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Arrested: Trinh, Phuong T. 34, Rockford Charge: Seven counts - Unlawful Delivery of a Controlled Substance (Cocaine) within 1,000 feet of a Church and Possession with intent to deliver cocaine (100-400 grams). Bond: $250,000 Phuong Thanh Trinh. The several weeks long investigation concluded on 9/25/08 when the Rockford Police Department’s Narcotics Unit arrested Trinh outside his residence at 1117 19th St. and executed a search warrant there. When Trinh was taken into custody he had over 220 individual bags of cocaine that were packaged for sale. The Narcotics Unit also recovered a large amount of United States Currency, two handguns, and a rifle. Trinh was charged with seven counts of Unlawful Delivery of a Controlled Substance and one count of Possession with Intent to Deliver Cocaine (100-400 grams). Trinh was lodged in the Winnebago County Jail.

Neil Andrew Knickle was ordered to serve 20 months on house arrest as part of a two-year conditional sentence handed down September 23. He'll be on a curfew for the final four months. The conditional sentence will be followed by a year on probation.Mr. Knickle, 42, pleaded guilty to charges of possessing cocaine for the purpose of trafficking and carelessly storing firearms stemming from a search at his home on August 8, 2007.Federal prosecutor Josh Bryson told the court police believed Mr. Knickle was a significant player in the local cocaine scene. They arrested him and searched the home where he lived with his two children, finding 312 grams of cocaine in the maintenance area of a hot tub in the master bathroom.Officers also seized several sets of scales, 13 boxes of small plastic bags, cash, a handgun and a plate containing cocaine residue.They found three shotguns and a rifle which were improperly stored in the basement.The cash has since been returned to Mr. Knickle after an ...

Royal Hall, 27, of Rombout Avenue, entered a guilty plea to criminal possession of a controlled substance, a felony, in proceedings in Dutchess County Court.Hall told Judge Gerald V. Hayes he had more than half a gram of cocaine in his car when police searched it Feb. 1.In exchange for his guilty plea, Hall was promised a sentence of no more than six months in jail and five years on probation. He is due to return to court Oct. 30 for sentencing.

Jorge Mercado Alcocer, aka "Chino," was arrested Sept. 17 in El Paso along with eight other suspected members of a group that a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration official said is linked to the Sinaloa drug cartel. Mercado, 29, whose hearing had been postponed from last week, was denied bond Monday by Magistrate Judge Norbert Garney. Mercado, who had his right foot bandaged and used crutches in court, was indicted on charges of conspiracy to smuggle and distribute a controlled substance and conspiracy to launder money. The ring, identified by the DEA as the "Jorge Mercado Drug Trafficking Organization," was allegedly responsible for smuggling more than a ton of cocaine to cities such as Chicago, Baltimore and Atlanta, a DEA agent testified in detention hearings for other suspected members. Drug proceeds were allegedly deposited out of state in Bank of America accounts and the cash would then be withdrawn in bulk a few days later at bank branches in El Paso. The DE...

Authorities say Corbett fled the scene of a traffic stop on the 18th of this month. He’s accused of having $14,000 worth of heroin stashed in his vehicle when he was pulled over. Authorities had been searching for 22-year-old Dennis Corbett since he allegedly ran from them earlier this month.Corbett left behind his car, in which police found hundreds of packets of heroin worth $10,000, in addition to thousands of dollars worth of Ecstasy pills.Police arrested Corbett inside a Washington Ave. home around 4:30 a.m. after receiving a tip he was there.Corbett was arrested without incident.Dennis Corbett of 1441 Washington Avenue is in custody after his arrest early this morning. Police say an anonymous tip led them to Corbett’s residence where he was arrested without incident around 4:30 am.The 22-year-old Corbett is facing several charges including criminal conspiracy and possession with intent to deliver. He was placed in Blair County Prison in lieu of $30,000 straight cash bail.

Daniel Deandrade was sentenced in US District Court in Manhattan.According to court documents, from 1999 through November 2006, Deandrade was the leader of “the Stratford Operation”, a crack ring in the Bronx.The gang distributed anywhere between 80 and 300 kilograms of crack over the course of its existence. Cocaine was smuggled into the US from Columbia and Deandrade and others cooked it into cocaine in several apartments across the Bronx. The crack was then sold on Stratford and Westchester avenues in the Bronx by several individuals who worked for Deandrade.From 2001 through October 2003, he was also a crack supplier for a narcotics rink in Utica, “the Utica Operation,” that sold crack, cocaine, ecstasy, heroin and marijuana.He provide that operation with between 10 and 20 kilograms of crack.

Paulette Chambers and her mother Ambrozine Heron, were caught with a car full of the drug as they tried to drive through Dover ferry port in March this year. Heron’s adapted Nissan Pathfinder was stopped by customs officials who discovered 40 food tins containing pure cocaine. Customs had become suspicious after the Pathfinder had made 14 trips to Holland to collect their shipments. It is thought Jamaican-born Heron, from Smethwick, West Midlands, was used as a cover for a major drug smuggling operation run by her daughter. Heron, who suffers from asthma, diabetes and arthritis, was stopped at Dover by customs officials already suspicious by the number of trips the Pathfinder had made to the continent since October last year. Sniffer dogs found two shopping bags on the back row of seats and investigators found 40 tins of palm oil containing the drugs worth just over £1 million. She now faces a lengthy prison sentence after being found guilty of the importation of Class A drugs at Cant...

Dominican Customs (DGA), Army and Drugs Control (DNCD) agents seized 127 packages of cocaine in an export warehouse located on 27 de Febrero Avenue, near Manoguayabo. The drug was found in 10 pallets of floor ceramics, and would be exported to an industrial park in Carolina, Puerto Rico. DGA director Miguel Cocco and DNCD director Gilberto Delgado went to the place where four suspects were arrested. Cocco said the investigation is ongoing and that another suspect, Ruben de la Cruz is wanted for questioning.

