Leader of Drug Organization that Distributed Marijuana and Cocaine Sentenced PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced today that Tyron McFadden, of Philaphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to 276 months’ imprisonment, followed by 10 years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute five kilograms orRead More

By Steve Straub at The Federalist Papers The migrant caravan continues to grow in size, despite Mexican “efforts” to stop them, according to the Associated Press: Despite Mexican efforts to stop them at the border, a growing throng of Central American migrants resumed their advance toward the U.S. border early Sunday in southernRead More

Northeast Ohio Man Sentenced to 5 Years for Buying Gun for Convicted Felon who Killed Westerville Police Officers COLUMBUS, Ohio – Gerald A. Lawson III, 31, of Warrensville Heights, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 60 months in prison for acting as a straw purchaser for Quentin L.Read More

Large Metro Denver Cocaine And Methamphetamine Trafficking Organization Members Indicted And Arrested Defendants charged with trafficking, face not less than 10 years in federal prison DENVER – During an early raid this morning, over 100 law enforcement officers arrested members of two separate but related drug trafficking organizations, U.S. AttorneyRead More

Afghan Police, Intelligence Chiefs Killed In Shooting Attack By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty The police chief and intelligence head of the southern Afghan province of Kandahar have been killed in a shooting attack, officials say, in a major blow to the Western-backed government in Kabul. TheRead More

Grand Jury Returns Superseding Indictment In Shamo Case; Adds Distribution Of Fentanyl Count Resulting In Death SALT LAKE CITY – A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City returned a second superseding indictment Thursday morning in the Aaron Michael Shamo case.  The 13-count indictment alleges a count of aiding andRead More

Los Angeles-area methamphetamine trafficking ring allegedly shipped drugs to Hawaii disguised as Aztec calendars and statues SANTA ANA, Calif. – Special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), this morning arrested eight defendants named in a grand jury indictment that alleges a scheme to sendRead More

Wapato Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Federal Prison for Voluntary Manslaughter and Assault With Intent to Commit Murder Yakima – Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Deryk Alexander Donato, age 25, of Wapato, Washington, and an enrolled member of the YakamaRead More

Ebola Alert: Congo’s Outbreak May Be Declared A ‘Public Health Emergency’ By MAC SLAVO at SHTFplan.com The Democratic Republic of Congo’s current Ebola outbreak is the nation’s 10th in 40 years.  It was officially declared an outbreak on August 1, shortly after the end of a previous outbreak in the country that claimed 33Read More

Seven People Sentenced to Prison on Federal Charges Following Investigation Into Drug Sales in Southwest Washington Investigation Targeted Sales of PCP, Crack Cocaine, and Heroin  WASHINGTON –Antonio Spencer, 25, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to a five-year prison term after pleading guilty to a federal drug offense stemming fromRead More

Mexican Woman Pleads Guilty to Immigration Document Fraud Defendant Arrested for Transporting Illegal Aliens; Aliens Have Already Pled Guilty to Unlawful Reentry into United States Gulfport, Miss. – Beatriz Martinez-Villasana, 29, a citizen of Mexico and a Legal Permanent Resident living in Georgia, pled guilty yesterday before U.S. District JudgeRead More

CBP Officers Seize More Than $682K in Heroin at the Laredo Port of Entry LAREDO, Texas –U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers seize a noteworthy amount of alleged heroin with an estimated street value of than $682,000 in one enforcement action. “Our CBP officers demonstrate exemplary vigilance in theirRead More

United States Attorney’s Office For The Western District Of Michigan Honored By Department Of Defense For Support Of Employees Serving In The Guard And Reserve GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN – Michigan Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), a Department of Defense office, joined U.S. Attorney Andrew B. Birge in announcingRead More

Syndicato De Nuevo Mexico Prison Gang Associate Sentenced to 14 Years for Conviction on Racketeering and Assault Charges ALBUQUERQUE – Mauricio Varela, 48, of Silver City, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 168 months of imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release forRead More

6 Individuals Arrested For Assisting The Operation Of Illegal Brothels In New York City And Surrounding Areas Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Philip R. Bartlett, Inspector-In-Charge for the New York Division of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS”), and Timothy W.Read More

N.Y. Resident Admits to Running Large-Scale Indoor Marijuana Operations PROVIDENCE – A New York man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Providence today to charges that he participated in conspiracies to operate large-scale, sophisticated marijuana grow facilities inside a converted Providence mill building. Appearing before U.S. District Court ChiefRead More

A high school student in North Carolina was forced to remove a jersey featuring the president’s last name at a patriotic-themed high school football game, FOX NEWS reports. WTVD reported that the event to place on October 5 at Harnett Central High School in the town of Angier. “A father tellsRead More