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Federal Jury Convicts Man for  Drug Conspiracy and Firearms Crimes

Federal Jury Convicts Man for Drug Conspiracy and Firearms Crimes

NEW ORLEANS—BRIAN RIGGINS, age 42, a resident of New Orleans, was found guilty yesterday in a five-count second superseding indictment of being a member of a five kilogram cocaine conspiracy and related drug and firearm charges by a federal jury after a two-day trial, announced U.S. Attorney Jim Letten.

Federal Life Sentences Handed Down in Double Murder Investigation

Federal Life Sentences Handed Down in Double Murder Investigation

United States Attorney Robert Pitman announced that in Midland this afternoon, 42-year-old Francisco Sauseda and 40-year-old Armando Sauseda, Sr., were sentenced to life in federal prison for their roles in two drug-related homicides in 2009. On September 30, 2011, a jury convicted the defendants of one count of committing murder in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana.

Bridgeport Man Sentenced to More Than Eight Years in Federal Prison for Role in Narcotics Trafficking Ring

Bridgeport Man Sentenced to More Than Eight Years in Federal Prison for Role in Narcotics Trafficking Ring

David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JONATHAN WILLIAMSON, also known as “Rue,” 33, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Mark R.

Two G-Shine Bloods Associates Sentenced to Prison for Crack Cocaine Distribution

Two G-Shine Bloods Associates Sentenced to Prison for Crack Cocaine Distribution

NEWARK, NJ—Two associates of the G-Shine Bloods criminal street gang operating in Plainfield, N.J., were sentenced today to prison terms for their involvement with crack cocaine distribution in the area, U.S. Attorney Paul J.

Bridgeport Woman Sentenced to Three Years in Federal Prison for Role in Narcotics Trafficking Ring

Bridgeport Woman Sentenced to Three Years in Federal Prison for Role in Narcotics Trafficking Ring

David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that SAMANTHA FOGLE, 24, of Bridgeport, was sentenced yesterday, October 31, by United States District Judge Mark R.

Leader of East Palo Alto-Based Crack Cocaine Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to More Than 19 Years in Prison

Leader of East Palo Alto-Based Crack Cocaine Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to More Than 19 Years in Prison

OAKLAND, CA—Desean Nathaniel Gardner was sentenced yesterday to 235 months in prison for his role as the leader of a conspiracy to manufacture and distribute crack cocaine throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and surrounding communities, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced. According to his plea agreement, Gardner, 33, of East Palo Alto, Calif., conspired to manufacture, distribute, and possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine base in the form of crack cocaine, a Schedule II controlled substance, from about March 18, 2008, to about March 7, 2009.

Bridgeport Woman Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison for Role in Narcotics Trafficking Ring

Bridgeport Woman Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison for Role in Narcotics Trafficking Ring

David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that RAQIESHA DAVIS, also known as “Brooklyn,” 37, of Davenport Street, Bridgeport, was sentenced yesterday, September 21, by United States District Judge Mark R.

Police seize $2 million of cocaine

Police seize $2 million of cocaine

DuPage County police have confiscated $2 million worth of cocaine from a Carol Stream mother of four and a man from Mexico. Audrey Anderson, the Assistant State’s Attorney of DuPage… Read more »

Vegas police: Hilton denied owning purse, cocaine 
    (AP)

Vegas police: Hilton denied owning purse, cocaine (AP)

LAS VEGAS – Paris Hilton denied owning the purse in which police say less than a gram of cocaine was found after a traffic stop on the Las Vegas Strip, according to an arrest report released Monday. “She told me the purse was not hers, that she had borrowed it from a friend,” Las Vegas police Lt.

Virginia man convicted in cocaine conspiracy

Virginia man convicted in cocaine conspiracy

ALEXANDRIA, VA — Alejandro Hernandez, 39, of Marshall, Virginia, was convicted by a federal jury in Alexandria of conspiring to traffic cocaine in Great Falls, Va. Neil H. MacBride, United… Read more »

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