Category: Drug Trafficking
Deported Dealer Back in NH, Faces Decades for Meth Flood
ROCHESTER, NH – A previously deported Dominican national is facing a lengthy prison sentence after pleading guilty to trafficking over five pounds of methamphetamine into the Granite State. Joel Castillo-Soto, 34, admitted in federal court today to orchestrating a drug operation that flooded the Rochester area with deadly narcotics, despite already being ordered removed from…
Texas Courier Faces Decade for NY Coke Pipeline
Buffalo, NY – Shannell Gosine, 28, of Houston, is staring down a potential ten-year federal prison sentence after admitting she was a crucial link in a cross-country cocaine distribution network. The feds say Gosine wasn’t just making deliveries; she was a key player in a sophisticated operation funneling bricks of cocaine from Mexico, through Texas,…
Wyoming-Idaho Coke Ring Crumbles: Final Dealer Sentenced
A three-year investigation into a cross-state cocaine trafficking operation culminated Friday with the sentencing of the final defendant, effectively dismantling a network that pumped the drug into communities across Teton County, Wyoming, and Teton County, Idaho. The bust, a collaborative effort between multiple federal and local agencies, reveals a sophisticated operation that exploited interstate commerce…
Eau Claire Meth Dealer Gets Decade Behind Bars
A Wisconsin man will spend the next ten years in a federal prison cell after authorities found nearly three pounds of methamphetamine hidden inside his car. Nicholas J. Fisher, 41, of Eau Claire, received the sentence yesterday from U.S. District Judge James Peterson, concluding a case that highlights the relentless flow of narcotics through the…
Houston Courier Admits to Cross-Country Coke Pipeline
Buffalo, NY – Shannell Gosine, a 28-year-old Houston woman, confessed in federal court today to her role as a key transporter in a sprawling cocaine distribution network that stretched from the Mexican border to the streets of Buffalo. Gosine wasn’t just making deliveries; she was a vital link, hauling multi-kilo loads of cocaine north while…
Jailhouse Killer: 15 Years for Fentanyl Flood
Woodford County Detention Center became a fentanyl distribution hub thanks to Melissa Wilhoite, 40, who received a brutal 15-year federal sentence Wednesday. The Kentucky woman nearly killed two inmates by peddling the deadly opioid within the jail’s walls, turning a holding cell into a potential death trap. U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove delivered the…
90 Pounds of Meth: Cali Man Faces Decades in Texas
A Lancaster, California man is staring down a lengthy federal prison sentence after a jury in Amarillo, Texas, convicted him of transporting nearly 100 pounds of methamphetamine into the state. Cameron Nesbitt, 33, was found guilty following a two-day trial, capping a case that began with a routine traffic stop and exposed a major cross-country…
Meth Kingpin Gets Decade Behind Bars
Eau Claire, WI – Nicholas Fisher, a 41-year-old repeat offender, will spend the next ten years in a federal prison cell after a routine traffic stop spiraled into a major methamphetamine bust. Judge James Peterson sentenced Fisher yesterday, capping a case that exposed a significant link in the chain supplying the region with the highly…
Texas Mule Admits Coast-to-Coast Coke Run
Buffalo, NY – Shannell Gosine, 28, of Houston, Texas, is staring down a decade or more in federal prison after confessing to her role as a key courier in a massive cocaine trafficking operation. The feds say Gosine was a vital link in a pipeline funneling drugs from Mexico, through Texas, and up the East…
Eau Claire Meth Kingpin Gets Decade Behind Bars
Eau Claire, WI – Nicholas J. Fisher, 41, will spend the next ten years in a federal penitentiary after authorities discovered nearly three pounds of high-purity methamphetamine stashed in his vehicle. U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson sentenced Fisher yesterday, following his December guilty plea to one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine…