Nina Freije was arrested Tuesday and faces two counts each of possession of a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance for sale, according to Lt. Craig S. Carter of the Escondido Police Department.She also faces one count of transportation of a controlled substance, Carter said, adding that the arresting officers seized nine grams of crystal methamphetamine and seven syringes loaded with heroin. Freije was booked into the Vista jail and held in lieu of $75,000 bail.She may be arraigned as early as Friday afternoon, according to San Diego County Sheriff's Department's Web site.

Joseph J. Pace Jr., 20, of the 11600 block of Bernice Avenue was charged with drug-induced aggravated battery inflicting great bodily harm, police said. Bail was set at $200,000 at a hearing Monday in McHenry County Circuit Court. The woman, whose last known address was in Carpentersville, was hospitalized Aug. 17, police said. The woman has since been released and should recover, said Nichole Owens, chief of criminal prosecutions for the state's attorney's office.

Nguyen Thi Trang (24) claimed to be a student. She was arrested while boarding a Hanoi-bound flight around 12.30 a.m. “The accused had concealed 4.28 kg of heroin in specially made cavities in her sandals and the false bottom of a suitcase”, A.K. Koushal, Commissioner of Customs, told The Hindu. “The accused flew from New Delhi to Bangalore by a Jetlite flight on Wednesday night. We had information on her. She was taken into custody as she was getting ready to take the connecting flight to Hanoi,” said Bijoy Kumar Khar, Additional Commissioner of Customs. The Customs officials said that the examination of her baggage and two pairs of sandals had led to the seizure of a huge quantity of heroin.

Mohammed Yousaf, of Normandy Road, Perry Barr, Ansar Iqbal, of Selston Road, Aston were sentenced to eight years each while Shaied Iqbal, of Drummond Road, Aston, was imprisoned for six and a half years.It is reported that detectives from Staffordshire Police’s Major Crime Unit worked with colleagues from the West Midlands, Greater Manchester and Bedfordshire forces for 10 months to break the ring. Over pounds weight of drugs were seized, as part of Staffordshire’s Operation Nemesis, including heroin with a street value of £4 million, 1.5 kilos of amphetamine and an amount of cocaine.

Emily Kattuk was first arrested on Sept. 15 as she arrived in Sanikluaq on a flight from Winnipeg. Police allege cocaine was found in her luggage. Kattuk was next arrested on Sept. 22 by police who were responding to an impaired driving complaint. Police allege she was found with marijuana.

Former South Sydney footballer Ricky James Montgomery, the former hotelier Bradley James Evans and a Maroubra man, Hayden Rodgers - were found guilty.Since then, their lawyers have raised concerns over the role of the then Crime Commission investigator Mark Standen, who faces drug charges, and his link with Steven James, the key Crown witness against them.three eastern suburbs men to conspire with others to import a large amount of cocaine.The plan, hatched in phone calls and during meetings between co-conspirators in Spain, Canada and at the Clovelly Surf Life Saving Club, was to import the drugs hidden in a truck that was being shipped from Panama to Sydney on a container ship.At Patrick's dock at Darling Harbour, dock workers known to one or more of the conspirators were to offload the truck and its contents, and take the drugs out of the terminal.But neither the Illinois-registered truck, nor its expected 30-kilogram illegal cargo, ever made it to Australia. Yesterday - more th...

Lynne Wilson, a teacher at Treasure Coast High School, was arrested after she tried to return items for which she had not paid.Police said they found cocaine in her pocket while she was being placed under arrest.

Maria Guadalupe Trevino-Venegas, Laura Trevino and her sisters, Adriana and Evelia, have been convicted of conspiring and possessing with intent to distribute cocaine. All of the suspects are from Brownsville. They were arrested at a border crossing in Brownsville, after a smuggling attempt in June. Authorities say the women had over 40 pounds of cocaine strapped to their bodies.

Sheriff Reymundo "Rey" Guerra has not been named in the 17-count indictment against more than 10 men and women accused of working with the Gulf Cartel.But a case file partially unsealed last week lists the warrant used to search his office among others described as "related" to the smuggling investigation.Federal authorities would not confirm Thursday whether the sheriff is expected to face any criminal charges in connection with the case or whether he is suspected of any wrongdoing at all.Guerra declined to comment when reached by phone Thursday afternoon.Agents executed a sealed search warrant on Guerra's Rio Grande City office on Sept. 4, taking boxes filled with documents, electronic equipment and photos.Investigators also seized a "gold-colored badge" from a safe under the sheriff's desk and an evidence bag filled with "a green leafy substance" from a drawer in the office, according to the federal receipt drawn up after the seizure.T...

Byronell Arline was arrested on a cocaine possession charge by the New Port Richey Police Department at 12:19 a.m. Sunday. He was released that morning on $5,000 bail. Arline, 18, who landed a scholarship to play football at Dodge City (Kansas) Community College, returned to Florida in July after a two-week stint at Dodge City. At the time, Ridgewood football coach Chris Taylor said Arline didn't feel "like he fit in there, so he decided to come home."That scholarship was the culmination of a record-setting high school season and career for the running back. In 2007, Arline's senior season, he ran for 2,188 yards and 35 touchdowns, eclipsing records set in 2001 by former Wesley Chapel star Tyrone Tomlin.He ended his career with 5,189 rushing yards, which broke the mark set in 2000 by former Land O' Lakes back Godfrey Pestana

Indicted for conspiracy to distribute cocaine or methamphetamine, or both, included the accused ringleader of the organization, Bertario Santos-Rojas, 36, of Auburn, and three cousins, all of them brothers: Ignacio Pena-Garcia, 32, Jose Vidal-Barraza, 21, and Antonio Rojas-Perez, who is being held by immigration.Others arrested include: Maria Baez, 30, Jesus Yordani Moreno Zuarez, 20, Nestor Cruz-Santiago, 22, Baltazar Davila Cervantes, 24, Christian Ruelas-Ortiz, 22, Martin Miguel Velasco, 30, Daniel Roberto Lopez-Lopez, 24, Simon Ruiz Garcia, 37, Maura Meza, 24 and Georgina Fernandez, 22.Also arrested and indicted was Daryl Shears, 43, of Renton, accused of being one of Rojas' best customers, allegedly buying as many as 15 kilos of cocaine a month.Felicia Bowen, 36, an Eastside real estate agent, also was among those arrested. Bowen, who had served time in prison, was featured last year in a local publication for her reputed success in going straight. At one point during the inve...

former Schenectady police chief has been charged with conspiring to distribute drugs in upstate New York. Gregory Kaczmarek was arraigned along with his wife on a second-degree conspiracy charge Thursday. The Kaczmareks are also charged with multiple counts of felony cocaine possession and conspiracy to sell marijuana. Lisa Kaczmarek was charged earlier this year after a state investigation that also led to the arrest of her son and more than 20 other people. Authorities say they picked up drugs on Long Island and sold them in the Albany area. When Kaczmarek was named chief in 1996, he met with reporters to deny rumors he used cocaine. He retired in 2002 amid a corruption scandal.

