Cameron County Constable Precinct 1 Saul Ochoa arrested on charges stemming from possession and distribution of marijuana

Cameron County Constable Precinct 1 Saul Ochoa was arrested Wednesday morning by the FBI on charges stemming from possession and distribution of marijuana, according to federal court documents.FBI spokesman Jorge Cisneros confirmed that Ochoa had been arrested and referred all questions to the U.S. Attorney's Office Southern District of Texas, who could not be immediately reached for comment.An indictment...

Kenneth Bauer plead guilty to illegal manufacturing of drugs, theft of anhydrous ammonia and breaking and entering

Kenneth Bauer, 61, was scheduled to go to trial today but as part of a plea agreement with the prosecution, he decided to plead guilty to illegal manufacturing of drugs, theft of anhydrous ammonia and breaking and entering. The maximum sentence Bauer could have received if he was found guilty at trial was 11 years in prison, according to Judge Steven Beathard.On Feb. 23, the Fayette County Sheriff’s...

Alice English 16 years as a prison guard conviction for smuggling drugs and other contraband into Bordeaux jail

Alice English provided "a complete confession," the judge concluded: "It was clear and deliberate, fluid and unrehearsed. It was replete with factual details that were provided spontaneously and without suggestion or prodding.She appears destined to get a lengthy taste of life on the wrong side of the bars.She was hustled into custody and off to Maison Tanguay, the women's prison in Ahuntsic, yesterday,...

Gregory Abbott veteran history teacher was arrested at Sunny Hills High School on suspicion of drugs and weapons violations

Gregory Abbott, 31, of Placentia has taught history at the school for seven years, police said in a statement. He was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of possessing a weapon on a school campus and possessing narcotics for sale. Police said they made the arrest after receiving an anonymous phone tip that...

Angel Rivera charged with driving while under the influence, possession of heroin, possession with intent to sell, possession of drug paraphernalia

A man who police said passed out behind the wheel at a local intersection last night was arrested on drug charges after 290 bags of heroin were found in the car.Police received a call about 11:30 p.m. about a driver who appeared to be passed out at the intersection of Tolland Turnpike and Adams Street....

Amy Gilbert was arrested at Gatwick Airport

Amy Gilbert, of Bellgreen Lane, was arrested at Gatwick Airport on Sunday (May 15).UK Border Agency (UKBA) officers stopped her after she arrived on a flight from Brazil.Gilbert was charged with smuggling cocaine, worth an estimated £160,000, and appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court yesterday (May 19).She was remanded in custody and will appear before Mid Sussex magistrates on May...

Martin Stephen Patience

Martin Stephen Patience, of Oldstead, Crown Woood, admitted trying to smuggle 7.35kgs of cocaine when he was stopped by customs officers at Heathrow’s Terminal 4 on February 20 this year after travelling from Buenos Aires, Argentina.He was sentenced at Isleworth Crown Court last Fri...

Elisa Vazquez Sanchez sentenced to 9 1/2 years

Elisa Vazquez Sanchez was accompanied by a 13-year-old boy and an 11-year-old girl when she was stopped at London's Heathrow Airport on her way from Mexico on March 11, the agency said in a statement.A Mexican housewife was sentenced to more than nine years in jail after she pleaded guilty to using two children to smuggle cocaine into Britain, the customs agency said Friday.Officials at the airport...

Leebert Ramcharan White House-designated Drug Kingpin, was sentenced today

Leebert Ramcharan, a U.S. White House-designated Drug Kingpin, was sentenced today by U.S. district Court Judge Patricia A. Seitz to 440 months’ imprisonment on his March 5, 2008 conviction on charges of conspiracy to import and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five (5) kilograms or more of cocaine.Ramcharan and co-defendant Williams, who was also convicted at trial, were arrested in...

Allen Keith Greynolds,Michael Stephen Peck both arrested and charged with delivery

Allen Keith Greynolds, 53, of Carolina, was arrested and charged with delivery of a controlled substance, crack cocaine. Greynolds has yet to post bond and is still currently being housed in the North Central Regional Jail in Doddridge County. Michael Stephen Peck, 28, of Fairmont, was arrested and charged with delivery of heroin. Peck was released on a $25,000 personal recognizance bond. Marion County...

Joshua T. Zinewicz charged with possession of heroin

Joshua T. Zinewicz, 26, of 15 Scotland Road was stopped in his green Ford Explorer on Town Street at Washington Street Extension Tuesday night.Police said heroin — 6,000 bags in all — was discovered in a hidden hydraulic compartment where the passenger side airbag would be. Police also seized $4,500...

