Tag: DEA
Marvin Murphy, Cocaine Distribution, New Jersey 2021
⏱ 2 min read A major cocaine distribution ring was busted in New Jersey, with Philadelphia man Marvin Murphy, 50, at its center. Murphy conspired with others to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine from June 2021 through July 13, 2021. The ring’s plans were foiled when an undercover agent posed as a…
Thomas Lee Clark Jr, Methamphetamine Trafficking, Iowa 2024
⏱ 2 min read Thomas Lee Clark Jr, a 57-year-old from Eagle Grove and Fort Dodge, Iowa, was involved in a large-scale methamphetamine trafficking operation that distributed over 2500 grams of meth in the Fort Dodge area from July 2024 to August 2025. Clark Jr and his co-conspirators sold meth to individuals cooperating with law…
Summer Louisa Chrans, Methamphetamine Distribution, Iowa 2026
⏱ 2 min read Summer Louisa Chrans, a 43-year-old woman from Omaha, has been sentenced to 48 months in federal prison for distributing large quantities of methamphetamine in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The crime occurred on separate occasions, with Chrans admitting to purchasing and selling one-pound quantities of the illicit substance. The sentencing took place on…
Randal Vance, Conspiracy to Use Minors to Produce and Distribute Controlled Substances, California 2024
⏱ 2 min read Randal Vance, a father from Fallbrook, California, has admitted to dosing his 9- and 11-year-old sons with hallucinogenic psilocybin mushrooms, using them to help cultivate and distribute the drugs in Fallbrook and Bonsall. The abuse began around October 2023 and continued until law enforcement executed search warrants on October 4, 2024.…
Rafael Gonzales Montanez, Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, Montana 2024
⏱ 2 min read Rafael Gonzales Montanez and Aaron Wade Montoya, two Billings men, have admitted to dealing methamphetamine around town. The duo, both in their 60s, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, with Montoya also pleading guilty to possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The crimes…
Thomas Charles Goodwine, Fentanyl Trafficking, West Virginia 2026
⏱ 2 min read Thomas Charles Goodwine, a 32-year-old Clarksburg man, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for leading a drug operation that sold fentanyl and methamphetamine in West Virginia. Goodwine directed others to sell the deadly drugs from a home in Clarksburg, where investigators seized fentanyl, methamphetamine, marijuana, a firearm, and…
Antonio DeWayne Watkins, Meth Trafficking, Tennessee 2026
⏱ 2 min read Antonio DeWayne Watkins, a 32-year-old member of the Gangster Disciples street gang, was sentenced to 36 years in prison for a string of crimes including meth trafficking, assault, and firearm offenses in Chattanooga, Tennessee. On June 24, 2026, Watkins was handed down the sentence after a four-day trial. The charges stemmed…
Benjamin Dozier, Fentanyl Trafficking, Connecticut 2024
⏱ 2 min read Benjamin Dozier, aka ‘Ace’ and ‘Blanco’, was sentenced to 3 years in prison for his role in a southwestern Connecticut fentanyl ring. The 44-year-old Bridgeport man was identified as a supplier of fentanyl to the ring’s leader, Rodney Canada. The investigation, which included wiretaps and controlled purchases, revealed that Canada and…
Shawn Stephens, Counterfeit Pill Manufacturing and Distribution, Connecticut 2023
⏱ 4 min read A 35-year-old West Haven man, Shawn Stephens, has been sentenced to 8 years in prison for his role in a large-scale counterfeit pill manufacturing and distribution operation in Connecticut. The operation involved the production of counterfeit oxycodone, Xanax, and Adderall tablets containing synthetic opioids like protonitazene, which is three times more…
Gino Hem, Fentanyl and Crack Cocaine Distribution, Massachusetts 2025
⏱ 2 min read Gino Hem, a 34-year-old Lowell man, pleaded guilty to distributing fentanyl and crack cocaine in federal court in Boston. Between July 14, 2025, and October 3, 2025, Hem sold the deadly drugs to undercover officers and cooperating witnesses on four separate occasions. The transactions took place in Lowell, where Hem would…
