Tag: DEA
Jessica Demaine, Meth Trafficking, Washington 2025
⏱ 4 min read Jessica Demaine, a 39-year-old woman, has been sentenced to 78 months in federal prison for her role in supplying methamphetamine to the IPO Blood criminal street gang in the Spokane area. The trafficking operation was uncovered by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) in 2025, which led to…
Baltazar Plata Bringas, Methamphetamine and Fentanyl Distribution, Oregon 2026
⏱ 2 min read A Mexican national, Baltazar Plata Bringas, 31, was busted in Portland, Oregon, on May 26, 2026, during a drug deal, leading to the seizure of over 17.5 pounds of methamphetamine and fentanyl, as well as firearms and $25,000. Plata Bringas, who was unlawfully residing in the United States, was charged with…
Larry Wilson, RICO conspiracy, Tennessee 2024
⏱ 2 min read Larry Wilson, a 36-year-old Memphis man, has been sentenced to 87 months in prison for his role in a RICO conspiracy involving robbery and methamphetamine distribution with the Young Mob gang. Wilson, also known as ‘L’, was part of a pattern of racketeering activity that included attempting to commit and committing…
David Omar Echevarria, Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy, South Carolina 2026
⏱ 2 min read David Omar Echevarria, a 41-year-old from Richland County, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for his role in a cocaine distribution conspiracy. Echevarria received shipments of cocaine from Puerto Rico, which he then distributed to local dealers in North and South Carolina. The FBI made several purchases of…
Danny D. Garrett Jr., Methamphetamine and Cocaine Distribution, Missouri 2026
⏱ 2 min read Danny D. Garrett Jr., a 46-year-old North Kansas City, Missouri resident, has been charged with distributing and possessing methamphetamine and cocaine, as well as firearms offenses. The crimes allegedly occurred between May and June 2026, with law enforcement serving a federal search warrant at Garrett’s apartment on June 24, 2026. The…
Patrick Louis Gastelo, Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine, Montana 2026
⏱ 2 min read Patrick Louis Gastelo, a 47-year-old Arizona man, conspired to distribute methamphetamine in Billings, Montana, by arranging for a 2-pound shipment to be sent to his girlfriend’s home. The package, flagged by a USPS postal inspector on November 7, 2022, was intercepted and led to Gastelo’s eventual arrest. Gastelo had planned to…
Tyree Canty, Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine, Vermont 2026
⏱ 2 min read Tyree Canty, Lord Crayton, and Dimetrice Warner were among five men charged with conspiring to distribute cocaine and cocaine base in Franklin County, Vermont. The men allegedly sold crack cocaine to confidential informants in St. Albans and Highgate between April 7 and June 18, 2026. Canty, 47, of Philadelphia, Crayton, 35,…
Rosendo Castelan-Reyes, Illegal Entry, Texas 2018
⏱ 2 min read Illicit activity is rampant along the Texas border, with 263 cases filed in Houston from June 19-25 for immigration and border security-related crimes. The Southern District of Texas has charged 223 illegal aliens, including 56 for illegal entry and 167 for reentry, with most having previous convictions for narcotics, immigration offenses,…
Marc Sanchez, Crack Cocaine Distribution, Massachusetts 2025
⏱ 2 min read Marc Sanchez, a 31-year-old Lowell man, pleaded guilty to distributing crack cocaine and illegal possession of guns in Boston federal court. Sanchez was busted for selling crack out of his apartment in Lowell, where he would ‘cook’ powder cocaine into crack and sell it to customers. The operation was uncovered when…
Terrence Phillips, Narcotics Conspiracy, New York 2025
⏱ 2 min read A massive narcotics conspiracy has been busted in Buffalo, NY, with 13 defendants charged in two separate indictments. The defendants, including Terrence Phillips, Alexis Rivera, and Jamel Joshua Cunningham, are accused of conspiring to sell cocaine, crack cocaine, and fentanyl, as well as marijuana, in Buffalo and Cheektowaga. The alleged drug…
