News from November 2022
By Press release submission | Nov 7, 2022
United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Shamire Young, 20, of Philadelphia, PA, entered a plea of guilty before United States District Court Judge Nitza I. Quiñones Alejandro to the charge of carjacking stemming from an incident which occurred in the Germantown section of Philadelphia in March 2022, during which he and three other individuals stole a vehicle and fled in it.
By Press release submission | Nov 7, 2022
United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that Treymon Daykeem Reed, 29, of Alexandria, Louisiana, has been sentenced by United States District Judge David C. Joseph to 72 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for illegal possession of firearms.
By Press release submission | Nov 7, 2022
New York Attorney General Letitia James and Special Agent in Charge Frank A. Tarentino III, Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division announced the takedown of a drug trafficking operation that flooded communities in Western New York with cocaine and fentanyl pills.
By Press release submission | Nov 7, 2022
Nathan Suaste, 19, of West Valley City, Exodus Matua, 18, and Lorenzo Saavedra, 18, both of Saratoga Springs, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in the District of Utah for the robbery of a United States Postal Service (“USPS”) letter carrier.
By Press release submission | Nov 7, 2022
Ten people have been indicted in an Augusta-area drug trafficking conspiracy linked to another large-scale drug trafficking prosecution.
By Press release submission | Nov 7, 2022
DEA El Paso to Host Family Summit
By Press release submission | Nov 7, 2022
Michael Gannon, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of Drug Enforcement Administration-Indianapolis, and U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Myers of the Southern District of Indiana announced that Bradley Cagle, 27, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to five years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking offense.
By Press release submission | Nov 7, 2022
John G. McGarry, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of Drug Enforcement Administration-Wisconsin, and U.S. Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on Oct. 27, 2022, Dr. Manuel Thomas, 49, a former pediatrician, had been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman to 18 months in federal prison for conspiring to unlawfully distribute controlled substances and maintaining a premises for the purpose of unlawfully distributing controlled substances.
By Press release submission | Nov 7, 2022
Medical Doctor Plus Eight Others Indicted for Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering
By Press release submission | Nov 7, 2022
Two men pleaded guilty Wednesday and admitted trying to pick up 100 pounds of methamphetamine that was being brought to the St. Louis area from Colorado.
By Press release submission | Nov 7, 2022
The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Antonio Vergara, 29, of Walden, VT, was charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl.
By Press release submission | Nov 7, 2022
A Springfield man was sentenced on Oct. 27, 2022 in federal court in Springfield for his role in a large-scale heroin trafficking organization.
By Press release submission | Nov 7, 2022
The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced today that Maurice Pompey, 34, of Columbia, South Carolina, Christopher Moton, 29, of Columbia, South Carolina, and Danielle Richardson, 30, of Rutland, Vermont, were arrested on October 27, 2022 following the execution of a federal search warrant at 116 State Street, Apartment #4, in Rutland Vermont.
By Press release submission | Nov 7, 2022
A Jefferson City, Mo., man was charged in federal court today with illegally possessing heroin to distribute.
By Press release submission | Nov 7, 2022
Two women residing in Monterrey, Mexico, have admitted to their roles in importing nearly 1000 grams of heroin, announced Drug Enforcment Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.Maria Luisa Hernandez-Alanis, 41, and Tania Melissa Coutino-Hernandez, 40, admitted that on Sept. 4, they arrived at the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge Port of Entry in Laredo in a vehicle.
By Press release submission | Nov 7, 2022
Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Luis Carlos Vásquez-Barragán, 51, of Nicolás Bravo, Chihuahua, Mexico, was sentenced to prison for possession with intent to distribute at least 50 kilograms but less than 100 kilograms of marijuana.
By Press release submission | Nov 7, 2022
Alfred A. Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, Indiana, and U.S. Attorney Clifford D. Johnson for the Northern District of Indiana announced that Johnny Lamar Sawyer, 31, of Southfield, Michigan, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Senior Judge James T. Moody after pleading guilty to possessing with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine.
By Press release submission | Nov 7, 2022
An indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Goran Gogic with one count of conspiracy to violate the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act and three counts of violating the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act. Gogic, a citizen of Montenegro, and a former heavyweight boxer, was arrested last night as he attempted to board an international flight from Miami International Airport.
By Press release submission | Nov 7, 2022
United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announced the return of an indictment charging Scott Andrew Hollington, M.D. (57, St. Augustine) with 10 counts of distribution of controlled substances and one (1) count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. If convicted, Hollington faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison for each distribution count and up to 5 years’ imprisonment for the conspiracy count.
By Press release submission | Nov 7, 2022
Jennifer Bosworth, 31, of Keene, was sentenced today to 60 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and crack cocaine.
