Category: Organized Crime|Drug Trafficking

Mikal Davis, Racketeering & Drug Trafficking, Pennsylvania 2023
A former inmate at the Cambria County Prison in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to an additional two years in prison for his involvement in a racketeering scheme while behind bars. Mikal Davis, 48, was sentenced by United States District Judge Stephanie L. Haines to 24 months in prison, to be followed by three years…

Deandre Poe, Racketeering Conspiracy, Minnesota 2025
A member of the Minneapolis Highs gang, Deandre Poe, was sentenced to 168 months in federal prison for his role in a racketeering conspiracy, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Lisa D. Kirkpatrick. Deandre Poe, a.k.a. “Squizzy” or “Fat Squad,” 35, was a member of the Highs, a street gang operating on the north side of Minneapolis…

Thomas Shane Holland, Methamphetamine Trafficking, West Virginia 2023
A 54-year-old man from Salt Rock, West Virginia, has been sentenced to 2 years and 9 months in prison for his role in a methamphetamine trafficking organization. Thomas Shane Holland, 54, was sentenced to 2 years and 9 months in prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, for possession with intent to…

Kashad Sampson, Racketeering, Narcotics Trafficking, New York 2023
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Victor DeLuca, Racketeering and Drug Dealing, Pennsylvania 2021
Philadelphia Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Racketeering and Drug Dealing PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Victor DeLuca, a.k.a. “Big Vic,” 57, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was sentenced to ten years in prison and ten years of supervised release by Senior United States District Judge R. Barclay Surrick…

Roberto Vargas, Racketeering and Drug Trafficking, Massachusetts 2021
BOSTON – A former member of the New Bedford Chapter of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (“Latin Kings”) was sentenced today on racketeering and drug charges. Roberto Vargas, a/k/a “King Royalty,” 28, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge Rya W. Zobel to 40 months in prison and three years of…

Mike Bueno, Racketeering, Texas 2024
HOUSTON — A South Texas man has been sentenced for his conviction related to an ongoing racketeering conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Mike Bueno, 50, Edinburg, pleaded guilty and was immediately sentenced to 262 months in federal prison for his role in the Tri City Bombers (TCB) racketeering conspiracy. The court found Bueno…

Lynette Carlest, Racketeering Conspiracy, Maryland 2019
Baltimore Woman Pleads Guilty to Racketeering Conspiracy, Admits to Assisting Inmate to Have Contraband Smuggled into Maryland’s Federal Pretrial Detention Facility Baltimore, Maryland – Lynette Carlest, age 49, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty yesterday to participating in a racketeering conspiracy, including drug distribution and bribery, by assisting a detainee at Chesapeake Detention Facility (CDF) in…

Juan Liberato, RICO Conspiracy, Massachusetts 2022
BOSTON, Massachusetts – In a significant blow to the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (Latin Kings), a former Inca, or leader, of the organization has pleaded guilty to racketeering charges. Juan Liberato, 36, a/k/a ‘King Prodigy,’ has admitted to being the leader of the Latin Kings in Massachusetts. The Latin Kings, a violent…

Luis Alfredo Baez, Cocaine Conspiracy, Massachusetts 2021
Boston Man Sentenced for Cocaine Conspiracy A Boston man was sentenced to prison for his role in a cocaine conspiracy. Luis Alfredo Baez, 53, of Boston, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton to 41 months in prison and two years of supervised release. The sentencing comes after Baez pleaded guilty on…
