Tag: Operation Take Back America
Ramon De Leon, Fentanyl Trafficking, Massachusetts 2024
⏱ 4 min read A Dominican national, Ramon De Leon, 26, has been sentenced to 48 months in prison for his role in a Massachusetts-Maine fentanyl trafficking conspiracy. De Leon pleaded guilty on October 22, 2025, and was sentenced on July 28, 2026, in U.S. District Court in Bangor. The investigation, which involved the U.S.…
Gary D. Holcomb II, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Missouri 2026
⏱ 2 min read Gary D. Holcomb II, a 38-year-old from Odessa, Missouri, was involved in a shooting in Kansas City, Missouri, on September 30, 2025. Holcomb and his co-defendant used semi-automatic AR-style rifles with large capacity magazines to shoot at another individual in an alleyway before fleeing in an SUV. This incident led to…
Teran Demonde Gordon, Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, West Virginia 2026
⏱ 2 min read Teran Demonde Gordon and Devaughn Lamont Thompson, two Detroit men, were at the helm of a deadly drug trafficking operation that peddled fentanyl and methamphetamine in Harrison County, West Virginia. The duo sourced their lethal cargo from Detroit, selling it from a house in Shinnston, West Virginia, as part of a…
Nicholas John Baker, Possession of a Firearm by a Felon, Iowa 2025
⏱ 2 min read Nicholas John Baker, a 35-year-old from Dubuque, Iowa, is headed to the big house for five years after getting pinched for illegally possessing a gun during a domestic dispute. The July 31, 2025, incident sparked a search of his home, where cops found a stolen gun with a 32-round magazine stashed…
Hilario Villegas-Espinoza, Reentry into the United States, Nevada 2026
⏱ 2 min read Two Mexican nationals, Hilario Villegas-Espinoza and David Carachuri-Terrazas, are headed to prison after pleading guilty to reentering the US after deportation in Las Vegas, Nevada. The pair was caught by ICE agents in the city. Villegas-Espinoza, 45, has a long history of crime. He was previously deported in 2009 and again…
Orlando Jose Jarquin Orozco, Re-Entering US After Deportation, California 2020
⏱ 2 min read A 36-year-old Nicaraguan national is facing up to 10 years behind bars after being caught re-entering the United States after deportation. Orlando Jose Jarquin Orozco, a convicted felon, was previously deported on November 2, 2016, after serving two years for second-degree battery in Jefferson Parish. But Jarquin Orozco didn’t stay out.…
John Mitchell, Arson, California 2022
⏱ 2 min read A 24-year-old Mitchell man is headed to the joint for packing heat. Dakota Moore was sentenced to 2.5 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a felon. Law enforcement found Moore with a gun on August 5, 2025, after reports of shots fired. Moore’s prior felony conviction made him…
Ezra Bald Eagle, Methamphetamine Trafficking, South Dakota 2025
⏱ 2 min read A Rapid City man’s multi-state fentanyl and methamphetamine ring came crashing down in May 2025 when cops seized over 3,300 counterfeit pills and 96 grams of fentanyl powder in a traffic stop. Ezra Bald Eagle, 27, cultivated a network in the Rapid City area to peddle the deadly substances between December…
Juan Carlos Hernandez, Re-Entering US After Deportation, New Mexico 2023
⏱ 3 min read Seventy individuals were charged with re-entering the US after deportation in New Mexico, according to a recent report from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The charges were brought in partnership with the El Paso Sector of the U.S. Border Patrol and Homeland Security Investigations El Paso. Of those charged, 70 were accused…
Jacques Lamar Hill, Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon, Georgia 2025
⏱ 2 min read Two convicted felons, Jacques Lamar Hill and Porterfield Stokes, were caught illegally possessing firearms in South Georgia, despite being on state parole. Hill, 27, of Thomasville, and Stokes, 69, of Valdosta, were sentenced on March 25 for their crimes. The duo pleaded guilty to one count of possession of a firearm…