Peggy Vanhorn, Gary Vanhorn, Jr arrested for selling heroin.

Peggy Vanhorn and her son Gary Vanhorn, Jr. were arrested Thursday morning for selling heroin.A mother and son in Berkeley County are keeping their business in the family, and now they're facing felony charges.The Berkeley County Sheriff's Office searched their home at 739 Loop Road and found heroin,...

Patricia Ruggiero charged with possession of heroin; possession of heroin with intent to sell; possession of crack cocaine;

Ruggiero also had an outstanding warrant at the time of her arrest, according to police. She was additionally charged with two counts of identify theft; two counts of false statement to procure a credit card; two counts of illegal use of a credit card; one count of larceny in the fourth degree; and one count of larceny in the sixth degree. Patricia Ruggiero, 30, of Danbury, was charged with possession...

David Fazzina Jr, Erika Wellern charged with possession of heroin and drug paraphernalia because police found evidence of heroin use.

A pair who police said tore gutters off local buildings, including a church, to sell as scrap metal were arrested Thursday after a foot chase and a scuffle.Officers attempting to serve a warrant at Erika Weller's Nutmeg Avenue home for an unrelated crime on Thursday encountered Weller, David Fazzina Jr., and a van loaded with copper and aluminum, including the gutters.The metal was from local buildings,...

Daniel Galloway pleaded guilty to possession of Class C drugs with intent to supply

Daniel Galloway, 23, was searched when he began to act suspiciously during a visit to Holme House Prison, Stockton. Two heroin substitute tablets were found on him, which he said had been given to him by a fellow-visitor. Galloway, of Diamond Road, Thornaby, pleaded guilty to possession of Class C drugs with intent to supply when he appeared at Teesside Crown Court. The hearing heard that two days...

Jerry Michael Bussell, is charged with two counts of possession with intent to deliver cocaine and is being held on a $1 million bond,

Jerry Michael Bussell, 51, is charged with two counts of possession with intent to deliver cocaine and is being held on a $1 million bond, Sterling Heights police said today. He was arraigned May 1 in 41A District Court in Sterling Heights. A May 13 preliminary exam was adjourned because Bussell wanted...

Raymond Kwame Amankwah, a Ghanaian described as one of the most wanted drug barons,Mandy Veit, Irena Beata Ciaslak have been arrested in Brazil

Raymond Kwame Amankwah, a Ghanaian described as one of the most wanted drug barons, has been arrested in Brazil through collaboration between the German Federal Police and its Brazilian counterpart. He was arrested alongside two women, Mandy Veit, a German, and Irena Beata Ciaslak, a German-Polish, at the Pinto Martins Airport in Fortaleza, the capital of Ceara State in December 2007. The three were...

Agent Ramiro Flores Jr used his federal credentials and badge to bypass U.S. Transportation Security Administration screeners

Fellow agents described Ramiro Flores Jr.,as a longtime member of the Border Patrol’s ranks in McAllen.Agent Ramiro Flores 36, of McAllen, used his federal credentials and badge to bypass U.S. Transportation Security Administration screeners at McAllen-Miller International Airport with about 13.2 pounds of the drug hidden in a piece of luggage.Once inside the secure area of the airport, he is accused...

Diego Fernando Murillo indictment charges that he conspired to import thousands of kilograms of cocaine into the United States

Diego Fernando Murillo, 47, was extradited from Colombia on Tuesday along with 13 other jailed warlords as part an effort by President Álvaro Uribe to take a hard line against them and defuse a scandal. Mr. Murillo had been held in Colombia since 2005.The heavyset Mr. Murillo, who has a prosthetic leg...

Francis P. Peron was arrested Officers found glass pipes with white residue in his home, along with syringes, several empty baggies and $4,000

Francis P. Peron, 44, was arrested at 9 a.m. after troopers with the Alaska Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Enforcement, working with federal probation officers and U.S. marshals, found evidence of drugs in his home, according to a criminal complaint filed in court. Officers found glass pipes with white residue in his home, along with syringes, several empty baggies and $4,000 in his wallet.Law enforcement...

Correctional officer Ivan Duke Peters charged with possession of marijuana with intent to sell

Correctional officer Ivan Duke Peters, 34. He was taken into custody while on duty.Peters was charged with possession of marijuana with intent to sell, manufacture or deliver, unlawful compensation, and smuggling contraband into a detention facility.Officers received information that Peters had been bringing contraband into the prison in return for cash from inmates housed at Washington CI. Peters...

Rawle A. London was arrested yesterday after it was discovered that he had money, drugs and a cell phone in his possession.

