Feb. 13—A 33-year-old Dayton man was sentenced to 11 years in prison for trafficking fentanyl and methamphetamine. In 2022, D’Laquan Cantrell sold drugs to an undercover police officers on four occasions, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of Ohio. Before meeting up, he reportedly used FaceTime, voice calls and texts to set up […]
Feb. 13—DOUGLAS COUNTY — In a span of 10 days, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office night shift pulled three firearms and nearly 18 grams of methamphetamine out of vehicles following three traffic stops. The incidents resulted in felony charges for four men in Douglas County Circuit Court. “This is a very disturbing amount of guns, […]
Six people were arrested after law enforcement officials wrapped up their investigation into a methamphetamine trafficking operation in Athens. The investigation involved the Northeast Georgia Regional Drug Task Force, the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office, South Carolina, the Clarke County Sheriff’s Office, the Athens-Clarke County Police Department, the Greene County Sheriff’s Office, the Oglethorpe County Sheriff’s […]
Drugs, guns and cash have been seized across the state by the Thurston County Narcotics Task Force, the group announced on social media. The Task Force led the investigation because the narcotics that were seized had direct ties to Thurston County. They seized the following: ▪ $97,000 in cash. ▪ 40,000 fentanyl pills. ▪ 104 […]
Feb. 8—A Decatur man was found to be in possession of around a pound of meth and more than 500 fentanyl pills when the Decatur Police Department’s Vice/Narcotics Unit executed a search warrant at his residence Thursday, police said. Demichael Deshaun Mason, 36, is charged with trafficking fentanyl, trafficking meth, and certain persons prohibited to […]
A 40-year-old patient who disarmed and shot a security guard inside University Health in Kansas City on Friday told detectives he was recovering from a “meth bender” and had been hallucinating, according to a police affidavit filed in Jackson County Circuit Court. Prosecutors have charged the patient, Shawn R. Caskey, of Independence, with first-degree assault, […]
Saturday morning, the Glynn County Police Department’s Criminal Investigative Division, with the assistance of the Glynn County Police SWAT team and Glynn County K-9 Officers, executed a search warrant at a home in Brunswick, Georgia. The search warrant arose from a narcotics investigation currently being investigated by the Glynn County Police Department. >> STREAM ACTION […]
HILLSDALE — A Camden man arrested who pleaded guilty to a number of criminal offenses in two cases on Dec. 4, 2023 was sentenced to prison Monday, Jan. 29, in the 1st Judicial Circuit Court. Robbie Walker Bostater, 22, was arrested Sept. 13, 2023, during a traffic stop by the Michigan State Police who discovered […]
PETERSBURG − Several police officers were hospitalized Sunday afternoon after being exposed to what is believed to be methamphetamine during an investigation at a residence in the city’s Battlefield Park area. A statement from Petersburg Police said the officers will be “fine” and were treated at Bon Secours Southside Medical Center in Petersburg. Details have […]
A Georgia man was sentenced to 19 years in prison for his role in an inmate-directed armed drug conspiracy operating in Athens. Brandan R. Gates, 37, of Commerce, was sentenced to serve 19 years in prison and five years of supervised release. Gates was found guilty by a federal jury on Sept. 21, 2022, of […]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized 291 pounds of methamphetamine, fentanyl, cocaine and marijuana in just over a week at El Paso area ports of entry, authorities said. Officers seized the drugs at various ports of entry throughout the West Texas and Southern New Mexico area between Sunday, Jan. 14 through Wednesday, Jan. 24, […]
Jan. 26—A 32-year-old defendant pled guilty to several felony offenses — including possession of methamphetamine and possession of an illegal weapon — in Whitfield Superior Court on Tuesday, Jan. 23. Carlos Hurtado was ultimately sentenced to five years in prison by Conasauga Judicial Circuit Judge Jim Wilbanks. Hurtado also pled guilty to one count of […]