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13Lackawanna County detectives arrested a Pittston woman Wednesday, accusing her of selling crack to a confidential informant. Three high-ranking chiefs in a deadly transnational gang have been indicted in New York in a narco-terrorism and racketeering conspiracy that spanned the U.S., El Salvador and Mexico over two decades, officials said. CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The 49-year-old Cleveland attorney accused of trying to bring methamphetamine into the Cuyahoga County Jail and having child porn material on his phone pleaded not guilty Tuesday at his arraignment in Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas. On Dec. 7, a multi-agency law enforcement operation in Tucson led to the arrest of three more individuals who reportedly had ties to the drug distribution scheme. You have permission to edit this article. The Arizona Department of Public Safety, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the Drug Enforcement Administration, Homeland Security Investigations, the U.S. They made it more ruthless, more violent, more deadly and they used it to spread a new poison, fentanyl, Ms. Milgram said. In recent years, fentanyl-related deaths in Chicago and elsewhere in the country have risen to alarming levels, prompting the Drug Enforcement Administration and other federal and local law enforcement agents to redouble their efforts to cut off the supply in Mexico. The recorded call was a central piece of evidence in the arrest and conviction of El Chapo. Tareem Burgess, 39, of Hephzibah, Ga., was sentenced to 60 months in prison and fined $1,500 after pleading guilty to Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon. "The violence resulting from that trafficking has had a particularly destructive impact in the Chicago area," Pasquale said. Guzman Loera, who infamously escaped prison twice in Mexico, is now serving a life sentence in federal prison in the U.S., after he was convicted in 2019 of all 10 counts he faced, including engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, as well as drug trafficking and firearms charges. The arrests of 13 accused drug traffickers working in New Castle, Farrell and Sharon resulted from federal grand jury indictments in Pittsburgh that were unsealed Monday. according to the indictment. 37 people indicted in large-scale meth trafficking network February 24, 2021 NewsCenter1 Staff RAPID CITY, S.D. According to O'Malley, Norton began placing items onto a tray and then abruptly left his belongings and walked off with a plastic bag containing 5.12 grams of methamphetamine. Fentanyl seizures by U.S. Customs and Border Protection have increased by more than 400% since 2019, officials said, and this fiscal year's seizures have already surpassed the total for all of 2022. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. The new indictments came at a moment of a high tension between U.S. and Mexican officials over their deteriorating law-enforcement relationship and in particular, the issue of who was to blame for the scourge of fentanyl. He is charged with possession . Under federal law, the possession of a controlled substance with the intent to sell or distribute it is a serious offense. Like their father, who was charged in seven cases in seven cities before his eventual conviction in Federal District Court in Brooklyn, they are now facing multiple indictments in several jurisdictions. The announcement was made by United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow and DEA Special Agent in Charge Denise Foster. A lawyer for the four sons declined to comment on the new charges. The complaint alleges that in September 2021, Grijalva, Lopez-Lozoya and Lozoya-Portillo conspired to distribute methamphetamine, the news release said. Also charged areAlexander Prieto, 41, of Cleveland, andTravis Blankenship, 31, and Jessica McClanahan, 31, of Charleston, West Virginia. The indictment includes a forfeiture notice regarding the following property: "The U.S. Attorney's Office is committed to disrupting and dismantling transnational criminal organizations that distribute contraband, launder illicit proceeds, and attempt to corrupt our society," said W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. Federal officials announced a flurry of charges on Friday against the four sons of the notorious Mexican drug lord known as El Chapo, saying the men were leading . Defendants Guillermo Andrs Beltrn-Osorio, Enmanuel Matos-Matos, Edgardo Delgado-Carmona, Rafael Cruz-Montalvo, Edgar Omar Bez-Vargas, and Franky Pagn-Mendoza were previously arrested. The conspiracy has been ongoing since as early as 2018 and was orchestrated from within the Tennessee State Prison system by Humberto Morales, aka Pelon, 29, of Columbia, Tennessee, who has been incarcerated since 2014. 14: Bill Belichick attends final session, UA receivers stand out, Tucson police: Man on motorized bike fatally struck by ambulance, PACC says dogs at risk of euthanasia because of severe overcrowding, Cyclist dies after struck by ambulance on Tucson's east side, Witnesses say Tucson police officer tried to avoid fatal crash, reports show, Motorcyclist killed in east-side Tucson crash, Authorities ID Tucson police involved in fatal shooting at apartment complex, Tucson police looking for man who fired at officers, Man fatally struck by vehicle in midtown Tucson, Sudan fighting: Generals' battle enters 4th day, death toll rises to 185, Ramadan in Guinea: Burden of post-fast feast preparations fall on women, Judge delays Fox News-Dominion case without explanation. 