Rawle A. London was arrested yesterday after it was discovered that he had money, drugs and a cell phone in his possession. All are items prohibited at the corrections facility in Smyrna .Police say another observed the cell phone and reported London, who has worked for the Department of Corrections for 3 years, to a superior officer. That officer investigated further and discovered London was also...

Prison officer Adam Vega is accused of plotting to smuggle more than an ounce of cocaine into the Connally Prison Unit in Kenedy.

Prison officer Adam Vega, 21, was arrested in Karnes County. Vega is accused of plotting to smuggle more than an ounce of cocaine into the Connally Prison Unit in Kenedy.Sneaking contraband into a prison is a felony. If convicted, Vega faces from five years to life in prison.“The biggest measure to try to keep the contraband out is just someone’s own honesty and integrity,” said Oscar Mendoza, warden...

Found 32kg of cocaine and £6,000 from the rear quarter panels of Mark Bunton's car

Mark Bunton, 52, from Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire was stopped by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) officers at Dover on June 14 last year. He was driving a Vauxhall Astra car when he arrived on the ferry at the Eastern Docks and claimed that he had been to France to look for a property. Officers recovered about 32kg of cocaine and £6,000 from the rear quarter panels of Bunton's car. Tom Hunnisett HMRC's...

Paul Clough,Paul Stromberg convicted of conspiracy to commit a drug trafficking offence outside the UK.

In February of last year, undercover police in Venezuela filmed the Samantha arriving in a warehouse in the port city of Puerto Caballo. Paul Stromberg and Paul Clough will be sentenced later Police seized the boat, and used X-ray equipment to examine it, the court heard. They discovered a substantial...

Raja Ali Arshad,Shazad Majid admitted conspiring to supply Class A drugs

When officers raided the address in Oxford Road, Linthorpe, an attic bedroom revealed a drug-dealing treasure trove - £1.16m of heroin, £4,000 of high-purity cocaine and £626 of crack cocaine, Teesside Crown Court heard.Police have welcomed the convictions of four men embroiled in a huge narcotics conspiracy after Teesside’s biggest ever drugs haul.The Middlesbrough ring could have put millions of...

Anna Budinger pleaded guilty to drug charges

Anna Budinger was a custodian at Kaimuki High School when she arrested more than two years ago with more than 1/8th of an ounce of crystal methamphetamine, or ice. She pleaded guilty to drug charges.In court on Friday, she again admitted that guilt."I made a mistake. I crossed a boundary. I know I need...

Anselmo Zepeda"major" cocaine trafficker in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Illinois.

Anselmo Zepeda, 52,a "major" cocaine trafficker in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Illinois was indicted in December 1998 as part of Operation Crackshot. A Mexico native, he was a fugitive until 2005, when FBI agents and the Chicago police made a series of drug arrests. They noticed his name, compared notes and determined it was Zepeda, the man who trucked in millions of dollars worth of cocaine from...

Epiphane Castang, and Nelle George Charged with importing a controlled substance

Charged with importing a controlled substance are Epiphane Castang, 34, and Nelle George, 24, both of St. Lucia. Instant cake mix turned into an instant drug seizure for Canada customs officers at Pearson International Airport recently.It was followed with an instant investigation by the Peel Children's...

Joseph Calleja, 30, and his brother Noel, 28 and Doreen Bugeja, 33, all from Santa Venera were charged with heroin possession and trafficking

Joseph Calleja, 30, and his brother Noel, 28 and Doreen Bugeja, 33, all from Santa Venera were charged with heroin possession and trafficking on 6 May and before. The drugs were found after a raid by the Police Drug Squad. A total of 35 grammes of heroin and 10 grammes of cocaine were seized.Doreen Bugeja pleaded not guilty to heroin trafficking, but admitted to charges of simple possession. She was...

Hardy, McReynolds, Plunk, Cantrell, Kelsor, Carmichael, Herdman, Dennison, Lee, Woodson, Bankstron, Jordan and Large, are each charged with one count

Six Nelsonville residents and a Glouster resident were arrested Thursday as part of a year-long, multi-jurisdictional federal heroin investigation along the U.S. 33 corridor between Nelsonville and Marysville.Hardy, McReynolds, Plunk, Cantrell, Kelsor, Carmichael, Herdman, Dennison, Lee, Woodson, Bankstron, Jordan and Large, are each charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess...

