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Pair Sentenced on Meth Charges

January 26, 2023
ABINGDON, Va. – A man and woman, who were caught with a large amount of methamphetamine in an outbuilding in Bristol, Virginia by the Virginia State Police and the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, were sentenced on federal drug charges. Crystal Younce, 42, was sentenced Tuesday to 130 months in federal...

Cross-Country Meth Dealer Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison

November 29, 2022
ABINGDON, Va. – A former California man, who recently relocated to Meadowview, Virginia, was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for his participation in a cross-country drug conspiracy that brought hundreds of pounds of crystal ice methamphetamine into the Southwest Virginia region. Guy Benjamin Bowman, 57, was convicted following...

Federal Jury Convicted Quentin Horsley of Distributing Cocaine, Heroin and Meth

November 18, 2022
LYNCHBURG, Va. – A Lynchburg, Virginia man, who a federal jury convicted in March 2022 of distributing large quantities of heroin, methamphetamine, and cocaine, was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison. Quentin Lowell Horsley, 38, was convicted of conspiracy to distribute and possession with the intent to distribute 500...

Member of Bristol, Virginia Methamphetamine Drug Ring Sentenced

October 13, 2022
ABINGDON, Va. – A Bristol, Virginia woman, who conspired with others to traffic methamphetamine from multiple states into Southwest Virginia, was sentenced to 156 months in federal prison for her role in the conspiracy. Natasha Wallace, 42, pleaded guilty in June 2022 to conspiracy to distribute and possession with the...

Co-Defendant in Cross Country Methamphetamine Conspiracy Sentenced

October 11, 2022
ABINGDON, Va. – A former California woman, who recently relocated to Southwest Virginia, was sentenced to 87 months in federal prison on drug distribution charges. Sally Mae Carr, 42, of Meadowview, Va., formerly of Pomona, Calf., pled guilty in June 2022 to one count of distributing or possessing with the...

Virginia Man Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute Meth on the Darknet

July 12, 2022
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A Fairfax, Virginia man was sentenced today to 52 months for conspiring to distribute between 15 and 45 kilograms of pills containing methamphetamine via the darknet. According to court documents, from about May 2019 through December 2019, Tyler Pham, 39, conspired to distribute peach tablets advertised as...

Cross-Country Methamphetamine Conspiracy Halted in Washington County

July 08, 2022
Abingdon, Va., – A man, formerly from California, who recently relocated to Southwest Virginia, was found guilty of conspiracy and drug distribution charges following a three-day jury trial in the United States District Court in Abingdon, Jarod Forget, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Washington Division, United States Attorney...

Two Baltimore, Maryland Men Facing Federal Indictment for the Attempted Murder of a Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent

June 09, 2022
Baltimore, Md. – Yesterday a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Juan Hester, a/k/a “Q,” age 40, and Davon Rogers, a/k/a “Stew,” age 39, both of Baltimore, with the attempted murder of a federal Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) agent; with using, carrying, and brandishing a firearm during and in...

South Carolina Woman Sentenced for Role in International Money Laundering, Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy

June 08, 2022
ABINGDON, Va. – A Greenville, South Carolina woman, who was involved in a longtime romantic relationship with the leader of an extensive methamphetamine distribution conspiracy, was sentenced this week to 36 months in federal prison. Lisa Yvonne Fleming Neely, 56, pled guilty in February 2022 to one count of conspiracy...

Charlottesville Methamphetamine Traffickers Plead Guilty

May 26, 2022
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Four drug traffickers pled guilty recently to conspiring to distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine throughout the Charlottesville area. Santo Hidalgo Siguenza, a.k.a. “Chila,” 40, from El Salvador, Francisco Rocha Uribe, 31, from Mexico, Rafael Vasquez Navarette, 26, from El Salvador, and Luis Guillermo Melendez-Henrique, 31...
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