615-736-5956 Hyshaw, Floyd, Blankenship, McClanahan, Clifford Stafford, Tucker, Blackwell and Riley allegedly stored the drugs at multiple residences in the Akron area. The next day, a complaint was authorized that charges Andrew Grijalva, 19; Rodrigo Lopez-Lozoya, 36; and Jesus Ramon Lozoya-Portillo, 41, with drug trafficking, the news release said. CASE NUMBER: 22-CR-02454-TUC-RCC-MSA During this incident, the woman was kidnapped, driven around Nashville, and then a hatchet was used to chop off one of her hands, before leaving her lying on the street. On Tuesday morning, officers attempted to stop a white SUV in midtown Tucson when the driver fled and fired at officers. Four sons of drug kingpin Joaquin El Chapo Guzman Loera are charged in a federal indictment unsealed Friday in Chicago accusing them of taking control of their fathers empire after his arrest and strengthening their grip over the cartel through brutal violence. Ivan and Jesus Guzman Salazar kept the animals on their ranches as pets, authorities say. Police executing a search warrant at a Merriman Valley apartment last September knew they had a suspect when they found the Akron man wearing latex gloves and a respirator. The following defendants were charged in the indictment: If convicted on the conspiracy with intent to distribute marijuana charges, each face between ten years to life imprisonment, no less than five years supervised release, and a $10,000,000 fine. The first indictment contains 521 counts and charges 33 people with crimes in relation to their involvement in the narcotics trafficking operation, including Operating as a Major Trafficker (class A-I felony), Criminal Sale and Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance (class A, B, and C felonies), as well as Conspiracy in the Second degree Authorities are actively working on the arrest of three other defendants who are charged in the conspiracy. El Chapo, whose real name is Joaqun Guzmn Loera, led the organization for years and after his conviction in Brooklyn in 2019 is serving life in prison in the United States. She pleaded guilty in November 2020. Get the latest in local public safety news with this weekly email. Adewale Adediran, the alleged leader of the conspiracy, was also charged with engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise. A Manhattan doctor was indicted over a drug-dealing scheme in which he allegedly wrote prescriptions for pills including opioids and Adderall that were then sold on the street, prosecutors. Thinking ahead to your next few meals? As CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey reported, the indictment announcement was something for which Will County mom Kimberly Earling had been hoping. Edwin Lopez, 21, of Riverside, was arrested this morning on a grand jury indictment that charges him with one count related to a May 17, 2020, transaction in which he allegedly sold counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl to a 20-year-old Fontana man who suffered a fatal overdose two days later. Ovidio Guzmn Lpez, one of Guzmn's sons, was arrested in January in the Sinaloa capital of Culiacan. The crash, which involved a male cyclist and a San Carlos EMS ambulance, happened at the 2600 block of North Craycroft Road. Both elements must be satisfied to commit the offense of "possession with the . The U.S. government is currently awaiting the younger Guzmn's extradition. The charges are set forth in United States v. The United States Attorneys Office, District of Arizona, Tucson, is handling the prosecution. Named in the indictment are 10 Akron residents, a Cleveland man, and two West Virginiaresidents. "From Drug Traffickers to money launderers, the DEA will bring all it has to bear to make our communities safer and healthier, and to reverse the devastating trends of drug-related violence and overdoses plaguing our Communities.". Please enter valid email address to continue. The indictment alleges that, beginning in September 2021, the 10 defendants participated in a conspiracy to distribute 400 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl and 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, or 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine. Thirteen alleged members of a Tucson-area drug trafficking organization were indicted by a federal grand jury last month on drug distribution and money laundering charges. 14FARMINGTON A New York woman and a Wilton man were indicted Thursday on charges of trafficking in fentanyl and crack cocaine in October 2022 in Wilton. The Justice Department is attacking every aspect of the cartels operations, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland said at a news conference in Washington on Friday. Three members of the suspected conspiracy had been arrested as part of the investigation in September, and one member was previously arrested in a separate case. The federal indictment charges each of the 15 defendants with participating in a conspiracy to distribute a kilogram or more of heroin and/or 400 grams or more of fentanyl in Christian and Greene counties from Sept. 23, 2018, to Nov. 14, 2019. 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. 12, 2023 at 9:14 PM PDT. Counts 53 to 59 charge defendant Carlos Javier Ruiz-Patio, a/k/a "Hustler Man/Jordan/El Chamo", of international concealment money laundering. 13, 2023 at 6:31 PM CDT . 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