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Suitcases Stuffed with 45 Pounds of Meth Lead to 10-Year Federal Sentence

December 11, 2025
INDIANAPOLIS - Cesar Alexander Pineda-Penaloza, 21, of California has been sentenced to 10 years and 10 months in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to possession with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. According to court documents, between January 2023...
December 11, 2025
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North Carolina Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Trafficking 10 Kilos of Cocaine

December 10, 2025
NORFOLK, Va. – A North Carolina man was sentenced this week to 10 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 10 kilograms of cocaine. According to court documents, Kareem Akeem McMurrin, 41, and another person conspired to ship a package containing 10 kilograms of...
December 10, 2025
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Hampton Roads heroin trafficker sentenced to over 23 years in prison

December 10, 2025
NORFOLK, Va. – Two Hampton Roads drug traffickers were sentenced to prison for convictions relating to their trafficking of heroin and other narcotics. “This case demonstrates the effective partnerships between our federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies,” said Lindsey Halligan, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. “We...
December 10, 2025
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Mexican Felon Returns to Prison for Meth Trafficking

December 10, 2025
SAN ANTONIO – A Mexican national was sentenced in a federal court in San Antonio to 155 months in prison for trafficking methamphetamine. According to court documents, Cesar Sepulveda Esquivel aka Cesar Sepulveda Jimenez, 47, of Piedras Negras, was identified as a supplier for methamphetamine and cocaine in December 2022...
December 10, 2025
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Wakefield Man Pleads Guilty to Role in Meth Trafficking Ring

December 10, 2025
BOSTON – A Wakefield man pleaded has pleaded guilty to his role in a conspiracy to distribute crystal methamphetamine. Daniel Loughman, a/k/a “Swiss,” 40, pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute 50 grams and more of methamphetamine and one count of conspiracy to distribute and to...
December 10, 2025
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Waterbury Gang Member Sentenced to Life in Federal Prison

December 10, 2025
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - JULIAN SCOTT, also known as “Ju Sav,” 26, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to life in prison, and a mandatory consecutive term of imprisonment of 30 years, for offenses related to his involvement in the 960 gang, a violent Waterbury...
December 10, 2025
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New Jersey Man Charged with Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine Base and Possession of Firearm in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking Crime

December 10, 2025
BURLINGTON, Vt. – The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that on December 4, 2025, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Christopher Crawford, 36, of Sicklerville, New Jersey, with possession with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of cocaine base and...
December 10, 2025
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Hartford Man Charged with Narcotics Trafficking and Firearm Possession Offenses

December 10, 2025
HARTFORD, Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Jarod Forget, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, has announced that REYMON ROJAS, also known as Reymond Rojas, 40, of Hartford, has been charged in a five-count indictment with...
December 10, 2025
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Dominican National Pleads Guilty To Trafficking Tens Of Thousands of Fentanyl Pills

December 10, 2025
BOSTON – A Dominican national unlawfully residing in Dorchester has pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to his role in a large-scale fentanyl trafficking conspiracy. Anderson Ernesto Andujar Echavarria, 28, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 400 grams or...
December 10, 2025
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Madison Man Sentenced for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine

December 10, 2025
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – Willie Frank Hicks, 42, of Madison, Fla., has been sentenced to a 10-year term of imprisonment for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. The sentence was announced by John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. U.S. Attorney Heekin said: “Thanks to the...
December 10, 2025
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