Omar Castaneda, a member of the South Side Pomona gang arrested with a whole kilo of cocaine in his home

Omar Castaneda, a member of the South Side Pomona gang,was involved in drug trafficking at the highest level that we've ever seen on a university campus," Mosler said. "His source of supply of the cocaine comes from Mexico. The cartel is responsible for smuggling most of the cocaine from Columbia through...

Rachel J. Pitcock,Christopher R. Perdue, Robert W. Greenwalt,Donnie D. Norris each charged with manufacturing methamphetamine

Rachel J. Pitcock, 23, of 1722 Allens Creek Road, in Burkesville; Christopher R. Perdue, 35, of 507 Grandview Ave.; Donnie D. Norris, Jr., 24, of 701 Woodland St., in Burkesville; Robert W. Greenwalt, 20, of 112 B Elm Hill Drive; and Daniel G. Elkins, 38, of 314 N. Lee St., Fort Gibson, Okla., were each charged with manufacturing methamphetamine, unlawful possession of a meth precursor, unlawful transaction...

Edgar Millan shot nine times as he came home by professional killers

Edgar Millan shot nine times as he came home early in the morning and opened the door, government officials said."They were hunting him," a spokesman for the Security Ministry said.Mexican media said the attackers, one of whom was caught by Millan's bodyguards, were professional killers hired by the powerful Sinaloa cartel, headed by Mexico's most wanted man, Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman. The man arrested...

Domingo Bailon-Yanez was identified as the alleged leader of that drug distribution ring

Domingo Bailon-Yanez, 30, of Burien, was identified as the alleged leader of that distribution ring. El Flamingo Restaurant is owned by a relative of Bailon-Yanez, and both the manager of the restaurant, Rigoberto Sabalsa-Lozano, 43, of SeaTac, and bartender Carla Rodriguez-Romero, 26, of Kent, have been charged in the case.A 10-month investigation by a law enforcement team, dubbed Operation Pink...

Lorenzo Sirignano was the organiser and controller behind Sussex Drug Gangs

Lorenzo Sirignano targeted vulnerable people to do his dirty work for him and threatened them with violence if they did not follow orders.Sirignano, 51, was the mastermind behind the biggest drugs ring to be smashed in Sussex.He put up the money to pay for high purity cocaine to be smuggled from Brazil and Ghana in 2006 and 2007.Sirignano headed a 17-strong gang involved in smuggling, storing, distributing...

Simon Finlay, Phillip Grange charged with conspiracy to import illegal drugs

Simon Finlay, 32, of Park Lane, Wesham, and, 54, of Park Valley, The Park, Nottingham, appeared before South Lakeland Magistrates' Court in Kendal on Thursday.The pair are both charged with conspiracy to import illegal drugs alongside Peter Hannigan, 49, of Kendal, Darren Morris, 32, and Mark Neville, 41, both of Preston.Cumbria Police discovered nearly 300lb of cocaine after its CID officers stopped...

Tony Mokbel will be extradited to Australia from Greece to face trial on murder and drugs charges.

Tony Mokbel will be extradited to Australia from Greece to face trial on murder and drugs charges.The extradition was approved today by Greece's Justice Minister, Sotiris Hadjigakis, who ratified an earlier decision by the country's Supreme Court, The Associated Press reports.However, Victoria's Police Minister Bob Cameron said there had been no official word from Greece on Mokbel's status."We welcome...

Terry Joe “Chewer” Murray found guilty after a jury trial in U.S. District Court in Syracuse, of operating a drug conspiracy in St. Lawrence County

The following co-conspirators were arrested and have already pled guilty to federal felony conspiracy charges:Gregory A. James, 37, Heuvelton Randy A. Coller, 46, Ogdensburg Johnny L. Bogardus, 42, Ogdensburg Sonya L. Trimm, 35, Ogdensburg Amber M. Murray, 32, Ogdensburg Terry Joe “Chewer” Murray, 49,...

Darren Morris, Mark Neville,Peter Hannigan charged with importing £15m cocaine .

Darren Morris, 32, Mark Neville, 41, both of Preston, and Peter Hannigan, 49, of Kendal - have been charged with importing illegal drugs. The three are to appear before South Lakeland magistrates over the 140kg drug raid at the port of Harwich, Essex. The raid was the result of a long-running intelligence-gathering operation led by Cumbria Police with assistance from Lancashire Police and HM Customs.It...

Laverna March was arraigned on charges of intent to distribute, possession of heroin and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Laverna March, 44, was stopped at about 3 p.m. Monday, March provided false identification and the trooper observed "indicators of criminal activity." The driver consented to a search of the vehicle, and police found a bag of white powder and brown powder that could not be identified, as well as five balls of a brown substance wrapped in plastic bags, police reported. A State Police canine scanned...