Stanley Richards, on Saturday September 20, allegedly had in his possession seven grams of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. He pleaded not guilty. He is being represented by defense counsel Gary Ramlochand.In making a bail application, Ramlochand told the court that his client has a reputed wife and two children, and is the sloe breadwinner of his household.According to Ramlochand, on the day in question Richards was attending a funeral at Le Repentir cemetery where he was approached by the police, beaten in the public and searched.He told the court that the accused was subsequently taken to the Brickdam Police Station where he was striped naked, tortured and burnt with cigarettes. He said his client was taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he was treated for various injuries.The lawyer added that given the medical condition of his client bail should be granted, since the law says bail can be granted in special circumstances.However, police prosecutor Denise Griffith ob...

Enrique Araque Estrada, 52, and Rene Manuel Sanchez, 46, both of Phoenix, were charged for allegedly being in possession with the intent to distribute 5 or more kilograms between September 2006 and March 2007, according to a court complaint. If convicted, the three men face a maximum sentence of life in prison.

Dwight David Shinaul, 28, of Brooklyn Park, was charged with one count of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute the drug, the office said.According to his indictment, Shinaul conspired with others to distribute more than 5 kilograms of cocaine between Jan. 1, 2007 and Aug. 26, 2008. Additionally on Aug. 26, 2008 he was in possession 500 or more grams with the intention to distribute it. Officers attempted to stop Shinaul who was in his vehicle on Aug. 26 after he engaged in a drug transaction. He led police on a short chase before he was caught. Police saw him emptying his pockets of bags containing 79.7 grams of cocaine. Police recovered about $8,440 in cash from Shinaul's pocket, the complaint said.

Gang's local leader, Jose Diaz, was arrested July 30 on felony narcotics charges, she said.Investigators found $86,000, seized nearly 9 pounds of cocaine and recovered four handguns during their probe, Brennan said. Diaz wired $40,000 to $50,000 a week in drug proceeds to associates in Puerto Rico, prosecutors said. On June 5, a Connecticut resident bought cocaine hidden in a child's pegboard stool, Brennan said. The cocaine was still inside the stool when investigators recovered it near Waterbury, Conn., she said.The nine were indicted Aug. 29 on charges that included conspiracy, criminal sale and possession of a controlled substance, money laundering and weapons possession. They pleaded not guilty at arraignment in Manhattan's state Supreme Court.Six were held without bail, two were released without bail and one was held in $35,000 bail. They were ordered to return to court Oct. 6.

Dwayne Loncke, appeared yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson.It is alleged that on Tuesday, September 16, at Fifth Street, Alberttown, Loncke had in his possession two kilograms of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. To the charge he pleaded not guilty.He was represented by Defence Counsel Glenn Hanoman, who told the court that his client has a fixed place of abode at 65 Hadfield Street, Stabroek.He added that Loncke has been married for the past eight years and has a son. Currently, he said, his client is pursuing studies in Accountancy at the Business School.Hanoman added that the defence is very eager to begin the trial and requested an early date. Loncke was remanded and is scheduled to make his next court appearance on October 6.

Daniel King was sentenced to federal prison after pleading guilty in July to one count of structuring. The charge involves making bank deposits in amounts less than $10,000 to avoid reporting requirements. Federal authorities say King also bought a $1.15 home in Saratoga and made other purchases in the late 1990s from his cocaine trafficking activities. After the government seized some of his assets, King fled the country for about a year. When he returned in 1999, prosecutors say King was able to escape arrest by living in Texas under an assumed name. When the 67-year-old King finishes his 18-month sentence, he'll be on supervised release for three years.

Devan A. Williams, 1259 Oxford Ave. NW, was arrested in the 600 block of Wilson Place NW, where police said he also was riding a stolen bicycle. Williams was charged with felony counts of trafficking and possession of cocaine, and tampering with evidence. He also was charged with misdemeanor counts of receiving stolen property related to the bicycle, and for possession of marijuana.

Gareth Morley, 27, turned would-be small- time commercial dealer because he wanted to make cash for Christmas. But he was caught after police raided his home and discovered 28grammes of the drug, with a purity of 15per cent. Some of the cocaine was for his own use but at least 20 bags, possibly more, were to be sold to raise profit, Burnley Crown Court heard. Morley, of Hillside Road, admitted possessing cocaine with intent to supply. An allegation of supplying cocaine was left to lie on the file. His barrister had urged the court to pass a suspended sentence, but a judge said that would have been “unduly lenient” for such a serious offence.

arrested Shawn Pimpleton, 31, during a traffic stop Dec. 23, 2007. Officers found 4 ounces of crack and a loaded Glock .45 semi-automatic pistol in his pockets. Pimpleton was released and was pulled over again by police two weeks later. This time, they found "a dealer-size quantity of marijuana" and ammunition for another handgun, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.Pimpleton -- who has two convictions for assault and four convictions on drug charges -- has never served more than a year in jail.Now he'll be spending a decade in a federal prison. At sentencing Monday, Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Andy Colasurdo -- a King County deputy prosecutor cross-designated to bring more serious gun cases to federal court -- told U.S. District Judge James Robart, "It appears that the consequences were never severe enough to motivate him to change his behavior."Agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the FBI investigated the case.

