NEW YORK CITY – Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that Robert Shannon, a/k/a “Tank,” was sentenced to 260 months in prison today for his participation in a large-scale narcotics trafficking operation that sold kilogram quantities of fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine...

Seattle – A 61-year-old Spanaway, Washington man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to eight years in prison for his key role in a large drug distribution ring, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Dwayne Douglas George was indicted in November 2021, along with 16 other defendants. George...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Springfield, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute heroin and for illegally possessing a firearm. Derrick L. Hall, 52, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool to 15 years in federal prison without parole. On...

QUEENS, N.Y. – Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz and Frank A. Tarentino III, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), New York Division announced that Dennis Carrol was indicted by a grand jury and arraigned today on charges of criminal possession of a controlled substance. After...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment Thursday that adds four counts of murder in aid of racketeering against defendants alleging that the four murders were committed in furtherance of criminal acts perpetrated by the California Aryan Brotherhood, a white supremacist prison gang, U.S. Attorney Phillip...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 52-year-old Corpus Christi resident has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of a mixture or substance containing meth, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Jennifer...

SHERMAN, Texas – A Lubbock man has been sentenced to 35 years in federal prison for trafficking drugs through the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today. Mark Anthony Calzadias, 48, pleaded guilty...

BEAUMONT, Texas – A Houston man was sentenced to federal prison for trafficking drugs through the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today. Jaime Garcia-Sanchez, 20, pleaded guilty on July 14, 2022, to...

NEWARK, N.J. – A New York man was arrested in East Rutherford, New Jersey for possessing with intent to distribute approximately 70 kilograms of cocaine and 25 kilograms of fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Alejandro Nouel Lajud, 39, of Yonkers, New York, is charged by complaint with...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Providence man who, on multiple occasions, while under surveillance by members of the Rhode Island DEA Drug Task Force, sold pills containing methamphetamine, was sentenced today to three years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha. Jamont Patrick, 30, arrested in November 2021...