ALPINE, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - A Mexican National was sentenced to 120 months in prison by a federal court for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine. Court documents show that Marcos Kenedy Ledezma Campos, 35, attempted to enter the Presidio Port of Entry when agents found 69 bundles from the gas tank of his []
A Portales man was sentenced to 15 years in prison on drug trafficking charges on Wednesday after officers reportedly found methamphetamine in his vehicle during a traffic stop in June 2021, the Ninth Judicial District Attorney's Office announced.
McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A former Santa Maria school board trustee who smuggled drugs for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel was sentenced to nearly six years in prison Tuesday. Oscar Saldivar Jr., 57, of Weslaco transported 54 pounds of cocaine and 13 pounds of heroin from the Rio Grande Valley to Austin in October 2019. []
A Charlotte man was sentenced to 25-30 years in prison on drug trafficking charges after leading police on a high-speed vehicle chase in 2023.
A Westminster man and a Texas man were sentenced to lengthy federal prison terms Monday for their part in a drug trafficking organization that peddled narcotics through the darknet and encrypted messaging apps. Michael Ta, 25, of Westminster was sentenced to 21 years and eight months in prison by U.S. District Judge David O. Carter, […]
A city man who pleaded guilty earlier this year to three first-degree felony drug charges was sentenced Tuesday to 10 to 15 years in prison.
An Amarillo man was sentenced to 25 years in prison for the “first degree felony offense of trafficking of person,” according to the Office of the 100th Judicial District Attorney.
The operation was based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A former private prison transport officer will serve 30 years in federal prison after he raped several female detainees across the U.S., including in New Mexico. Marquet Johnson, 45, worked for Inmate Services Corporation (ISC) and was performing a government function, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) reports. According to a news release, []
A former California deputy sheriff was arrested last year after being caught smuggling more than 100 pounds of fentanyl pills. His arrest was part of an investigation into the Sinaloa drug cartel previously run by “El Chapo.”
A man who became a fugitive after a federal jury convicted him of assaulting police officers during the U.S. Capitol riot was sentenced on Tuesday to six years in prison. David Joseph Gietzen, 31, of Sanford, North Carolina, struck a police officer with a pole during a mob's Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. JAN. 6 WAS NOT AN INSURRECTION, SAYS TURLEY, WARNS DEMOCRATS OF 'SLIPPERY SLOPE' THREATENING DEMOCRACY Gietzen told U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols that he didn't intend to hurt anybody...
A man who previously admitted to operating a multi-state drug trafficking ring that sold an estimated 100 grams of fentanyl per week in West Virginia has been sentenced.