JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Last of six former Mississippi officers who tortured two Black men sentenced; ex-officer gets about 10 years in prison.
Alexander Elliott-Joahill was described by a judge as the 'worst' London rioter after he smashed a brick through a police car during the rampage in the capital 13 years ago.
(The Center Square) - Francisco Moncada, 28, a fentanyl and firearms trafficker with residences in Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington, received a 108-month federal prison sentence plus five years of supervised release this week according to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon. Special agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Portland District Office started investigating a drug trafficking organization that operated in Oregon and Washington state in...
The convictions for “abusing democratic freedoms” come a month after a similar verdict.
(The Center Square) - Three drug traffickers from Oregon, including the leader of a Klamath Falls drug trafficking organization, were sentenced to federal prison last week in three separate criminal cases. The men were sentenced following investigations by the Basin Interagency Narcotics Enforcement Team, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon announced.Juan Jessie Martinez-Gil, a 59-year-old former Reno, Nevada, resident, got 87 months in federal prison and five...
MCALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Pharr resident has been sentenced for attempting to distribute cocaine, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced. Gilberto Eloy Ramirez, 63, pleaded guilty on Oct. 1, 2020, to possession with intent to distribute 24 pounds of cocaine. In May 2019, authorities conducted a traffic stop and Ramirez was found with two plastic []
A 63-year-old Pharr man with a history as a drug trafficker was sentenced on Tuesday to nearly 22 years in federal prison following his conviction for possession with intent to distribute 24 pounds of cocaine, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas.
MCALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — An Edinburg resident has been sentenced for smuggling meth inside a pair of shoes, the United States Attorney announced. Oscar Salazar, 30, pleaded guilty on Aug. 4, 2022, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney's Office. On Dec. 11, 2020, Salazar attempted to cross back to the United States through []
As Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and former chief executive officer (CEO) of defunct crypto exchange FTX readies for his prison sentence, prosecutors have formally requested the court to authorize the sale of two jets linked to the former crypto billionaire. With the defendant and his legal team already in agreement, the final step hinges on […]
Prosecutors claimed they are seeking a one-year term for a sexual assault charge. They are also pursuing a separate one-and-a-half-year charge for coercion. Ian Ladyman: Why I'm glad England lost against Brazil -
A traveling "bishop" has been sentenced to three years in prison for bigamy just two months after receiving probation for the same offense.
Orlando Coleman, 51, posed as a Protestant pastor to get women to marry him. He would live with the women as they footed the cost of his food and housing. Coleman was put on probation for being married to two women at the same time