Tyrell H. Gorham, 23, of Elm Street, had been under investigation by the Kennebec Valley Drug Task Force, which includes Waterville police, police said Monday in a written statement.Detective Chris Paradis and Officer Duane Cloutier, working with task-force members from the Oakland Police Department and Kennebec Sheriff's Office, went to Gorham's Elm Street apartment at 1 p.m. Sunday, according to police. Gorham was on the porch, where police say they found a gram of crack cocaine in one of his pockets. During a search of his room in the apartment, police found 28 grams of crack cocaine, with a street value of about $3,000, the statement said. Gorham was arrested and charged with aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs, a Class A felony because of the amount of narcotics seized and the proximity of his apartment to two area schools -- the Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers on Silver Street and the Albert S. Hall School on Pleasant Street.Police said Gorham claims ...

Wanda Elaine Folden, 41, pleaded guilty in July, admitting that she had 143 grams of crack on May 31, 2007, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office. Folden gave the crack, along with marijuana and other drug paraphernalia, to a juvenile and told the child to hide it in the family's van, according to the release. Folden later admitted selling drugs in the Charleston area for 10 years, according to the release. She was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin.

Lee R. Whitworth, 56, of Belvidere was charged with two counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, crack cocaine, within 1,000 feet of public housing. The Class 1 felony is punishable by four to 15 years in prison. Whitworth was taken to the Boone County Jail on $50,000 bond.Cheryl L. Smith, 52, also of Belvidere was charged with two counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, crack cocaine, within 1,000 feet of public housing. Smith’s charge was also a Class 1 felony. She was taken to Boone County Jail on $50,000 bond.

Arturo Alerja, 30,was in the bathroom of Farra's night club using and selling cocaine at 1:04 a.m. Iowa City Police Sgt. Mike Brotherton, who responded to the bar, said the DOC officer was off-duty and not assisting in any police operations. Sgt. Troy Kelsay said Santiago told the bar staff about what he saw and helped to identify Alerja so the staff could decide what action to take. Kelsay said Santiago did not try to arrest or restrain Alerja. However, when the situation between the bar staff and Alerja escalated and became physical, Santiago helped to restrain him. When he arrived at the bar, Brotherton said Alerja was agitated, combative and ignoring commands to stop. Alerja assaulted the officers and bit Brotherton on the arm, causing an injury and breaking the skin. Brotherton said the injury did not require stitches.Alerja continued to resist until he was put in a squad car. He then refused to provide his name, date of birth and other information to the police, according to ...

Southwark Crown Court heard former currency broker Ginnelly even sold £100 worth of the class A drug while sitting in the car with his three children.David Royston, 44, and ex-currency broker Michael Ginnelly, 55, ran the drugs racket from Mr Pickwicks in Leman Street, Whitechapel on the edge of the City.Over 12 months the pair supplied cocaine in increasing amounts to a series of undercover police officers. Boasting he had 25 years experience in the drugs business, Ginnelly lived in a rundown council estate and fronted the deals while his partner in crime Royston drove around in a Rolls Royce and lived in a riverside apartment.The pair began as 'low level retailers' supplying a 'couple of Gs' for £100 at a time before progressing into 'wholesale traders', earning £8,500 for just one deal.As well as selling in the upstairs bar of Mr Pickwicks, Royston supplied wraps from his partner's insurance business down the street.The dealers even arranged a lunch meeti...

Lawrence Doyle of 7 Elwell St. was arrested in June 2007 after family members upset about his cocaine use and dealing from their home tipped off police.After searching his house and finding 2.8 grams of cocaine in separately packaged bags, detectives searching Doyle's car and clothes found 21.8 grams of cocaine, a vial with six OxyContin tablets and $1,216 in cash.Doyle pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute Thursday in Essex County Superior Court in Salem. A third count of possession with intent to distribute was thrown out. In addition to the prison time, Doyle received two years of probation and was fined $240.

John Smith, 33, was stopped in a taxi in the city and drugs, weighing just over two kilos, were found. He claimed he had stolen a rucksack from two men who had asked him for directions in a pub and said he did not know what was inside. However, drugs officers had witnessed him hand over money in return for the bag of cocaine. Advocate depute Morag Jack told the High Court in Edinburgh that Smith had been put under surveillance during a drugs operation. She said that on 6 December last year he was seen meeting two men who had got off a coach at the bus station. All three went into The Abode pub in the city's St Andrews Street. The prosecutor said: "The accused was seen to hand over a bundle of cash to one of the other men. In return he received a rucksack." Smith got into a taxi but the vehicle was stopped by police and he was detained. Inside the rucksack, police found two blocks of compressed powder wrapped in black tape. Analysis revealed it was 25% pure cocaine with a ...

Arrested Marcel Levon Williams around 9:40 a.m. at 1114 E. 19th St. and recovered two baggies of crack cocaine, a baggy of green leafy vegetation, a marijuana cigarette, $364 in cash, among other items, a police report said.Williams was indicted by a federal grand jury on six charges that accuse him of possessing cocaine with the intent to distribute. The charges stem from incidents between March 1, 2007, and Sept. 3, 2008, according to the indictment. The indictment, which was filed Sept. 11, was made public after Williams’ arrest.

Ruby L. Holley and 37-year-old Jeremy James entered guilty pleas to the charge of dealing in cocaine, a class B felony.Holley admitted under oath to selling .32 grams of cocaine to a confidential informant near Ninth and North streets in Logansport on May 4, 2006. She was arrested more than a year later along with 28 other suspects in what the Cass County Drug Task Force called Bought & Paid For 2. The Logansport resident has been in the Cass County Jail on a bond of $5,000 cash/$25,000 surety since her arrest.Holley’s plea agreement calls for 10 years in prison, with two years suspended, according to deputy prosecutor James Ackermann.During his plea hearing, James admitted to selling one-eighth of an ounce of cocaine to a confidential informant in the 1200 block of George Street on May 18, 2006. He was arrested in July of the same year during the Bought & Paid For investigation that resulted in a county-record 41 arrests. James’ plea agreement capped his possible prison time a...

