Tag: Homeland Security Task Force

  • Dejuan Croom, Meth and Fentanyl Trafficking, California 2026

    Dejuan Croom, Meth and Fentanyl Trafficking, California 2026

    ⏱ 2 min read A California man is going down for 23 years after getting caught running a meth and fentanyl operation in Sioux Falls. Dejuan Croom, 43, of Los Angeles, was sentenced to 23 years and 3 months in federal prison for his role in a California-Nevada based trafficking organization. Croom was part of…

  • Alysia Peneaux, Methamphetamine Trafficking, South Dakota 2024

    Alysia Peneaux, Methamphetamine Trafficking, South Dakota 2024

    ⏱ 2 min read A Sioux Falls woman became the latest low-level player to get caught up in the national opioid crisis when she was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for running a methamphetamine ring in the city. Alysia Peneaux, 32, admitted to serving as a sub-distributor for a California- and Nevada-based drug…

  • Crysthian Omar Escobar Angel, Cocaine Trafficking, Texas 2026

    Crysthian Omar Escobar Angel, Cocaine Trafficking, Texas 2026

    ⏱ 2 min read A ruthless Guatemalan trafficker has been sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for smuggling cocaine into the United States. Crysthian Omar Escobar Angel, 48, was at the helm of a massive drug cartel that brought in multi-ton quantities of cocaine from Colombia. Escobar Angel was identified by federal agents in…

  • Sergio Uriel Munoz-Rodriguez, Methamphetamine Trafficking, Texas 2024

    Sergio Uriel Munoz-Rodriguez, Methamphetamine Trafficking, Texas 2024

    ⏱ 2 min read Sergio Uriel Munoz-Rodriguez, a 44-year-old Mexican national, has been sentenced to 5 years in federal prison for his role in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy in the Eastern District of Texas. The conspiracy, which operated in the Metroplex area, distributed at least 15 kilograms of methamphetamine. Munoz-Rodriguez, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy…

  • Gary Rooster Ransom, Drug Distribution, Mississippi 2026

    Gary Rooster Ransom, Drug Distribution, Mississippi 2026

    ⏱ 2 min read A massive drug bust went down in Northern Mississippi, with eight individuals arrested for their roles in a sprawling drug distribution operation. The suspects, including Gary ‘Rooster’ Ransom, Daniel Baker, Madeline Tonos, Patrick Smith, Valerie Ingram, Joshua Fulton, Londyn Todd, and Merrick Smith, were taken into custody on March 25, 2026,…