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Joseph Frank Micalizzi from Sydney granted bail to a 25-year-old man accused of involvement in a $77 million drug importation into Jandakot airport

Joseph Frank Micalizzi from Sydney granted bail to a 25-year-old man accused of involvement in a $77 million drug importation into Jandakot airport

Joseph Frank Micalizzi from Sydney was arrested in March after police found a large quantity of methylamphetamines and ecstacy in the luggag...

Robert Tanco was charged with single counts of possession of heroin with intent to deliver

Robert Tanco, of the 1200 block of Fritz Drive, exited the house he shares with Sally Garcia, as police served a warrant at 6:30 p.m., accor...

Terence Lamar Campbell, 39, was sentenced Monday

Terence Lamar Campbell, 39, was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Gerald E. Rosen after he pleaded guilty to possession with intent to...

Jeffrey J. LaBarber, 53, and Kaasha S. McClain, 28, both of Maple Drive, admitted to fifth-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance

Jeffrey J. LaBarber, 53, and Kaasha S. McClain, 28, both of Maple Drive, admitted to fifth-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance an...

Michael Larry of Muncie, Ind., was arrested Monday.

Michael Larry of Muncie, Ind., was arrested Monday. He's charged with possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute, possession ...

Jose M. Hernandez, 41, of Ipswich, Mass. was arrested on a charge of trafficking in cocaine by possession and transportation

Jose M. Hernandez, 41, of Ipswich, Mass. was arrested on a charge of trafficking in cocaine by possession and transportation. He is in the I...

Michael Andrew Neave, 42, of Waverley Terrace, Hartlepool, was sentenced to three years in prison

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWrDUy_QJqYoLSqyhLe_tH4w7eReEhz_ojz2CDccEHcZj7VShzRkQ-NmmmKiN39jiFb0gCW8LUmtSIdLAX2xrhkonLJU3Znla7uJVQw4leTmmb4hC0y89ag_yhBdSHg8IJNfC5GzROL6Q/s1600-h/neave.bmp"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273368754883238802" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWrDUy_QJqYoLSqyhLe_tH4w7eReEhz_ojz2CDccEHcZj7VShzRkQ-NmmmKiN39jiFb0gCW8LUmtSIdLAX2xrhkonLJU3Znla7uJVQw4leTmmb4hC0y89ag_yhBdSHg8IJNfC5GzROL6Q/s400/neave.bmp" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" /></a> Michael Andrew Neave, 42, of Waverley Terrace, Hartlepool, was sentenced to three years in prison.He appeared in court on September 8, and admitted 21 charges of supplying heroin and six of supplying crack cocaine.Michael Neave.The drug addict was caught dealing £10 and £20 wraps of heroin and crack cocaine between September 26 and November 14 last year, Teesside Crown Court heard. Paul Cleasby, defending, said: "The defendant received no financial rewards for his part in these matters, it was about feeding his own habit."Judge Les Spittle said: "You were dealing in order to fund your own and your associates' habits. "It is quite clear to me you were dealing on a daily basis but it was to fund your own habits."The judge jailed Neave for a total of three years for all offences.

Michael Andrew Neave, 42, of Waverley Terrace, Hartlepool, was sentenced to three years in prison

Michael Andrew Neave, 42, of Waverley Terrace, Hartlepool, was sentenced to three years in prison.He appeared in court on September 8, and a...

Colin Paul Clark faced 22 charges of supplying heroin after selling it to an undercover police officer on 21 occasions

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD5-zgvDbt7_4-NqARGojTdHdmdaUhbAq6PZZ2sVTGws1Ie4XE6ezg69J1ZB0gz0hfuGrDo1nuqCZGeuIGBlWomPtDhQ8RPOMYQkugmroHIUInRbtzEykRt6B4E04ghM8mv1biExGqqM0/s1600-h/Clark.bmp"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273367734563702578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD5-zgvDbt7_4-NqARGojTdHdmdaUhbAq6PZZ2sVTGws1Ie4XE6ezg69J1ZB0gz0hfuGrDo1nuqCZGeuIGBlWomPtDhQ8RPOMYQkugmroHIUInRbtzEykRt6B4E04ghM8mv1biExGqqM0/s400/Clark.bmp" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" /></a> Colin Paul Clark faced 22 charges of supplying heroin after selling it to an undercover police officer on 21 occasions between October 17 and November 20 last year.Colin ClarkOfficers also observed Colin Paul Clark dealing to members of the public on a further three occasions, said prosecutor Gillian Milton. When he was arrested last December he was in possession of six wraps of heroin. He had previously been jailed in 2006 for three years for possession with intent to supply, Teesside Crown Court was told on September 18.Ian Mullarkey, mitigating, said Clark had been a drug addict for 13 years and was dealing to fund his own habit. He claims to be selling drugs on a dealer's behalf.Judge Michael Taylor told Clark: "It is an evil trade and one which you willingly entered into. The courts will do all they can to stamp out that trade, and long sentences must follow, and yours must be five years.