Jose Diaz a/k/a Jose David Diaz-Ortega, was arrested on July 30, 2008. A total of 9 people have been arrested and charged in an indictment unsealed today. A five-month investigation revealed that Jose Diaz a/k/a Jose David Diaz-Ortega, directed associates in Puerto Rico to ship kilograms of cocaine, concealed inside children's toy tool boxes and large building toy container boxes, to New York City. The organization used United States Postal Service Express Mail to make deliveries to drop off addresses in Manhattan and the Bronx. Eight other members of the Diaz-Ortega drug or money laundering enterprise in the Bronx, New Jersey and Puerto Rico, also face top felony charges. The narcotics were destined to be sold to buyers on the East Coast. One sale occurred on June 5, 2008 at Diaz-Ortega's Bronx residence. A Connecticut resident purchased a kilogram of cocaine concealed inside a child's pegboard stool. With the assistance of the New Haven Drug Enforcement Administration Dis...

Catskill police arrested 33-year-old David A. Gooch and charged him with criminally negligent homicide and criminal injection of a narcotic drug, both felonies, and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the 7th degree and criminal possession of a hypodermic instrument, both misdeamenors.Gooch is accused in the death of 49-year-old Dennis Byrne. Byrne was transported to Columbia Memorial Hospital in Hudson by a private vehicle. Byrne was pronounced dead at the hospital, state police said.State police said the charges are the result of both men using heroin at a residence in the town of Catskill. Gooch was arraigned before Greenville Town Justice Richard Schrieber and ordered held in the Greene County Jail on $25,000 bail or $50,000 bond.

Dani Rodriguez of Throop Avenue was taken into custody when Anti-Crime officers found him holing 25 packets of heroin. The bust culminated a weeklong investigation, police said.Rodriguez was charged with possession of heroin and related distribution counts, including being within 1,000 of a public park and within a 1,000-foot school zone. He is free on $35,000 bail.In July, Anti-Crime officers and personnel from the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office arrested Rodriguez after a search of his home on Wellington Place turned up 91 packets of heroin and nearly $1,600 in cash, all of it believed to be proceeds from drug sales.He had been held on $50,000 bail in that case.

Arrested Marshall Pittman, 20, 868 Chatfield Road, on two charges of possession of heroin and a charge of drug paraphernalia; Raven Reebel, 23, LaRue, on two charges of possession of heroin; and Brittany Cook, 19, last known address 868 Chatfield Road, on a charge of possession of heroin.detectives located 2.7 grams of heroin with a street value of $350 and drug paraphernalia.All three were booked into the Multi-County Correctional Center.The MARMET-METRICH Drug Task Force consists of detectives from the Marion County Sheriff's Office and Marion Police Department.

Ben Dionne, 29, is back in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service after fleeing to Canada nearly two years ago. Dionne, who has dual citizenship, was extradited to the U.S. earlier this year. He was turned over to American authorities Monday in Madawaska, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.He is charged with conspiracy to possess marijuana with the intent to distribute and failure to appear in U.S. District Court in Bangor. Dionne was one of six men indicted by a federal grand jury two years ago for allegedly being part of a marijuana smuggling and distribution ring that stretched from the St. John Valley to Portland.Dionne was released on Sept. 12, 2006, on $5,000 unsecured bail after pleading not guilty to the drug charge in federal court in Bangor. He failed to stay in touch with U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services and a warrant was issued for his arrest two weeks later, according to court documents.In November 2006, a grand jury indicted him on a new charge — failure to app...

Paul Bruce was caught with 28 wraps of the drug when he ran on to a bus after officers spotted him acting suspiciously. And as well as having the drugs, which weighed about five grams, the 25-year-old also had £160 in cash. Rachel Marshall, prosecuting, told Swindon Crown Court how officers saw him acting suspiciously on Friday, November 9 last year. She said they followed him as he ran on to a bus and saw him put something into his backside. He was arrested and officers later recovered a package which contained 28 wraps of drugs. When he was questioned he told police he was acting under duress as he had previous drug problems and his dealer had beaten him up. He said he had to do jobs for him including acting as a courier which is what he was doing when he was arrested. The court heard he had a number of previous convictions for dishonesty consistent with drug addiction as well as possessing cannabis in 2000 and heroin in 2003. Bruce, who gave the court a care of address in Purton Roa...

Stephen Elsdon twice supplied crack cocaine to an undercover officer during a Cleveland Police operation to target peddlers in Hartlepool last year. The 38-year-old was given a 12-month suspended prison sentence with probation service supervision. The Recorder of Middlesbrough, Judge Peter Fox, QC, also ordered that Elsdon undergoes a drug rehabilitation programme over the next two years. He told him: "You are one of the few - very, very few - people who get convicted of supplying Class A drugs who don't go straight to prison. "You have got a great deal of ability and a great deal going for you, and you are only 38. There is a lot yet you can do with your life, but its down to you." Teesside Crown Court heard that Elsdon was asked by an associate who became friends with the undercover officer to find crack cocaine. The pal - jailed last month three years for supplying heroin to the officer - was one of the main targets of Operation Beckford, but Elsdon was not. Paul ...

Hector “Guero” Omero Rodriguez was arrested and charged for intent to obtain and distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine and money laundering. He was picked up along with other arrestees during the morning hours of Sept. 17 as apart of a North Texas drug dealing crackdown known as “Operation Dos Equis.”In total, more than $1 million cash, approximately 300 kilograms of cocaine, approximately 400 pounds of methamphetamine, approximately 20 weapons, and various explosive devices were seized in the North Texas area.The arrests were part of "Project Reckoning," a multi-agency law enforcement effort led by the DEA. According to the statement, the Gulf Cartel is responsible for transporting multi-ton quantities of cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin, and marjiuana from countries in South and Central America to the United States, as well as the distribution of those narcotics within the U.S. "Project Reckoning" is a 15-month investigation that has led to the arrests th...

Juan Delarosa, 56, was initially arrested in January this year after authorities, who had been alerted to his criminal activity, caught him with more than bags of heroin and two bags of cocaine in his jacket pocket. He is now charged with felony and misdemeanor counts of attempted promoting of prison contraband. Upon his initial arrest he was charged with third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance.prison drug counselor faces felony charges after being caught smuggling heroin and cocaine into the Riker's Island jailhouse.Delarosa began working as a drug-treatment counselor at Rikers Island Prison in February 2004. Correction officers told the Village Voice that he initially did a good job, but in the months leading up to his arrest he had done less and less, even sitting in his office all day "nodding out."If Delarosa is convicted of the felony charges he faces up to four years in prison.

