WICHITA, KAN. – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Kansas (USAO-KS) and the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) announced the results of Operation Iron Sights, a violent crime initiative conducted in the Wichita-Sedgwick County area from July 13 - September 16, 2026. U.S. Attorney Ryan...

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...

ALBUQUERQUE – An Albuquerque drug trafficker who amassed an arsenal of firearms, including machinegun conversion devices, and hundreds of grams of methamphetamine and fentanyl has been sentenced to nearly 29 years in federal prison. According to court documents, on July 6, 2024, Deundalas Gales, 37, was driving at a high...

Gainesville, Fla. –Trai Willaims, 28, of Gainesville, Florida, was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison after previously pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute more than 100 grams of carfentanil (an analogue of fentanyl) and other controlled substances. The sentence was announced by John P. Heekin, United States...

OAKLAND, Calif.– Mario Sevilla Artiaga and Danexi Mendoza Licona were each sentenced to seven years in federal prison on Friday, October 23, for conspiring to and selling fentanyl. U.S. District Judge Jon S. Tigar handed down the sentence. Mario Sevilla Artiaga, 23, and Danexi Mendoza Licona, 22, both nationals of...

MIAMI – A Lake Worth man has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for distributing fentanyl and oxycodone to a minor, resulting in the minor’s fatal overdose. District Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks imposed the sentence on Roberto Andres-Tomas, 26, of Lake Worth, Florida, after he pleaded guilty to...

Tallahassee, Fla.– Marcello Hinojosa, 53, of Tallahassee, Fla., pleaded guilty in federal court to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The plea was announced by John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. U.S. Attorney Heekin said...

CAMDEN, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Field Division Towanda R. Thorne-James and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Robert Frazer announced a Mexican national admitted yesterday to conspiring to distribute over 260 pounds of methamphetamine into New Jersey—the largest seizure...

Fort Myers, Fla. – Alejandro Marquetti-Blanco (34, Bradenton, Fla.) has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Kyle Dudek to 10 years and 1 month in federal prison for distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Marquetti-Blanco was found guilty on February 20, 2026, after a jury trial. U.S. Attorney...

Pensacola, Fla. – Anthony Bernard Allen, 54, of Fort Walton Beach, Fla., pleaded guilty in federal court to two counts of possession with intent to distribute cocaine, as well as possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon. The plea was announced by John P. Heekin, United States...