Colin Paul Clark faced 22 charges of supplying heroin after selling it to an undercover police officer on 21 occasions

Colin Paul Clark faced 22 charges of supplying heroin after selling it to an undercover police officer on 21 occasions between October 17 an...

Teesside Crown Court heard Norman Gary Hanley supplied the two undercover officers with more than £600 worth of heroin in 12 different deals

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAp40n51ctV15TNtRTWgD3IibJRLUCyy1dDEdvNyZ7QZ519fMXUwwWZdfjtvim_f_UOQO8sPh8LD_R3fQLTCVcHyZntIhvD1Kj4Z8VAhwt420knlnUIAkwWIKDQsjJVRjz5I9myepeTW4/s1600-h/hanley.bmp"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273366863062720434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAp40n51ctV15TNtRTWgD3IibJRLUCyy1dDEdvNyZ7QZ519fMXUwwWZdfjtvim_f_UOQO8sPh8LD_R3fQLTCVcHyZntIhvD1Kj4Z8VAhwt420knlnUIAkwWIKDQsjJVRjz5I9myepeTW4/s400/hanley.bmp" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" /></a> Teesside Crown Court heard Norman Gary Hanley supplied the two undercover officers with more than £600 worth of heroin in 12 different deals between November and December last year.Norman HanleyOn August 8, the court heard the officers would ring Hanley and arrange to meet at public places including on Raby Road, Grainger Street, Whitby Street and at his home. Many of the transactions were captured on CCTV.Jolyon Perks, prosecuting, said: "Initial contact was made from an introduction by another drug user. "On all occasions throughout this operation the defendant was seen to turn up and when he supplied police had more wraps than he was handing over." Hanley, of Church Street, Hartlepool, pleaded guilty to 12 counts of supplying heroin at an earlier hearing.Judge Brian Forster QC said: "The courts have to make it clear to people in this area that those who become involved in the supply of heroin are committing a serious offence and can expect a significant sentence of imprisonment."

Teesside Crown Court heard Norman Gary Hanley supplied the two undercover officers with more than £600 worth of heroin in 12 different deals

Teesside Crown Court heard Norman Gary Hanley supplied the two undercover officers with more than £600 worth of heroin in 12 different deals...

Philip michael Quinn jailed for four and a half years

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXFL1p6-YWwMcJc8v5-a52CQI620d84qlhim0AotjEW1Lxiwj27weiD5Rr8TgOlFtu8wMy-C-TP5zqNsHYcHg7H3UoEjaIx_rXZ5rk1orZqixMncO-QaL-x-9Y78o4LLW-vkOds5dV7bo/s1600-h/quinn.bmp"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273361299761986994" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXFL1p6-YWwMcJc8v5-a52CQI620d84qlhim0AotjEW1Lxiwj27weiD5Rr8TgOlFtu8wMy-C-TP5zqNsHYcHg7H3UoEjaIx_rXZ5rk1orZqixMncO-QaL-x-9Y78o4LLW-vkOds5dV7bo/s400/quinn.bmp" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" /></a> He was seen twice by police dealing in highly-addictive crack cocaine which the judge, Recorder Colin Burn, said caused nothing but misery. He was also convicted of supplying another dealer with a rock of crack cocaine - who then handed it straight to undercover police.On sentencing Quinn the judge said: "The drug in which you dealt makes this a very serious matter.Philip Quinn "As you heard during the trial, crack cocaine is a highly-addictive drug for which there is no medical substitute and causes great misery and no doubt a little profit to you."

Philip michael Quinn jailed for four and a half years

He was seen twice by police dealing in highly-addictive crack cocaine which the judge, Recorder Colin Burn, said caused nothing but misery. ...

Jesus Rafael Larrazolo,claimed he was forced by threats to pick up the drugs, more than 60 pounds of cocaine, in Brownsville.

Jesus Rafael Larrazolo, who resigned from the Department of Public Safety after his Nov. 21 arrest, remained in custody following Wednesday...

"DJ Blaze and "DJ Hog Head Cheese," 151-month sentence for 28-year-old Kenneth Watkins.