David Danso, who allegedly attempted to smuggle a substance suspected to be cocaine outside the country, jumped from the first floor of the Departure Hall of the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) to escape arrest. The suspect, who was fleeing from operatives of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) after he had been invited by them, received multiple fractures on his left thigh as a result of the heavy fall on the ground floor of the main airport building. He is currently on admission at the 37 Military Hospital receiving treatment and the doctors say he will be there for the next 10 weeks. Two other suspects, Daniel Mensah, 23, and Frank Amoako, 37, who were arrested later are in custody pending further investigations. The three suspects have together expelled a total of 199 pellets of the drug. The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of NACOB, Mr Francis Opoku Amoah, told the Daily Graphic yesterday that about 10:30 p.m. on August 30, 2008, Danso, who was resident in London, was the last p...

Anthony Connolly, of North Sudley Road, Mossley Hill was arrested on Wednesday evening after UK Border Agency officers searched a truck carrying a consignment of beer at Dover.They found a number of brown-taped packages containing heroin hidden in two holdalls on top of the engine block under the cab of the tractor unit.Connolly, 42, was the driver of the van searched when it arrived at Dover’s eastern docks on a ferry from Calais.He appeared before magistrates in Folkestone, Kent, yesterday and was remanded in custody until September 25. Spokesman for HM Revenue and Customs in the south east Bob Gaiger said: “HMRC play a vital role in the fight to prevent illegal drugs from entering the UK.”

Marcus Steadman, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply crack cocaine, was sentenced to four years in prison. judge also ordered him to complete the remainder of the five-year sentence he was serving while in Sudbury and sentenced him to an additional 230 days. West Derbyshire MP Patrick McLoughlin said people convicted of serious drugs offences should not be sent to open prisons. He said: "This is a person who has obviously caused a lot of damage and I find it absurd that someone convicted of this type of crime can be considered for an open prison. A spokeswoman for Sudbury Prison said Steadman would have been assessed for suitability for Category D (low security, open jail) conditions by a governor at the prison from which he was sent. She said: "I am unable to give any further information as the computer records held are now unavailable." Steadman had been convicted of possession with intent to supply drugs. After he walked out of his Sudbury sentence, he became i...

Barbaro, from Griffith in NSW, is facing five charges of trafficking commercial quantities of ecstasy, money laundering and dealing with the proceeds of crime over a large ecstasy haul uncovered by Australian Federal Police. Pasquale Barbaro posed too much of a risk of violating bail conditions and fleeing the country and therefore refused the application. The 15 million pills were hidden in tomato tins in a container shipped from Italy to Melbourne in June last year. Twenty-five people allegedly involved in the syndicate - stretching from the NSW town of Griffith to Europe - have been charged. Mr Garnett said he agreed with police evidence that Mr Barbaro was the head of the international syndicate allegedly responsible for the 4.4 tonnes of ecstasy. He said that even though there were delays in the case and it would most likely not go to trial until 2010, he had to balance this against the seriousness of the charges and the strength of the prosecution case. The Melbourne Magistrates ...

Thomas Thompson, 52 of Dragside, South Shields was jailed for seven years, Aaron Fada, 33, of Braybourne Street, South Shields was jailed for three years and Simon Welsh, 33, of Strathmore Gardens, South Shields was jailed for 21 months. Joseph Hyde. , who now lives in Thailand, was stopped in his car by police in March last year and was found with 3.3 grams of cocaine, with a street value of £200. Following his interview and release police began surveillance on Hyde and which led them to a number of other criminals. As a result three men were jailed for a total of over 11 years. A fourth defendant, John Scott, 38, of Chaucer Avenue, South Shields had his sentence for supply of cocaine and transferring money to Thailand adjourned until October 20 for the preparation of a psychiatric report. The court heard Callum Taylor, 24 who died of a suspected drugs overdose after ahouse party would have also been sentenced for his part in the crimes. Thompson had pleaded guilty to possession of co...

Richard J. Scirocco, 42, of 10 Howe Street, was caught with the drugs after a state trooper pulled his 1997 Chevy Trailblazer over for speeding and a marked lanes violation, police said. Scirocco was driving with another man, Scott Carty Jr., 21, in the passenger seat, police said. Both men acted nervously and moved toward the center console of the car when the trooper approached them, police said.Inside the center console, the trooper allegedly found a double-edged knife, one plastic bag containing four more plastic bags of cocaine and 13 loose bags of cocaine packaged for sale.Both men were arrested and charged with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and drug violation in a school zone. Scirocco was also charged with a marked lanes violation and failure to signal before making a turn.Scirocco received 464 votes for mayor last year and finished third against incumbent Joseph A. Curtatone and challenger, Suzanne Bremer. On Election Day, Scirocco drove around the city in a ...

Omar Stevenson, 30, of 234 School St., is accused of selling cocaine July 15 and Aug. 15 on School Street, police said. When he was arrested Monday outside his home, Stevenson had a plastic bag of marijuana, police said. He faces two counts of illegal drug sales and two of illegal drug possession. He was scheduled for arraignment yesterday at First District Court, Hempstead.

Gary Bryant, 35, of Tynwadd, Llanerchymedd, Anglesey, claimed he was ordered to transport 140 wraps of the class A drug from Liverpool to dealers in North Wales to clear his own drug debt.The Recorder of Chester, Judge Elgan Edwards, commended two officers from British Transport Police, Joan Moore and Geoffrey Robinson, for their actions which led to Bryant’s arrest.Judge Edwards said: “As a result of their actions they have prevented a sizeable degree of public harm being done.“I issue a Crown Court commendation to both of them.”Bryant was seen acting suspiciously walking across a bridge linking the platforms at Chester station on Monday, June 23, at about 11pm, Chester Crown Court was told.Peter Hussey, prosecuting, said: “Officers approached him and suspected that he may be in possession of drugs. “From his pocket he produced a plastic bag about the size of a golf ball with a number of smaller packages within. Analysis revealed it was crack cocaine and that there were 140 bags of £1...

