Category: Drug Trafficking
Oklahoma Meth Kingpin Gets 40 Years to Cool Off
Whitesboro, OK – Kenny Ray Smith, a 62-year-old eastern Oklahoma man with a decades-long rap sheet, will spend the next 20 years in federal prison for each of two drug distribution counts – sentences to be served concurrently, effectively locking him up for two decades. Smith wasn’t some small-time street dealer; the feds say he…
Vegas Meth Kingpin Gets 11 Years, Ghost Gun Stash Exposed
Las Vegas – Jason Roon, a 33-year-old methamphetamine dealer, will spend the next eleven years in federal prison after a raid on his home uncovered a significant drug operation and a disturbing cache of firearms, including a homemade “ghost gun.” The sentence, handed down Monday by Judge Richard Boulware, fell short of the 151-month (12…
Crypto Cash & Cocaine: DR-PR Drug Ring Busted
San Juan, Puerto Rico – A transatlantic drug money laundering operation built on the promise of untraceable cryptocurrency has been dismantled by federal agents, resulting in the arrests of three men with ties to the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. The ring allegedly funneled millions in illicit profits through digital currencies, attempting to cloak the…
NY Dealer Faces Life for Flood of Fentanyl, Meth into Midwest
SPRINGFIELD, MO – Ahmaad Jarvis, a 39-year-old New Yorker, is staring down the barrel of a potential life sentence after a federal jury swiftly convicted him of trafficking enough fentanyl and methamphetamine to devastate the Springfield area. The conviction marks the final nail in the coffin of a 14-person drug ring that prosecutors say systematically…
D.C. Felon Jailed for Stolen Glock
A D.C. man will spend two years in federal prison after a routine marijuana stop uncovered a stolen handgun. Charles General, 29, was sentenced today after admitting to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. The bust originated from a plainclothes police encounter in a Southeast parking lot on October 13th, 2023. Officers approached General…
‘Chubb’ Faces Life for Lethal Fentanyl Deal
ELYRIA, OH – Roderick Cross Jr., a 34-year-old Lorain County drug dealer known on the streets as ‘Chubb,’ is staring down a potential life sentence after federal prosecutors connected him to a fatal overdose earlier this year. The feds allege Cross knowingly peddled a deadly mix of cocaine and fentanyl that killed local man J.K.…
Crypto Cash & Cocaine: DR Duo Extradited in Drug Money Scheme
Two men are cooling their heels in a Puerto Rican jail after a swift extradition from the Dominican Republic, accused of laundering millions in drug money through the murky world of cryptocurrency. Pedro J. Espinal-Arthur and Luis Febles-Peralta arrived stateside on March 11, 2026, facing federal charges that could send them away for decades. The…
Texas Courier Admits Role in Cross-Country Coke Pipeline
Buffalo, NY – Shannell Gosine, a 28-year-old Houston woman, confessed in federal court today to being a vital link in a massive cocaine distribution network stretching from Mexico to the streets of Western New York. Gosine, facing a decade to life behind bars, admitted to repeatedly transporting multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine from Texas to Buffalo,…
10,000 Deadly Fakes: Lawrence Man Admits Fentanyl Plea
Lawrence, MA – Joshua Morales, 31, traded a potential decades-long prison sentence for a guilty plea today, admitting to federal prosecutors he possessed 10,000 counterfeit Percocet pills laced with the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl. The bust rips back the curtain on a sophisticated Methuen-based drug operation, and adds another name to the ever-growing roster of…
Chinatown Walgreens Robberies: Mastermind Gets 10+ Years
A brazen scheme to repeatedly rob a Chinatown Walgreens has landed one man over a decade in federal prison. Gianni Robinson, 28, was sentenced to 126 months – 10 and a half years – today for orchestrating seven armed robberies of the store located at 801 7th Street NW in Washington D.C. The feds say…