U.S. Attorney's Office on Wednesday announced the 151-month sentence for 28-year-old Kenneth Watkins.Watkins was convicted in August on ...

Gustavo Hernandez-Gonzalez transported and sold cocaine to confidential sources working with the street enforcement team.

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6suHENoTOXBu3H8MkJAmEmnPRqeIj_9NdZDsCFfl_YAwIuHEU7W0Fa-hIo4zzQuO7JGpk9Oiy2Qb3dqsMvMlC6m-rGGQNKt1oPFfVzbkq15PzdoKDkUH8H08knCB9j1PQ0JeyCaXQkBw/s1600-h/bilde.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273351411822969186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6suHENoTOXBu3H8MkJAmEmnPRqeIj_9NdZDsCFfl_YAwIuHEU7W0Fa-hIo4zzQuO7JGpk9Oiy2Qb3dqsMvMlC6m-rGGQNKt1oPFfVzbkq15PzdoKDkUH8H08knCB9j1PQ0JeyCaXQkBw/s320/bilde.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 256px; height: 320px;" /></a> 36-year-old South Lake Tahoe man has been charged with four counts of trafficking in a controlled substance, reportedly selling 56 ounces of cocaine to Douglas County Sheriff’s Office confidential sources. Gustavo Hernandez-Gonzalez was arrested Nov. 20 following his release from El Dorado County Jail on unrelated drug charges. He was jailed in California in March. He is in custody in Douglas County Jail and has a hold placed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.In January and February, detectives of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Narcotics Street Enforcement Team investigated Hernandez-Gonzalez for sales of a controlled substance (cocaine). Hernandez-Gonzalez transported and sold cocaine to confidential sources working with the street enforcement team. A total of 56 ounces of cocaine was sold during those transactions, according to the sheriff’s office.

Gustavo Hernandez-Gonzalez transported and sold cocaine to confidential sources working with the street enforcement team.

36-year-old South Lake Tahoe man has been charged with four counts of trafficking in a controlled substance, reportedly selling 56 ounces o...

Lorenzo Alvarez, 40, of Yuma Ariz., and passenger Laura Ramirez-Vasquez, 25, of Mexico.face federal charges for narcotics possession, distribution

The Fairfield Police, working in cooperation with the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), seized a large quantity of cocaine and heroin on Friday, Nov. 21, following a traffic stop on Passaic Ave., said Deputy Chief Steven Gutkin.Officer Jeffrey Didyk stopped a 2007 Chevrolet Aveo on Passaic Avenue around 4 p.m. for a routine motor vehicle violation and discovered the driver Lorenzo Alvarez, 40, of Yuma Ariz., and passenger Laura Ramirez-Vasquez, 25, of Mexico.Upon further investigation police and federal agents found three suitcases containing 56 kilograms of cocaine and 27 kilograms of heroin. The two suspects had just arrived at the Essex County Airport in Fairfield in a small private Cessna plane. They rented a car at the airport and were allegedly on their way to New York City when they were stopped.The narcotics have an estimated street value of $4.7 million, Gutkin said. Alverez and Vazquez were later released to the custody of ICE agents and will face federal charges for narcotics possession, distribution and conspiracy.

Lorenzo Alvarez, 40, of Yuma Ariz., and passenger Laura Ramirez-Vasquez, 25, of Mexico.face federal charges for narcotics possession, distribution

The Fairfield Police, working in cooperation with the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), seized a ...

Brandon Ecoffey, 25, Pine Ridge, pleaded not guilty to a federal grand jury indictment charging him with conspiracy to distribute cocaine

Brandon Ecoffey, 25, Pine Ridge, pleaded not guilty to a federal grand jury indictment charging him with conspiracy to distribute cocaine an...

Shane Tyon, 32, and Donroy Ghost Bear, 43, both pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to a charge of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance.

Shane Tyon, 32, and Donroy Ghost Bear, 43, both pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to a charge of conspiracy to distribute a controlled s...

Jose Angel Bruno Melgar, handed a $20 bill and .4 grams of cocaine, which has a street value of $20, to a dancer in exchange for a lap dance.

Jose Angel Bruno Melgar, 19, was arrested outside Jiggles Tavern, an 18-and-over strip club on 7455 S.W. Nyberg St. in Tualatin, on Saturday...

Sentenced Dwight Shumate, 27, of Chicago, Ill., to two years in prison for possession of cocaine.

Sentenced Dwight Shumate, 27, of Chicago, Ill., to two years in prison for possession of cocaine.Shumate, who pleaded guilty Oct. 28, had sm...