Leslie Adgar, 42, of Decatur, Ga., was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Judge J. Owen Forrester to 10 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release. Jon Patton, 44, of Lawrenceville, Ga., got 10 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release. Andre Mays, 24, of Atlanta, was sentenced to 2 years and six months of probation and ordered to perform 160 hours of community service for entering a secure airport area in violation of federal screening requirements. Patton and Mays were, at the time of the crimes, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees working at HJIA. Adgar was a Delta Air Lines Inc. (NYSE: DAL) employee, also assigned to HJIA.All three defendants pleaded guilty on June 18.In December 2007, a confidential source working for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) brokered a deal with TSA employee Patton to send two kilograms of cocaine through Hartsfield-Jackson to New York. Patton set transportation fees of $5,000 for the first k...

Trial of Aaron Washington and Vonnie Williams is expected to take two or three weeks. Washington and Williams were indicted in March on 36 counts, including operating a criminal enterprise. If convicted they could face up to 99 years in prison.Prosecutors say for several years the operation used women as mules to smuggle cocaine, sometimes in their bodies, on flight to Juneau

Aside from the nearly 20 pounds of cocaine Trevino-Venegas had strapped to her body, agents say they discovered another 17 pounds of narcotics in the 2006 Mercedes ML350 being driven by one of the sisters.Maria Venegas Vda. De Trevino, 60, and her three daughters were arrested June 18 when she attempted to smuggle $1 million worth of cocaine through the B&M International Bridge.United States Attorney Don DeGabrielle says Trevino-Venegas, a resident immigrant from Mexico, admitted to hiding the drugs on her body.During a secondary inspection agents say the woman and her daughters tried to run back across the bridge into Mexico, but were arrested before they reached the mid-point.Laura Trevino, 31, Adriana Trevino, 23, and Evelia Trevino, 27, are all accusedof conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine. Evelia and Adriana Trevino are also charged with possessing with intent to distribute cocaine.The three sisters will go on trial next month. Their mother is in the custod...

Rajput Kaleem Uddin, 38, a Pakistani national who arrived on Tyneside from Karachi, Pakistan, via a flight from Dubai, was later charged with smuggling a Class C drug and remanded to appear before Newcastle Crown Court by city magistrates.steroids with a street value of £50,000 were seized at Newcastle Airport after they were found stashed in a suitcase.Customs and excise officials searching a wheelie suitcase found it contained 20kg of an illegal form of testosterone used for bodybuilding – the equivalent of several thousand doses.

Chinaemerem Callistus Ukwanna Igboanusi, 25, of Tamworth Road, Fenham, Newcastle, has been charged with attempting to smuggle Class A drugs into the UK.The £150,000 stash was found in the lining of a suitcase after officers searched the baggage on board the flight.150,000 of cocaine on a flight to Newcastle Airport from Cameroon. And police revealed yesterday two Nigerian nationals have been charged following the discovery of 2kg of the Class A drug at the airport. UK Border Agency officers detected the drugs from a flight arriving into Newcastle from Cameroon via Paris on Wednesday last week.

UPDF officer, Peter Musoloki. The officer fled but his wife Christine Lanyero was arrested and charged with unlawful possession of opium. The rolled sticks were found in a water jar, according to the Police. The Police said Musoloki deals in opium rolls of which he sells at about sh1,000 each. “He buys and sells to his fellow soldiers and a gang of youth who reside at Kasubi Small-Gate,” said the regional Police spokesman, Jonhson Kilama.  He said the hunt for the retired soldier continues adding that people should desist from dealing in bhangi. A team of 23 Police constables, headed by the district Police commander, Yasin Ndimwibo, conducted the operation. Kasubi ward local leaders said the rate of bhangi smoking in the area was very high, especially among soldiers and the youth. They said they had warned them in vain. According to a recent Police report, Uganda is East Africa’s biggest producer of opium. The report also indicated that cocaine and heroin were being smuggled into Weste...

Tanisha Samuel, 20, and Shereen Mariah Hardy, 17, were held as a spot check at Sangster International Airport, Montego Bay, uncovered 2.3kg of the drug.The pair, unemployed and from the Derby area, are set to appear before Montego Bay Resident Magistrates' Court.HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) said the drugs, weighing around 2.3kg and with a value of around £170,000, were apparently found stitched into the hair pieces.A JCF spokeswoman said the pair, both unemployed and from the Derby area, were charged with possession, dealing and attempting to export cocaine, and will appear at Montego Bay Resident Magistrates' Court on Wednesday.They had been on holiday in Jamaica for two weeks before their arrest, and have allegedly told police they were to be paid £4,000 for smuggling drugs into the UK, an HMRC spokeswoman said.

Hugo L. Olmedo-Lopez, 38, was charged with possession of cocaine and littering. He also had an active warrant in Florida for trafficking in heroin. At about 12:30 p.m., a police officer working with the Building and Health Department on Oakdale Avenue saw a yard with a chair, plastic pool, bottle and paper littering the lawn. There was also a large amount of dog feces in the yard, the report stated. Olmedo-Lopez answered the door and seemed nervous when police asked for his full name and other identification, the report said. Inside the house, police found a large white bag inside a vase, and a scale. An officer noted in the report that there were posters from the movie “Scarface” — about a Florida cocaine dealer — hanging on the walls of the living room. The house was turned over to narcotics detectives for further investigation.

Scott Rozsa, 37, pleaded guilty to several charges stemming from his May 2004 arrest, which also turned up three guns and more than $130,000 cash inside his car and home.He was on bail at the time for an earlier arrest for conspiracy to traffic five kilograms of cocaine from British Columbia. "He was fairly high on the chain of distribution here in Manitoba," Crown attorney Michael Foote said in court Monday. Rozsa admitted to the conspiracy charge and was sentenced to three years in prison. "The clear message here is crime doesn't pay," said defence lawyer Tim Killeen. The university-educated Rozsa had been living a crime-free lifestyle that included being an award-winning car salesman until he got involved with the wrong people, the defence lawyer said.He was receiving cocaine by the kilogram "off the boat" from Columbia and repackaging it in his home for resale in Winnipeg, court was told.Killeen said his client learned a valuable lesson during his ...

