Tag: Cocaine
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…
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…
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…
Deported Drug Runner Faces Decades in NH Meth Operation
ROCHESTER, NH – A Dominican national previously deported from the United States is facing a substantial federal prison sentence after admitting to his central role in a multi-pound methamphetamine trafficking ring operating in and around Rochester, New Hampshire. Joel Castillo-Soto, 35, pleaded guilty this week to charges of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and illegal reentry…
Bolivia’s Top Drug Cop Gets 25 Years in US Prison
Maximiliano Davila Perez, the former head of Bolivia’s elite anti-narcotics force, FELCN, will spend a quarter-century behind bars after a Manhattan federal court handed down a brutal 25-year sentence. The once-trusted lawman, tasked with dismantling cocaine networks, was exposed as a key facilitator of the very trade he swore to fight. The verdict, delivered today,…
WV Drug Ring’s Sinaloa Link Unravels with Key Plea
MARTINSBURG, WV – The stench of fentanyl and desperation hangs heavier over the Eastern Panhandle after a major drug trafficking operation, with deep roots in the Sinaloa Cartel, began to crumble this week. David Reyes, 61, of Hagerstown, Maryland, traded a guilty plea to federal prosecutors, becoming the latest domino to fall in a case…
Norfolk Kingpin Faces Life for Gun & Fentanyl Empire
Norfolk, VA – James Edward Sweat, 40, is staring down the barrel of a potential life sentence after a federal jury convicted him yesterday on charges of drug trafficking and illegal firearm possession. The raid on Sweat’s Norfolk home on December 18th, 2025, wasn’t just a drug bust; it exposed a fully-loaded operation peddling poison…
Deported Dealer Back in the Game: NH Meth Operation Crumbles
ROCHESTER, NH – A Dominican national with a prior deportation order is facing decades behind bars after a brazen return to the United States and involvement in a significant methamphetamine trafficking ring operating in the Granite State. Joel Castillo-Soto, 35, admitted guilt this week to federal charges stemming from a multi-pound drug operation that flooded…
Cocaine Kingpin Gets 8 Years in Delaware Drug Bust
A Bridgeville, Delaware man is trading the First State for a federal cell after receiving an 8-year sentence for flooding the streets with cocaine and brazenly resisting law enforcement. Terry Hammond, 31, was sentenced yesterday to 96 months in prison following a two-month crime spree that culminated in a major drug seizure and a violent…
New Britain Coke King ‘Maple’ Gets Decade Behind Bars
New Britain just got a little quieter. Eli O’Farrill-Fernandez, 48, known on the streets as “Maple,” will spend the next ten years in a federal prison cell after admitting to running a significant cocaine pipeline into the city. The sentence, handed down yesterday in Hartford, caps a year-long investigation that exposed a network of drug…