Timothy Rebello Badal pleaded guilty to the charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking

Timothy Rebello Badal of 193 Middle Road, La Penitence, Georgetown initially pleaded guilty to the charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking when it was read to him by Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton.It is alleged that on November 25 at CJIA, Timehri, Badal had in his possession three kilogrammes of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking.Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) Prosecutor Oswald Massiah told the court that on the day in question the accused was about to board LIAT flight number 4778 to Barbados.A suitcase, which was checked in earlier by Badal, was scanned and appeared to contain some suspicious objects. As a result the accused was prevented from boarding the aircraft and he identified the suitcase as his.Further, Massiah said, in Badal’s presence a detailed search was carried out by CANU officers on the suitcase and the alleged substance was found concealed. The man was arrested and taken to CANU Headquarters.Massiah informed the court that while in CANU’s custody the accused offered an explanation to the officers. Badal, Massiah said, had stated he was taking the suitcase containing the substance to Barbados. On arrival in Barbados, the accused told CANU, he would have removed his personal belongings from the suitcase and handed it over to a taxi driver who would then have given him US$7,000.In his explanation to the court, Badal said he did not know that the suitcase contained drugs. The accused said he was just transporting the suitcase to Barbados so he would have an opportunity to get a job when he got there.“When I was at the airport,” Badal explained, “I didn’t know it was drugs in the suitcase until a CANU officer took me to the suitcase and asked if it belonged to me. I told them yes.”According to Badal, he had spoken to a friend from Barbados who told him that he would be able to get a job for him there.“He tell me that it gon make things easy for me travelling for the first time. That is why I take the opportunity because I was going there to get a job,” Badal insisted.The man further told the court that on the day in question he put his clothes into a bag and a car picked him up at his home. According to Badal, the man in the car took his clothes from the bag and packed them into the suitcase. He repeated to the magistrate that he didn’t know cocaine was in the suitcase.Magistrate Octive-Hamilton then informed the accused that officials at the airport would always ask whether you had packed your own suitcase. She told the man that there was a reason for that question being asked as it served to remind individuals about the risk they placed themselves in when they did not pack their own luggage.At this point, attorney-at-law Euclin Gomes entered appearance for the accused and informed the court that his “client wished to change his plea to not guilty”.According to Gomes, at the time Badal pleaded guilty he was unrepresented and he did not know the consequences of that plea. Gomes did not make an application for bail.“Justice is all about fairness in this court,” Magistrate Octive-Hamilton stated after granting the attorney’s application for a change of plea.Badal was remanded to prison and he has to appear at the Providence Magistrate’s Court on December 5.

Timothy Rebello Badal pleaded guilty to the charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking

Timothy Rebello Badal of 193 Middle Road, La Penitence, Georgetown initially pleaded guilty to the charge of possession of narcotics for the...

Sentence passed Alan Malkov and Vladimir Agronik (34 years old) were found guilty of having Extasy in their posession with intent to supply.

Sentenced was passed today on two Jewish men involved in an International drug smuggling case.The two are alleged members of a gang who export extasy from Europe to the USA, Australia, New (Zealand, Japan and Thailand.Both the USA and Thailand had issued arrest warrants for the men, who were fooled into a fake sale by US D.E.A. agents and Thai Vice Squad at the end of last year.They were caught with over 20 thousand Extasy pills.The Courts made the unanimous decision to Execute the two men - a further two men, Thai Nationals from Chiang Mai were sentenced, but the Death penalty was lowered because they admitted their guilt and these two should get away with about 25 years each in prison and a further fine of 2 million baht. In room 709 of the National Criminal Courts in Ratchadapisek on the 25th of November Mr. Alan Malkov (37 years old), and Mr. Vladimir Agronik (34 years old) were found guilty of having Extasy in their posession with intent to supply. The two were tricked into a dummy sale by Thai police in conjuncton with US D.E.A. agents, who "bought" 20,049 pills at a propsed sale of 5 dollars per pill from Mr. Malkov, who had agreed to deliver the goods to the Wiang Tai hotel in Soi Rambutri near the Khao Sarn Road in Bangkok.At 21:00 there, Mr.Agronik appeared with a red suitcase containing the drugs and dleivered it to the undercover policemen, upon which the police raided and arrested him.After making the arrest of Mr.Agronik, the police managed to arrest Mr. Malkov in front of the Boots pharmacy in Thanon Jakrapong .The defendant denied the charges, but the Judges considered the facts and testimonies of the witnesses, and ordered both men to be Executed as punishment.On the same day - Two Chiang Mai men were sentenced to Life Imprisonment and 4 Million baht fines each; Mr. Chadtri jantdtong (46) and Mr. Ja Er Jalorbu (28) were caught with 38 thousand "Yaba" pills (methyl amphetamine). Because they agreed to their guilty plea, they were shown mercy and not given the Death Sentence, having their sentences lowered to 25 years and a 2 million baht fine each.

