Garcia...

ROCKFORD, Ill. — A Rockford man has been sentenced to 16 years in federal prison for trafficking fentanyl and heroin. DeMargio Tripp, 36, pleaded guilty earlier this year to distributing 40 grams or more of fentanyl and heroin in the Rockford area in 2024 and 2025. Tripp also admitted that...

Bakersfield, Calif.- After receiving calls from community members concerned about suspected narcotics sales in the Oleander area, the Bakersfield Police Department’s Narcotics Unit, in coordination with California Highway Patrol officers assigned to the Bakersfield DEA Task Force, initiated a coordinated investigation over the course of several days. On March 18th...

LOS ANGELES – A San Fernando Valley man who was actor and author Matthew Perry’s live-in personal assistant was sentenced today to 41 months in federal prison for obtaining and repeatedly injecting Perry with ketamine, including the fatal dose that ended Perry’s life in October 2023. Kenneth Iwamasa, 61, of...