Inspector Mohammed .A. Kamara, head of the Police Special Branch, Sgt. Patrick Johnson, formerly of the Congo Cross Police Station and Mr. Kabbah of the Office of National Security (ONS) are currently detained at the Pademba Road Maximum Prison on allegation of involvement in the landing of the 700 kg of cocaine and trafficking of the substance.The trios were arrested last Saturday and whisked to prison for protective custody. They are currently helping police in the investigation. Allegation abounds that they have vital information, which could be used in the ongoing investigation.

Nnadozie Kenneth, who claimed to be a car dealer in Lagos ingested 65 pieces of substance suspected to be cocaine on his way to Paris last Saturday, Ofoyeju further stated that Kenneth who is married with three children also claimed that it was his first time of trafficking in drugs. “My wife felt like tearing me into pieces when she saw me in this condition,” Kenneth had said regretfully. Kenneth would have been paid 300 Euros if he had succeeded in transporting the substance to France, said Ofoyeju.

Tanisha Samuel, 20, and Shereen Mariah Hardy, 17, were detained after a random spot check at Sangster International Airport, Montego Bay, on Sunday.HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) said the drugs, weighing about 2.3kg and valued at £170,000, were apparently found stitched into the hair pieces.A Jamaican police spokeswoman said the two women were charged with possession, dealing and attempting to export cocaine, and will appear at Montego Bay Resident Magistrates' Court on Wednesday. The pair were on holiday in Jamaica for two weeks before their arrest, and have allegedly told police they were to be paid £4,000 for smuggling the drugs into the UK, an HMRC spokeswoman said.The arrests came about through Operation Airbridge, a UK-Jamaican collaboration to catch drugs couriers - known as mules - before they board planes from Jamaica.Tony Walker, of the UK Border Agency and head of Operation Airbridge, said: "The Airbridge operation is delivering real results in this and other cases b...

Ron Sailor Jr was sentenced to five years and three months in prison for money laundering and defrauding the church he once led as pastor.“I understand I could have taken a very different route,” Sailor, 33, told U.S. District Court Judge Jack Camp before sentencing. “I’ve repented before God for my mistakes.”During an hour-long sentencing hearing, Sailor’s family and friends described one side of the former four-term Democratic lawmaker while prosecutors described another. But Sailor didn’t challenge prosecutors’ descriptions of his crimes.Sailor showed leadership qualities as a teenager when speaking to youth groups organized by the NAACP, the judge was told. As pastor, Sailor energized his congregation. As legislator, he inspired members of his constituency.“Ron had an outstanding life in every way,” Sailor’s father, Ron Sailor Sr., a pastor and former TV and radio personality, told Camp. “He helped people in many ways.”But last December, Sailor, who represented parts of DeKalb and...

Ryan O'Neil Jeffries, was wanted in McDowell for felony fleeing to elude arrest, in Buncombe County for failing to register as a sex offender and in Burke for trafficking in Ecstacy and possession with intent to sell and deliver crack cocaine. Last week's search turned up more drugs ? in a special hiding place. "We seized 20 grams of crack cocaine from a septic line," Smith stated. "Mr. Jeffries flushed the drugs when we were entering the residence." Officers did retrieve the bag of crack cocaine. In connection with the raid, Jeffries was charged with obstruction of justice, possession with intent to sell and deliver crack cocaine and felony possession of crack cocaine.

Albert “Papa” Thoms was sentenced to ten years in jail by Teesside Crown Court after he admitted conspiracy to supply Class A drugs. The 32-year-old violent gangster headed the conspiracy, monitoring stock, arranging couriers’ travel and even dealing occasionally. His girlfriend and fellow Jamaican, Claudine Neil, 38, was given a reduced sentence of two years in jail when she was sentenced in the summer. Neil played a major role in the network as the telephone operator who arranged the deals – and agreed to give evidence against the rest of the gang. She is now a protected witness and is unlikely to be deported back to the West Indies because of her endangered status as a supergrass. Thoms and his gang moved into Middlesbrough and controlled the supply of crack cocaine to the North-East. His operation made at least £1m profit a year, and threatened to cause a turf war with local gangsters, police feared. After sentencing, Detective Inspector Dave Lamplough, one of four officers commend...

Five men are to appear at Carlisle Crown Court next month accused of being involved in a conspiracy to import £14 million-worth of cocaine into Britain.The men were arrested following an investigation by Cumbria police in which nearly 300lb of cocaine was discovered in two lorries intercepted at the port of Harwich in Essex. Those charged are: Phillip Grange, 54, of Park Valley, The Park, Nottingham; Simon Finlay, 32, of Park Lane, Wesham, Preston; Peter Hannigan, 49, of Kendal; and Darren Morris, 32, and Mark Neville, 41, both of Preston.They are all charged with conspiring to import illegal drugs.None of them was at a crown court for a hearing to set a timetable for future hearings.

Juan Manuel Perez-Reyes, Jesus Cruz-Gonzales, Luis Sanchez, and Francisco Gutierrez-Oronia were arrested last week for allegedly trafficking cocaine.Local and State drug units worked together to seize over 24 ounces of cocaine and about 4,500 dollars in cash from Gutierrez-Oronia’s apartment.The four men are all in the United States illegally. The Manitowoc County Metro Drug Unit and the Department of Homeland Security are working to verify their immigration status. The men appeared in court Friday afternoon.

In a Sunday press release, the head of the Jakarta Police narcotics directorate, Sr. Comr. Arman Depari, said Joseph Nsubuga, 39, was found with some 40 grams of heroin in his rented house in Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta. As the police were trying to get more information about his heroin supplier, also a foreign national, Nsubuga tried to snatch a detective's gun. The police said they gave three warning shots before shooting him in the chest. Nsubuga died on the way to the Sukanto police hospital in Kramatjati, East Jakarta, Arman said. Besides seven packages of heroin, the police also confiscated a digital scale from Nsubuga's house as evidence.