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Zuri Laxenda Cokley, Crack Cocaine and Fentanyl Distribution, South Carolina 2023
⏱ 2 min read In a stunning takedown, three Sumter County men – Zuri Laxenda Cokley, 23, Jashai Dyrell Mellette, 26, and Denetrick Devontae Holland, 24 – have been sentenced to a combined 205 months in federal prison for their roles in an armed drug conspiracy involving the distribution of crack cocaine and fentanyl in…
Terrell Polen, Possession of Ammunition by a Convicted Felon, Georgia 2024
⏱ 2 min read A 37-year-old Augusta man will spend the next four years in federal prison for possessing ammunition as a convicted felon. Terrell Polen, 37, was busted by Richmond County sheriff’s deputies in November 2024 after they responded to a report of a man wielding a rifle, investigators said. Polen, who’d previously been…
Victor Lynn Jarrett, Gun Dealing, West Virginia 2023
⏱ 2 min read A Charleston man is facing five years of federal probation after getting caught running a shady gun-dealing operation. Victor Lynn Jarrett, 74, dodged a prison sentence, but will have to toe the line with a federal probation officer for the next five years. According to investigators, Jarrett bought 79 firearms from…
Kiet Ly, Methamphetamine and Firearms Possession, California 2025
⏱ 2 min read A notorious San Francisco meth dealer, Kiet Ly, 46, just got slapped with a 10-year federal prison sentence for peddling the dirty stuff and packing heat. Ly was caught with 117 grams of meth and a loaded Glock pistol on July 19, 2025. The bust went down when law enforcement searched…
Timeek Heath, Fentanyl Distribution and Firearms Trafficking, Connecticut 2024
⏱ 2 min read A Waterbury man is going to prison for selling fentanyl laced with deadly additives and a stolen pistol in 2024, investigators say. Timeek Heath, 42, made two controlled buys for investigators in August and September 2024, selling them fentanyl with xylazine and tramadol. He also sold a loaded Glock pistol to…
Devon James Wright, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Oregon 2025
⏱ 3 min read A convicted felon was behind bars for a second time after getting busted with guns in his possession – again. Medford OR resident Devon James Wright, 31, was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for illegally toting firearms. The first time, police found a semi-automatic pistol and a full magazine…
