GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Kendrick Jermaine Hills Jr., 22, of Williston, Florida, has been indicted in federal court for charges related to armed drug trafficking. John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced the charges. Hills was arrested on July 10, 2025, and appeared before United...

RALEIGH, N.C. – Daniel Oswaldo Santos-Soto, age 25, was sentenced to 130 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Santos-Soto pleaded guilty to the charges on April 14, 2025. According to court records and evidence...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Jason Rigdon, 44, of Crawfordville, Florida, pleaded guilty July 9, 2025, to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of multiple firearms by a convicted felon. The plea was announced by John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. “I applaud the...

CONCORD, N.H. – A Manchester man has been sentenced in federal court for possessing fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine with the intent to distribute as well as possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, Acting U.S. Attorney Jay McCormack announces. Eddie Veilleux, age 58, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Two local men were sentenced last week for conspiracy to possess fentanyl with intent to distribute, possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Special Agent in Charge...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Jason Raysean Broadbent, 38, of Sacramento, pleaded guilty Thursday to assaulting federal officers with a deadly weapon, possession of methamphetamine near a school with intent to distribute, being a felon in possession of a firearm, possession of an unregistered destructive device, and possession of an unregistered, short-barreled...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Two members of a Sacramento-based drug trafficking organization were sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd for fentanyl trafficking and related crimes, Acting U.S. Attorney Michele Beckwith and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Bob P. Beris announced. Jose Guadalupe Lopez-Zamora, 30, of Sacramento...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Richard Clifton Turner, 62, of Placerville, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd to 16 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine , Acting U.S. Attorney Michele Beckwith and DEA Special Agent in Charge Bob P. Beris...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Alfred Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, Indiana, and Acting U.S. Attorney M. Scott Proctor for the Northern District of Indiana announced that Lajuane Broadus, 48, Fort Wayne, was sentenced to 200 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised...

TACOMA, Wash. – Key members of a drug trafficking organization connected to the Aryan Family prison gang were sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to prison terms. Jesse James Bailey, 40, was sentenced to 210 months (17.5 years) in prison. His wife, Candace Bailey, 43, was sentenced to...