Category: Drug Trafficking
DC Gun Runner Gets 13+ Years: Auto-Fire Glocks & Drug Stash
Michael Stuckey, 36, will spend the next 13 years and four months in federal prison after pleading guilty to a sprawling firearms and narcotics operation that flooded the streets of Washington D.C. with illegally obtained weapons, some modified for fully automatic fire. Judge Loren L. AliKhan handed down the 160-month sentence today, a stiff penalty…
Border Hopper Gets Time Served, Deported From Montana
BELGRADE, MT – Juan Diego Rojas-Meneses, 20, learned the hard way that Montana isn’t a welcoming state for repeat immigration violations. After nearly seven months in Gallatin County jail, Rojas-Meneses received a sentence of time served today and was immediately turned over to U.S. Border Patrol agents for expulsion from the country. The case, while…
Ex-Con Drops Glock, Gets Two Years Back Inside
A violent repeat offender is trading the D.C. streets for a federal cell after a clumsy attempt to evade police last summer. David Oday Smith, 39, received a 24-month sentence in federal court Friday for illegally possessing a loaded firearm – a charge triggered by his extensive criminal history. The incident, which unfolded near a…
Border Jumper Walks Free, Handed to Border Patrol
BELGRADE, MT – Juan Diego Rojas-Meneses, 20, a Mexican national, walked a free man out of a Missoula courtroom yesterday, but his freedom was short-lived. After serving 219 days for illegally re-entering the country, he was immediately taken into custody by U.S. Border Patrol agents – a handover that underscores the revolving door problem plaguing…
Manitowoc Predator Faces Decades for Sickening Crimes
Brandon Lemerond, 20, of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, is staring down the barrel of a potential life sentence after being indicted on federal child pornography charges. The Manitowoc man, already flagged as a sex offender, wasn’t deterred by previous convictions, allegedly diving deeper into a depraved world of online exploitation. Federal prosecutors unsealed the indictment last week,…
DC Dealer Dumped Drugs, Gun in Failed Escape
A D.C. man with a rap sheet stretching back years is facing a lengthy federal prison term after a desperate attempt to ditch evidence failed spectacularly. Derrick Thomas Martin, 33, tossed a loaded handgun and a massive cache of narcotics out of his apartment window as federal agents closed in, a move that sealed his…
D.C. Dealer Dumped Drugs & Gun, Faces Decades in Prison
A Southeast D.C. man is facing a long stretch behind bars after a desperate attempt to ditch a cache of narcotics and a loaded handgun out his apartment window last fall. Derrick Thomas Martin, 33, was convicted yesterday following a federal trial, a victory for the city battling a rising tide of fentanyl and gun…
Bolivian ‘Drug Czar’ Unmasked: 25 Years for Cocaine Conspiracy
New York City – The man once tasked with *stopping* cocaine from reaching U.S. streets is now facing a quarter-century locked away for allegedly *fueling* the trade. Maximiliano Davila Perez, the former director of Bolivia’s elite anti-narcotics force, FELCN, was sentenced today to 25 years in federal prison after a New York jury convicted him…
DC Dealer Dumped Gun & Fentanyl, Now Faces 15+ Years
A DC apartment turned into a crime scene last November when a career criminal attempted a desperate toss of drugs and a loaded handgun out a window as the police closed in. Derrick Thomas Martin, 33, now faces a lengthy federal prison sentence after a jury found him guilty on multiple charges related to drug…
Border Crosser Walks Free, Gets One-Way Ticket Home
New Orleans – Miguel Angel Lopez-Mejia, 34, a Honduran national with a knack for ignoring U.S. immigration law, walked out of federal court a free man this week, but his freedom comes with a steep price: immediate deportation. Lopez-Mejia received a time-served sentence for illegally re-entering the United States, a federal felony under Title 8,…
