Tag: fentanyl trafficking

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…

Carlos Zamora, Fentanyl Trafficking, Pennsylvania 2021
⏱ 2 min read A 30-year-old Phoenix man, Carlos Zamora, was sentenced to 35 years in prison for his role in a transnational fentanyl trafficking organization that distributed millions of fentanyl pills across the US, including in western Pennsylvania, from August 2021 to June 2023. Zamora served as an enforcer for the Monarrez Drug Trafficking…

Jake Noland Northern, Fentanyl Trafficking, Minnesota 2023
⏱ 2 min read Jake Noland Northern, a Sioux Falls man, pleaded guilty to distributing fentanyl pills in southwestern Minnesota, which led to the accidental fatal fentanyl poisoning of a young man in Pipestone. From February 2023 to April 21, 2023, Northern operated a distribution network from Sioux Falls, selling pressed fentanyl pills to users…

Fredrick Crawford, Fentanyl Trafficking, Maryland 2025
⏱ 2 min read Fredrick Crawford, a 33-year-old fentanyl trafficker from Upper Marlboro, Maryland, was caught selling nearly 10 ounces of the deadly narcotic in Northeast Washington, DC, between April and August 2025. Crawford, also known as ‘Playboy’, conducted six transactions with an undercover officer, including four sales of 40 grams or more of fentanyl,…

Demetrius Fitzgerald Green, Fentanyl Distribution, West Virginia 2026
⏱ 2 min read Demetrius Fitzgerald Green, a 42-year-old from Scott Depot, West Virginia, has pleaded guilty to distributing massive amounts of fentanyl in Charleston. On three separate occasions – February 18, February 27, and March 18, 2026 – Green sold quantities of fentanyl exceeding 40 grams, putting countless lives at risk. The transactions were…

Rodrigo Alarcon Palomares, Money Laundering, Colorado 2023
⏱ 2 min read Rodrigo Alarcon Palomares, a Mexican national and associate of the notorious Sinaloa Cartel, has been indicted in Colorado for laundering drug proceeds through cryptocurrency. The indictment, handed down by a federal grand jury, alleges that Alarcon Palomares knowingly conducted financial transactions involving the conversion of drug proceeds into cryptocurrency, specifically in…

Victor Piceno Madrigal, Fentanyl Trafficking, California 2026
⏱ 2 min read Victor Piceno Madrigal, 46, and Erick Larios Acosta, 25, two Mexican nationals, were caught with 7 kilograms of fentanyl hidden in the rear passenger door panel of their car during a traffic stop on U.S. Interstate-5 in Fresno County on May 13, 2026. The stop was made for a traffic violation,…

Curtis Snyder, Fentanyl Trafficking, New York 2026
⏱ 2 min read A narcotics conspiracy that peddled heroin, fentanyl, and methamphetamine in western New York has claimed another victim. Curtis Snyder, a 53-year-old Jamestown man, was sentenced to 84 months in prison for his role in the operation. Snyder was an associate and co-conspirator of Rocco Beardsley, who sold large quantities of illicit…

Tyriquez McFadden, Fentanyl Trafficking, Georgia 2026
⏱ 2 min read A deadly duo of Augusta dealers is facing federal heat after allegedly peddling 400 grams of pure fentanyl and other potent narcotics in the River City. Tyriquez McFadden, 39, and Nichael Lessey, 44, both of Augusta, were slapped with a five-count indictment that carries life imprisonment and a hefty price tag.…
