Tag: Drug Trafficking
Alijaha Scott, Fentanyl Trafficking, Arizona 2022
⏱ 3 min read A 25-year-old Ohio man is facing the music for his role in a deadly fentanyl pill trafficking conspiracy that funneled poison from Arizona to the Youngstown area. Alijaha Scott pleaded guilty to conspiracy and racketeering charges, admitting to shipping fentanyl pills from Arizona to Ohio between April 2022 and 2024. According…
Robert Lee Johnson, Fentanyl-Related Homicide, California 2020
⏱ 2 min read Aerian Porter-Craig, a 34-year-old Harper Woods woman, peddled deadly doses of fentanyl-laced cocaine to three Grosse Pointe Woods residents, killing two, on June 9, 2023. The victims, identified as Adult Victims 1 and 2, died from fentanyl toxicity, while a third victim, AV-3, succumbed to a mix of fentanyl and xylazine,…
Manjot Singh, Cocaine Trafficking, California 2026
⏱ 3 min read A federal grand jury in Nebraska has handed down 19 indictments against 21 defendants, charging them with a range of serious crimes, including cocaine trafficking, child abuse, and gun crimes. The indictments, unsealed in April 2026, include charges of possession of 5 kilograms or more of cocaine with intent to distribute,…
Valerie Tallent, Methamphetamine Trafficking, Pennsylvania 2023
⏱ 2 min read A Snyder County woman with a taste for the high life is headed to the slammer for 14 years after being caught running a lucrative methamphetamine trafficking operation in central Pennsylvania. According to federal prosecutors, Valerie Tallent, 40, had taken over her incarcerated boyfriend’s lucrative business, peddling fentanyl, crack cocaine and…
Timoth Conklin, Methamphetamine Trafficking, Arkansas 2025
⏱ 3 min read In Northwest Arkansas, a tangled web of fentanyl and methamphetamine distribution unraveled last week, with eight traffickers facing the music. According to the U.S. Attorney’s office, the defendants had been peddling the deadly substances in Benton and Washington Counties since 2025. State, local, and federal law enforcement agencies collaborated on the…
Robert Duncan, Marijuana Trafficking, California 2020
⏱ 2 min read A massive black-market marijuana trafficking ring with roots in Oklahoma has been dismantled, with 51 defendants charged in a 67-count indictment. The nationwide operation saw thousands of pounds of pot smuggled across state lines, with 29 Chinese nationals among the indicted. Law enforcement seized over 61,000 marijuana plants and 550 kilograms…
James Robert Smith, Escape from Custody, Florida 2023
⏱ 2 min read A 35-year-old Marianna, Florida man is headed back to prison after a brazen escape from his halfway house in Tallahassee. Trashad Laron Roberts was found hiding in a residence just four hours after fleeing the reentry center on September 2, 2025. The escape wasn’t Roberts’ first run-in with the law. He…
Steve Banks, Possession with Intent to Distribute, California 2026
⏱ 2 min read A New Orleans man’s reign as a crack kingpin came crashing down on April 22, 2026, when Steve Banks pleaded guilty to possessing over 1200 grams of crack cocaine and three loaded guns. According to court documents, law enforcement searched Banks’ apartment on October 21, 2024, and seized the massive stash…
Juan Hernandez, Trafficking Heroin and Cocaine, Connecticut 2023
⏱ 2 min read A Mexican national is facing up to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to running a massive heroin and cocaine operation in Connecticut, using the US Mail to ship in the goods and arming himself with guns. Carlos Gonzalez Nava, 26, was busted in March after a months-long investigation by…
Juan Hernandez, Cocaine Trafficking, Puerto Rico 2020
⏱ 2 min read A brazen Puerto Rico-based cocaine ring has been dismantled by federal authorities in Connecticut, with five individuals charged for trafficking multiple kilograms of the deadly drug through the U.S. Mail. According to court documents, the cocaine shipments arrived in parcels from post offices in Puerto Rico, with Roselyn Osorio-Soto and Edgardo…