Sentence passed Alan Malkov and Vladimir Agronik (34 years old) were found guilty of having Extasy in their posession with intent to supply.

Sentenced was passed today on two Jewish men involved in an International drug smuggling case.The two are alleged members of a gang who expo...

Susanna Janury was recommended for deportation to Malaysia on completion of her sentence

Susanna Janury was recommended for deportation to Malaysia on completion of her sentence.The 36-year-old was caught with 2.1kg of 100 per cent pure cocaine concealed in the lining of her suitcase after arriving at the Castle Donington airport from Gambia.She admitted illegally importing the class A drug on April 29. Jonathan Gosling, prosecuting, said Janury arrived from Malaysia on April 15, with a ticket home for a month later.She met up with a member of a drug smuggling gang in London, who arranged for her to fly to Gambia on April 22 to collect the cocaine, returning to East Midlands four days later. Leicester Crown Court was told Janury's passport showed she had travelled extensively, including a one-day visit to Peru and trips to Spain and India. She had sought visas to China and Australia. Judge Michael Pert QC said: "It shows she's a professional courier." Graham Huston, defending, said: "She's been used for a considerable time by a well-organised gang, although it's not known if any trips were dummy runs. "She has been used like cattle and sent to places, only to be met with abuse when she gets back. "It's difficult to understand the extent of poverty and need where she comes from. "After her divorce, her husband took the children because she had no money. "The small amount of money she would have received would have enabled her to get her children back." He said Janury also needed to pay for care for her sick mother. Mr Huston said: "It's a case of a lamb to the slaughter and she had no comprehension of what was involved, the amount or purity." Judge Pert told her: "I have to sentence you for importing a large and valuable consignment of a very dangerous drug." After the case, Steve Watson, senior investigation officer for Revenue and Customs, said: "We are working alongside the newly formed UK Border Agency to stop these dangerous drugs entering the UK and to reduce the associated harm to our communities.

Susanna Janury was recommended for deportation to Malaysia on completion of her sentence

Susanna Janury was recommended for deportation to Malaysia on completion of her sentence.The 36-year-old was caught with 2.1kg of 100 per ce...

British Olympic boxer Bradley Saunders has been questioned by police on suspicion of dealing cocaine

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg34Z9aW-XhRFEVvGc_4ngpD6C4GuvzWapYiWLqs4cI3B4iuG8O7ok4W9qmjCyV4_8Iqb_jzpYABDO4jIRxhATew3q963RLIlWwriveXW8y6UtInf9mMkuqybM8ddtoG2C-x0kkzmHCeRc/s1600-h/bradley.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272613336614141170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg34Z9aW-XhRFEVvGc_4ngpD6C4GuvzWapYiWLqs4cI3B4iuG8O7ok4W9qmjCyV4_8Iqb_jzpYABDO4jIRxhATew3q963RLIlWwriveXW8y6UtInf9mMkuqybM8ddtoG2C-x0kkzmHCeRc/s400/bradley.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 143px; height: 107px;" /></a> British Olympic boxer Bradley Saunders has been questioned by police on suspicion of dealing cocaine, it emerged on Tuesday.Saunders, 22, who was a big medal hope at the Beijing Games, was held after a police sniffer dog found what was believed to be £12,000 of the drug in his back garden.A warrant was executed at his semi-detached home in Cragside, Sedgefield, County Durham, at 1pm on Monday. The boxer was taken away for questioning with his girlfriend Stephanie Elliott, also 22, and the couple were held overnight at Spennymoor Police Station. A Durham Police spokesman said the couple were later released on police bail.The dog alerted officers to a tin which contained more than 300g of white powder. It was sent away for analysis.Saunders was tipped to bring back a gold medal from the summer games and was criticised after he said he was relieved to be going home to his young family after a shock defeat in his second fight.

British Olympic boxer Bradley Saunders has been questioned by police on suspicion of dealing cocaine

British Olympic boxer Bradley Saunders has been questioned by police on suspicion of dealing cocaine, it emerged on Tuesday.Saunders, 22, wh...

