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CHICAGO, Ill. – A federal drug trafficking investigation has resulted in charges against 11 individuals for allegedly conspiring to distribute crack cocaine for the La Familia Stones street gang in the Chicago area, primarily in the Albany Park neighborhood on Chicago’s North Side. As part…
Read More 11 Charged With Drug Trafficking For Chicago Street Gang Using Telephone Drug Hotline
A Massachusetts man pleaded guilty Friday in federal court in Worcester to his role in a wide-ranging fentanyl, heroin, crack, and cocaine trafficking conspiracy. Jonathan Villot, 31 pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 280 grams or…
Read More Massachusetts Man Pleads Guilty In Cocaine Conspiracy Following Fentanyl Death
A Carrollton drug dealer who allegedly capitalized on the arrest of two prominent fentanyl traffickers to entice young buyers has been charged with a federal drug crime, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton. Donovan Jude Andrews, 20, was arrested in…
Read More Texas Fentanyl Trafficker Charged For Advertising The Deadly Drug To Kids
Two Kansas men were arrested Thursday on charges related to a years-long scheme to circumvent U.S. export laws, including the illegal export of aviation-related technology to Russia after Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, and the imposition of stricter restrictions on exports…
Read More Two Kansas Men Arrested For Illegally Exporting Technology To Russia
A Kentucky man, charged with the deaths of three law enforcement officers during an ambush in a small Appalachian town, was found dead in his jail cell. Lance Storz, 50, was found dead of an apparent suicide Tuesday morning at the Pike County Detention Center, where he…
Read More Cop Killing Kentucky Man Found Dead In Jail Cell
PHILADELPHIA, PA. – Darnell Jackson, a/k/a “Major Change,” 51, of Philadelphia, PA, was convicted at trial of federal charges of murder-for-hire and possession of ammunition by a convicted felon. According to the Department of Justice, the defendant orchestrated a murder-for-hire plot from an ongoing state…
Read More Philadelphia Man “Major Change” Found Guilty In Murder-For-Hire Plot
A 38-year-old Richmond, Texas, woman has been charged for operating as a “money mule” as part of her involvement in a nationwide romance fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Akua Dufie is expected to appear before U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew Edison at 2…
Read More Texas Woman Indicted For Her Role As “Money Mule” In Nationwide Romance Scam
The Alex Murdaugh high-profile murder trial resumed Monday in Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, South Carolina, with the defense planning to wrap up by early afternoon after jurors heard from more than 70 witnesses. On Monday, the judge ruled that jurors in the double murder trial will…
Read More Jurors In Alex Murdaugh Double-Murder Trial To Visit Moselle Dog Kennels, House
A North Carolina woman and a Maryland man were each sentenced Friday to 30 months in prison for conspiring to defraud the United States, aiding in the preparation of false tax returns, and stealing government funds. According to court documents, between 2013 and 2016, Sandra…
Read More North Carolina Woman, Maryland Man Sentenced In $2.2 Million Tax Fraud Scheme
ATLANTA, GA. – A former City of Atlanta Commissioner of Watershed Management was sentenced Friday to four and a half years in prison for accepting bribes from an Atlanta contractor in exchange for steering city business worth millions of dollars to the contractor’s company. According…
Read More Florida Woman Gets 4.5 Years In Prison From Taking Bribes When Working For City Of Atlanta