Officers from the Gluckstadt Police Department detained a guy with nearly half a pound of fentanyl pills following a traffic check Friday. Officers started a traffic check on a northbound car on Interstate 55 near Exit 112 (Gluckstadt Road). According to Gluckstadt Police Department, officers stopped the suspect, Frederick Douglas Porter, and instantly smelled marijuana … Read more
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) confiscated $6.2 million in cocaine from the Pharr International Bridge cargo facility. On March 5, CBP inspectors picked a commercial tractor trailer transporting a supply of plastic wrap arriving from Mexico for inspection. The use of nonintrusive inspection (NII) equipment and screening by a canine team resulted in the … Read more
Two people were detained after crashing into a sheriff’s office car and being captured with 40 pounds of meth In Evansville. On March 5, officers from the Evansville-Vanderburgh County Drug Task Force were advised of two suspicious parcels at a local delivery facility addressed to a property in the 1800 block of Ridgeway Avenue, near … Read more
A Florida man has been sentenced to federal prison for his role in a large-scale cocaine trafficking operation that involved several states, including Florida. Sonic Torres-Garcia, 27, of Kissimmee, Florida, was sentenced after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Torres-Garcia was sentenced to 180 months in prison by US District Judge J. Randal Hall, … Read more
An illegal immigrant has been detained in connection with a high-end burglary in Florida, after investigators claim he took off an ankle monitor meant to track his movements and embarked on a two-year crime spree throughout the country. The backstory: According to the Martin County Sheriff’s Office, a high-end house burglary occurred in 2023, and … Read more
An undocumented immigrant accused of killing two gay, disabled men in Florida might be the first person killed under new legislation. Zsolt Zsolyomi, 25, a Hungarian national, is accused of the second-degree murder of two elderly men in Miami. The Florida Legislature passed the new law on January 28. The immigration plan includes a provision … Read more
A couple has been sentenced for defrauding almost $500,000 from individuals in Oklahoma. Brian Berry was sentenced to 18 years, with five years served in prison and 13 years on probation. His wife, Amanda Berry, received an 18-year suspended sentence. Brian has been instructed to pay $451,000 in restitution to Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company. … Read more
A 28-year-old man, James Christopher Ruiz, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for coercing and enticing a minor, according to U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei. Ruiz, who pleaded guilty in September 2024, will also be subject to a lifetime of supervised release. U.S. District Judge Drew B. Tipton has sentenced Ruiz to 300 … Read more
A woman from North Carolina admitted her guilt for embezzlement in Onslow County Superior Court on February 18th. Karen Pierce Ramos admitted her guilt in court, pleading guilty to three counts of class C felony embezzlement and three counts of class H felony embezzlement. In November 2022, Ramos got arrested for embezzling funds from the … Read more
In a heart-wrenching incident in Missouri, a young mother, A. Wehmeyer, aged 21, has been accused of neglect that led to the death of her 1-year-old child. Wehmeyer’s actions revealed distressing negligence, as she failed to provide proper nourishment and care for her toddler, ultimately resulting in the tragic loss of the child due to … Read more