Department of Public Safety Trooper Jesus Rafael Larrazolo, 35, made his first appearance in federal court

State trooper has been charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine after police said they saw him accept two suitcases full of the drug in a parking lot.state trooper has been charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine after police said they saw him accept two suitcases full of the drug in a parking lot.The U.S. Attorney's office said in a statement that Department of Public Safety Trooper Jesus Rafael Larrazolo, 35, made his first appearance in federal court Monday. DPS spokeswoman Lisa Block said Larrazolo resigned shortly after his arrest Friday.Brownsville police and agents from the FBI's Special Investigations Unit saw Larrazolo pull into a Best Buy parking lot next to another vehicle, then take two suitcases from it. Larrazolo was dressed in street clothes, but identified himself as a trooper when police approached. He was carrying a gun.There were 26 kilograms of cocaine in the suitcases. According to court records, Larrazolo told a Texas Ranger after his arrest that he had been forced by threats to pick up the drugs.Block said Larrazolo joined the department in October 2002 and was working as a commercial vehicle enforcement officer in Cameron County. The FBI is investigating the case.It was not immediately clear from court records if Larrazolo had an attorney.

Department of Public Safety Trooper Jesus Rafael Larrazolo, 35, made his first appearance in federal court

State trooper has been charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine after police said they saw him accept two suitcases full of...

Williams and Donte R. Hardin, 20, arrested

Williams and Donte R. Hardin, 20, were arrested upon the completion of the transaction on suspicion of their involvement in this and previou...

Luke Ryan was caught trying to smuggle cocaine and cannabis to inmates at Winchester jail

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK7moRk_JWGxYDCHzS4mJsmCqAfkjOnEqD2OUlGYR0OQnZs50dbTXCrLT1ZoKjGu31IsxPlNjluJ9-WS5DZE_s6E8bnn2lQ2yeqlga69Hbn4jW-AMc371OnJCrJcEv5D0DTLVdeSedwfs/s1600-h/luke.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271824966917883394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK7moRk_JWGxYDCHzS4mJsmCqAfkjOnEqD2OUlGYR0OQnZs50dbTXCrLT1ZoKjGu31IsxPlNjluJ9-WS5DZE_s6E8bnn2lQ2yeqlga69Hbn4jW-AMc371OnJCrJcEv5D0DTLVdeSedwfs/s400/luke.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 279px; height: 400px;" /></a> Luke Ryan was caught trying to smuggle cocaine and cannabis to inmates at Winchester jail, a court has heard. Police were lying in wait for Luke Ryan, pictured, at the prison after suspicions were raised about his conduct. They found cocaine, cannabis and cannabis resin in the 34-year-old’s black Reebok bag. Heroin and more than £3,000 in cash was found at his Southampton home, it was claimed Winchester Crown Court heard that Ryan told police he was taking the items into the jail because he was being blackmailed. He said inmates had threatened to tell the prison governor about his second job as a doorman of a nightclub, something he was suspended for in April 2007. In a second interview with police in March, Ryan produced two letters – dated in December 2007, before his arrest – in which he claims he wrote to the prison, highlighting the situation he was in. In them the ex-Surrey police officer admitted bringing CDs and pornographic material into the jail and said he had been “subject to a campaign of threats, intimidation and bullying”. Stephen Parish, prosecuting, said: “Make no bones about this, these letters were forged in the sense the defendant wrote them after the event in an attempt to pervert the course of justice and to pretend he’d brought things to the attention of the prison. “This qualifies for The Man Booker Prize for fiction.” Mr Parish, referring to messages on a Nokia mobile phone found at Ryan’s flat, added: “They show first of all that this defendant was far more involved than he said and secondly that he was not acting under any duress.” Ryan, of Hill Lane, denies a conspiracy to supply cocaine and a lesser charge of possession of the drug, with intent to supply. He also pleaded not guilty to a conspiracy to supply cannabis and cannabis resin and a further charge of possessing heroin with intent to supply

Luke Ryan was caught trying to smuggle cocaine and cannabis to inmates at Winchester jail

Luke Ryan was caught trying to smuggle cocaine and cannabis to inmates at Winchester jail, a court has heard. Police were lying in wait for ...