Corey Ferguson sentenced to 25 years guilty of conspiracy and aiding and abetting the distribution of cocaine

Corey Ferguson of Alvaton was found guilty of conspiracy and aiding and abetting the distribution of cocaine, out of the FADZ 4 DAYZ barber shop on Russellville Road.Ferguson was one of ten defendants facing a total of 30 counts. Eight of the others pleaded guilty to their charges in federal court and received a total of 67 years in prison.One of them pleaded guilty in state co...

Dustin F. Bishop driving under the influence (drugs), possession of a controlled substance (heroin), fleeing-attempting to elude police

Dustin F. Bishop, 27, 1949 North 31st Road, Ottawa, was arrested at 7:26 p.m. on Interstate 80 at the Marseilles exit on complaints of driving under the influence (drugs), possession of a controlled substance (heroin), fleeing-attempting to elude police, reckless driving, endangering the life or health of a child and improper lane usage.Bishop was observed weaving in traffic on Interstate 80. When...

Tim Montgomery denied bond on federal heroin distribution charges.

Montgomery appeared today in U.S. District Court before Magistrate Judge F. Bradford Stillman. He pleaded not guilty to the charges and requested a jury trial, which the judge set for July 9.A federal judge denied bond for former track star Tim Montgomery on federal heroin distribution charges.The former 100-meter world-record holder was arrested last week on a sealed indictment accusing him of dealing...

Giuseppe Greco has been jailed for seven years by Ipswich Crown Court after attempting to smuggle £118,400 worth of drugs through Stansted Airport.

An Italian man has been jailed for seven years by Ipswich Crown Court after attempting to smuggle £118,400 worth of drugs through Stansted Airport.The man, Giuseppe Greco, 24 who was a carpenter from Sardinia attempted to smuggle the drugs on January the 16th 2008. For a reason that is still not clear Greco attempted to abandon his luggage containing the drugs at the airport but was stopped by Revenue...

Faron Blanchard, is charged with importing and possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking.

Faron Blanchard, 41, is charged with importing and possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. He next returns to court June 3. Blanchard was arrested Feb. 27 after officers from the Canada Border Service Agency discovered 230 kilograms of cocaine in the cab of a transport truck entering Canada. It was the largest seizure of cocaine at a land border crossing in Canadian history. A court...

Carolina and Alejandro Gonzalez were arrested in August after officers with a search warrant went to their home

Carolina and Alejandro Gonzalez were arrested in August after officers with a search warrant went to their home in the 2800 block of South Jennings Avenue. Police have said the arrests culminated a two-month investigation in which undercover officers bought black-tar heroin five times at the house. When police executed the search warrant, they found nearly an ounce of heroin, scales, drug paraphernalia...

Diana Rallo a notorious local drug dealer spend life without parole in the state penitentiary after finding her guilty of drug trafficking.

jury has recommended that a notorious local drug dealer spend life without parole in the state penitentiary after finding her guilty of drug trafficking.Formal sentencing for Diana Rallo, 55, has been scheduled for June 4.Testimony in Rallo’s trial began on Tuesday and continued through Wednesday when the jury eventually retired at about 1 p.m. It took jurors approximately two hours to return with...

Andrew Martin was arrested after Richmond police pulled him over for suspicious driving.

Andrew Martin, 30, 212 N. Salen St., Boston, was arrested after Richmond police pulled him over for suspicious driving. After a search, police found a rock of cocaine in his vehicle, but police did not know the exact amount on Saturday.Martin initially resisted a blood alcohol test and was escorted to Reid Hospital, where he was found to have a .15 blood alcohol level. The legal limit in Indiana is...

Susanna Binti Janury has been charged with drug smuggling after she allegedly arrived at East Midlands Airport with cocaine

Susanna Binti Janury has been charged with drug smuggling after she allegedly arrived at East Midlands Airport with cocaine, said HM Revenue and Customs.More than three kilos of the class A drug cocaine were found in luggage with an estimated value of £150,000 - although this would have doubled or even trebled once 'cut' by drug dealers, HMRC said.UK Border Agency officers intercepted the suspect...

Ashley Harmon,Mark Sayce jailed for four years

Ashley Harmon, aged 27, of Lime Grove, Hinton, Hereford; Mark Sayce, aged 34, of Archenfield, Madley; Timothy Kaye, aged 26, of Archenfield, Madley; and Paul Kings, aged 35, of Springfield Avenue, Hunderton, Hereford; all admitted a series of charges related to supplying heroin and were each jailed...