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Convictions through Guilty Pleas and Sentencings in Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) Prosecutions (June 8 through June 12, 2026)

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Puerto Rico, W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney, in conjunction with our partner agencies in the Homeland Security Task Force (“HSTF”) announce the following prosecutorial results for the week of June 8 through June 12, 2026...
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Manhattan Men Charged with Conspiracy to Distribute Millions of Doses of Deadly Gamma-Butyrolactone (GBL), A Chemical Often Times Attributed to Sexual Assaults.

Special Agent in Charge of the New York Enforcement Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), Farhana Islam, and United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, announced today the unsealing of an Indictment charging MARK DYGDON and RODRIGO CASTRO in connection with the defendants’ distribution...
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14 Defendants Indicted in Crack and Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy Operating Near D.C. Elementary School

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...
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Two Gainesville Men Indicted for Drug Conspiracy

Gainesville, Fla. – Cleveland Tyrone Ferguson II, 54, and Damien Charles Curtis, 46, of Gainesville, have been indicted in federal court for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute over 500 grams of cocaine. Additionally, Ferguson has been separately indicted for possession with the intent to distribute cocaine, while...
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Prichard Police Officer Arrested on Charges of Civil Rights Violations, Bribery, Evidence Tampering, and Extortion

MOBILE, AL – A Prichard police officer has been arrested on a criminal complaint charging him with federal crimes he is alleged to have committed in his capacity as a law enforcement officer. According to court documents, Emmanuel Naman Dotch, II, a police officer with the Prichard Police Department (PPD)...
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Operation Viper Results in 39 Arrests, the Seizure of 35 Firearms, Large Quantities of Narcotics, Money, and Nine Federal Indictments

LITTLE ROCK—In coordination with federal, state, and local law enforcement partners, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Little Rock Field Office, and Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) New Orleans Field Division announce the results of Operation Viper. Operation Viper, a high-intensity fugitive...
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Four Defendants Plead Guilty to Federal Crimes Related to the Murder of Puerto Rico Police Sergeant Eliezer Ramos Vélez in Homeland Security Task Force Prosecution

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Puerto Rico, W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney, in conjunction with our partner agencies in the Homeland Security Task Force (“HSTF”) announce the guilty pleas of the following four defendants charged in Criminal Case No. 24-453...
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Georgia Man Indicted for Distributing Methamphetamine in Northern District of Florida

Tallahassee, Fla. – Jimmy Randell Chason, 69, of Cairo, Ga., has been indicted in federal court on three counts of distribution of methamphetamine and one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida announced the charges. "Methamphetamine--which destroys...
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Cleveland Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Manufacturing Illegal Pills Trafficked Out of a Home Daycare

CLEVELAND – A DEA Detroit Field Division investigation has led to the sentencing of a 36-year-old man for manufacturing fentanyl and methamphetamine pills and using his home daycare as part of the drug trafficking operation. Larry Crenshaw-Broadnax was sentenced to 144 months (12 years) in prison by U.S. District Judge...
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A Vancouver, Washington, Woman was Sentenced to Federal Prison for Distributing Fentanyl Resulting in the Death of Two Brothers

PORTLAND, Ore.—A Vancouver, Washington, woman was sentenced to federal prison last Tuesday for distributing fentanyl resulting in two overdose deaths. Alondra Stephanie Trujillo, 34, was sentenced to 100 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release. She was also ordered to pay $6,349.00 in restitution. “The tragic fentanyl...

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