Stephen Speight, 43, of Whinney Banks Road, Middlesbrough, was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison

Stephen Speight, 43, of Whinney Banks Road, Middlesbrough, was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison Police executed a search warrant at his friend’s home in Barsford Road, Thorntree, where they found Speight with 2.915g of heroin worth about £291. Speight, who was also carrying £733 in cash, made full admissions to the police and admitted he had been selling heroin for around seven days, Teesside Crown Court heard.Prosecutor Richard Parsell said: “The defendant admitted the drugs were his and said his intention was to sell them.“He admitted he had been supplying heroin over the past week and volunteered the information that he had sold about 20 wraps. There’s no evidence of this, apart from his own admissions.”Officers discovered a plastic tub containing heroin in two separate packets and three foil wraps. In the room there was also drugs paraphernalia, including scales and a Stanley blade. There was also a single Subutex tablet with a street value of £5. Back in 2001, Speight was sentenced to four years in prison after he sold heroin to police officers who were carrying out a test purchase.Mitigating, Paul Green described Speight as a “street level dealer and nothing more” and said he was “particularly disappointed with himself.”

Stephen Speight, 43, of Whinney Banks Road, Middlesbrough, was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison

Stephen Speight, 43, of Whinney Banks Road, Middlesbrough, was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison Police executed a search warran...

Gary Kilcup, 40, was sentenced to 15 years in prison. His sister, Nicola Kilcup, 36, got a 12-year sentence and her husband, Shawn Vanell Piper, 38.

Gary Kilcup, 40, was sentenced to 15 years in prison. His sister, Nicola Kilcup, 36, got a 12-year sentence and her husband, Shawn Vanell Piper, 38, was given a 13-year sentence.Gary Kilcup appeared before U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnik on Friday. His sister and brother-in-law were sentenced last week.Prosecutors sought a lengthy sentence for Gary Kilcup, noting that he has prior convictions for manslaughter and drug trafficking. Still, Kilcup told Lasnik Friday that "I'm about as dangerous as Santa Claus," according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office.Lasnik told Kilcup that he had abused the public's trust for the last time. One more offense after this 15-year stretch, the judge said, and Kilcup will go away for life."You don't get the benefit of the doubt when you have abused the trust of the community repeatedly," the judge said.Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives took down the organization last year, arresting 15 people and seizing drugs and firearms.They dubbed the investigation "Operation Clean Ride" since some of the drugs were being sold out of Kilcup's business, Extreme Auto Detail in South Seattle.The agents said the case was unusual because the Kilcups and Piper were older than most of the drug dealers they run across.When Kilcup was arrested in March, according to court documents, he was in possession of cocaine and packaging materials. He later confessed to moving at least 20 pounds of cocaine over the past year.Agents mounted a series of controlled drug buys during the investigation, and captured many of them on videotape. They also tapped a telephone, on which they recorded Kilcup making drug deals even after his initial arrest. Much of the drugs were being sold to gang members, who were reselling them

Gary Kilcup, 40, was sentenced to 15 years in prison. His sister, Nicola Kilcup, 36, got a 12-year sentence and her husband, Shawn Vanell Piper, 38.

Gary Kilcup, 40, was sentenced to 15 years in prison. His sister, Nicola Kilcup, 36, got a 12-year sentence and her husband, Shawn Vanell Pi...

Vonnie Williams, 44, was sentenced to 30 years in prison. His co-defendant Aaron Washington, 42, was sentenced to 15 years.

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His co-defendant Aaron Washington, 42, was sentenced to 15 years. The pair were facing a maximum penalty of 99 years in prison. Juneau drug dealers received hefty prison sentences Thursday for operating a cocaine smuggling and dealing ring. Both were convicted last month of running a multiyear drug-smuggling and drug-dealing operation that used several people, oftentimes women who had been lovers with at least one of the pair, to smuggle in cocaine on commercial flights to Juneau. The estimated street value the pair smuggled in or dealt from 2003 to 2007 was nearly $1.7 million, according to Juneau District Attorney Doug Gardner. Superior Court Judge Patricia Collins said the different sentences were a reflection, in part, of Williams' "terrible" criminal record and Washington's better prospects of being rehabilitated. During the sentencing hearing Wednesday, Gardner said that Williams had exhausted his chances to change his ways and had to be locked up for a long time to protect the community from the havoc Williams created with his actions and the drugs he sold. "He is just not going to rehabilitate," Gardner said, adding that a longer sentence similar to those handed out for more violent crimes such as murder and kidnapping was appropriate. "It's hard to conceive of another crime when the human wreckage piles up as high as it has in this particular case." Williams, speaking for the first time in court since his trial began, said that he was a drug addict who was being set up to take the fall for a whole group of drug users, many of whom he said testified against him at his trial. "I'm going to take full responsibility for what I did. I will be sentenced for what I did," Williams said. "I don't want to be sentenced for what everybody else did." By contrast, Washington used his time to speak in court to apologize to the community for his actions. "It was immoral, unethical and out of character," said Washington, who also spoke for the first time in court since the trial began. Washington said he deserved to be punished, but asked for leniency, citing the fact that he'd already had to miss the birth of a grandchild and spending time with his dying mother because of the charges. "I suffered," Washington said, while choking up. "I just need an opportunity to correct what I did wrong. I just need an opportunity." Collins said she believed that Washington, who had no significant criminal record prior to this year, had shown remorse and had a "good" chance of being rehabilitated, if he stayed away from drugs. But she said Williams had only the slimmest of chances of being rehabilitated. Collins said she was troubled that the statements made in court by Williams didn't recognize the scope of his crime and the number of people who were likely affected by his actions. "When we talk about these kinds of quantities, it's hard to imagine that (the drugs weren't) finding their way, somehow, to (children)," Collins said. Williams also was sentenced Thursday for his role in the theft of checks from Taku Smokeries last year. And Washington was sentenced for another drug dealing crime that he was found guilty of earlier this year. The additional sentencing had no effect on total prison time. Both Washington's and Williams' sentences could be reduced if certain requirements, such as behaving in prison, are met. According to Collins, Williams could be released in 20 years; Washington could be free in seven and a half years. Lawyers for the pair said they will appeal the trial's verdict shortly. The lawyers said they were unable to present their full case to the jury because some of their witnesses weren't granted immunity from prosecution, while some of the state's witnesses were.

