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Operation Clean Sweep Produces Major Arrests and Seizures in Central New York's Onondaga County

SYRACUSE, NEW YORK — Law Enforcement officials announced the results of Operation Clean Sweep – Onondaga County, a major enforcement initiative resulting in several arrests and significant seizures of firearms and narcotics. Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Enforcement Division Special Agent in Charge Farhana Islam, Northern District of New York...
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Bahamian Drug Trafficker Faces Federal Cocaine Charges Following At-Sea Rescue From Plane Crash

ATLANTA – An indictment unsealed today in the Northern District of Georgia charges Jonathan Eric Gardiner, a convicted felon and Bahamian national, with federal drug importation and conspiracy offenses. U.S. officials arrested Gardiner after rescuing him from the Atlantic Ocean following a plane crash on May 14, 2026. “International cocaine...
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Final Sentencing Completed in Multi‑Defendant Scheme to Deliver Contraband into Alabama Prison

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – A federal judge in Montgomery has sentenced the final defendant in a drug trafficking conspiracy that funneled narcotics and other contraband into a correctional facility in Elmore, Alabama. In total, five defendants have now been sentenced for their roles in the scheme. On July 30, 2026, Lilbrian...
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Inmate who ran Gun Trafficking Organization From State Prison Sentenced in Homeland Security Task Force investigation

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 38-year-old resident of Rock Hill, South Carolina, has been ordered by a federal judge to prison for conspiring to “straw purchase” firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. A straw purchase of firearms involves the illegal purchase of a firearm for or on behalf...
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Dozens Charged With Health Care Fraud in Federal and State Cases Involving $5.76 Million in Billings to Pennsylvania’s Medicaid Program

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that 12 individuals and an agency have been charged by federal indictment and additional defendants charged by the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General with health care fraud and other offenses, for allegedly conspiring to defraud the Pennsylvania Medicaid program. U.S. Attorney Metcalf...
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Sioux City Woman Pleads Guilty to Meth Distribution Conspiracy

SIOUX CITY, Iowa -- Kristie Williams, 36, from Sioux City, Iowa, pled guilty on August 4, 2026, in federal court in Sioux City. Williams pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, one count of distributing methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of a protected location, and one count of...
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Federal Inmate Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison for Possession of Meth with the Intent to Distribute

Ocala, Fla. – United States District Judge Thomas P. Barber has sentenced Billy Boortz (43, Duval Couty, Texas) to five years in federal prison for possession of five grams or more of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe made the announcement. According to the...
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Illegal Alien Faces Federal Fentanyl and Firearms Charges After Stockbridge Arrest

ATLANTA – Rogelio Moises Rosel Dimas, an illegal alien from Mexico, appeared in federal court yesterday to answer a criminal complaint after the alleged discovery of a handgun in his Stockbridge, Georgia home and a hidden fentanyl stash in nearby woods. “Our mission has always been about protecting people,” said...
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Federal Grand Jury Indicts 7 for Drug Offenses Following Homeland Security Task Force Investigation

Louisville, Ky. – Following a lengthy investigation by the Louisville Homeland Security Task force, a federal grand jury in Louisville, Kentucky, returned an indictment on July 22, 2026, charging seven local individuals with conspiring to distribute controlled substances, and one individual with firearm- and methamphetamine-related charges. Six of these individuals...
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Leader of Massive Drug Trafficking Ring Sentenced to More Than Ten Years in Prison

SEATTLE- The young leader of a drug trafficking ring that persisted in bringing large loads of drugs to western Washington despite multiple law enforcement seizures, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 130 months in prison, announced First Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Floyd. Hector Duran Aldaco...

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