Vonnie Williams, 44, was sentenced to 30 years in prison. His co-defendant Aaron Washington, 42, was sentenced to 15 years.

Vonnie Williams, 44, was sentenced to 30 years in prison. His co-defendant Aaron Washington, 42, was sentenced to 15 years. The pair were fa...

Sandra Lee Winkler, 51, of Milwaukee is charged with one count of delivery of a controlled substance, 1 gram or less of cocaine

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQEughR4tv8j-09FfIu77oAqDzGjE9AM8puIpikJNHsqC-VozlRKNFaP8fNgi2n1_qkqvPX57HW3m2QVTCw9e5tZ78HanRZ8lK764XexdYMLkz9jvrln_o-0vxXziRb1RYgTCTijRXfQo/s1600-h/Winkler_Sandra.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270862125234962546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQEughR4tv8j-09FfIu77oAqDzGjE9AM8puIpikJNHsqC-VozlRKNFaP8fNgi2n1_qkqvPX57HW3m2QVTCw9e5tZ78HanRZ8lK764XexdYMLkz9jvrln_o-0vxXziRb1RYgTCTijRXfQo/s320/Winkler_Sandra.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 208px; height: 290px;" /></a> Sandra Lee Winkler, 51, of Milwaukee is charged with one count of delivery of a controlled substance, 1 gram or less of cocaine, as well as one count of possession of a cocaine. According to the complaint, Milwaukee police and U.S. postal inspectors were following Winkler last week while she worked her route. They watched her park outside her home on S. 36th St. After Winkler went inside, another person drove up and went inside for several minutes, then drove away, the complaint says. Winkler then left in her mail truck and was followed to the 1500 block of S. 38th St., where she met briefly with a woman and handed her something, according to the complaint. That woman then got into a car and drove away. The woman in the car later was seen smoking as her 3-year-old child sat next to her, according to the complaint. When police stopped the car, they found crack cocaine and a crack pipe in her purse. She told officers she had just gotten the crack from Winkler, her mother, the complaint says.Meanwhile, Winkler stopped near the 3800 block of W. Mitchell St. and got into the back of the truck shortly before a postal inspector opened the rear door and found her smoking crack, according to the complaint.Winkler told police that she had been using the drug daily for a couple of years and used the back of the mail truck for privacy, the complaint says.Winkler has been employed by the Postal Service eight years and will remain on leave without pay pending the criminal case, said Breck Nolin, the deputy special agent in charge of the service's inspector general's office in Illinois.If convicted of delivery of the drug, Winkler would face up to 10 years in prison and $25,000 in fines. The second count comes with penalties of up to a year in jail and $5,000 in fines. Her driving privileges could be suspended up to five years on each count. Any revocation imposed

Sandra Lee Winkler, 51, of Milwaukee is charged with one count of delivery of a controlled substance, 1 gram or less of cocaine

Sandra Lee Winkler, 51, of Milwaukee is charged with one count of delivery of a controlled substance, 1 gram or less of cocaine, as well as ...

Mohammad Mahdi Zaghari was charged with trafficking in cocaine

Mohammad Mahdi Zaghari, 22 of West Cope Road, was charged with trafficking in cocaine, 58 grams, and conspire to traffic in cocaine, accordi...