Jun. 24—GRAND FORKS — A Cavalier woman waived her Monday, June 24, preliminary hearing and pleaded not guilty to Class A felony conspiracy to deliver or possess with intent to deliver a controlled substance in a correctional facility. Elaine Alexis Longtine, 26, was charged after Grand Forks County Correctional Center staff reported they found Suboxone […]
Chinese customs officials at the Liantang Port got more than they bargained for when an unusually busty woman was spotted among the incoming passengers. Noting her nervous behavior, they intercepted and inspected her, leading to the discovery that she was attempting to smuggle 350 Nintendo Switch game cartridges into mainland China in her bra. The […]
Jun. 14—WILKES-BARRE — A knife and a fanny pack containing marijuana and paraphernalia were found on a Hazleton man who later attempted to smuggle a loaded handgun into the Luzerne County Correctional Facility, according to charges filed. Wilkes-Barre City police detectives refiled criminal offenses against Renan Jesus Tineo, 22, on Thursday, adding drug possession and […]
Instead of attending his high school graduation ceremony, an El Paso-area teenager was in jail after being arrested in a migrant smuggling high-speed chase on the West Side, court officials said. The Operation Lone Star case is among the continuing risks young people face getting involved in border migrant smuggling vehicle pursuits on El Paso’s […]
A California man was sentenced in Tacoma on Thursday to 66 months in prison and four years of supervised release for dealing fentanyl and laundering drug money in Washington, as well as smuggling people across the U.S. and Mexico border. U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman announced Friday that 28-year-old Andre Jackson had been identified as […]
The warden at Waupun Correctional Institution, a facility that is under federal investigation for a suspected smuggling conspiracy, has stepped down. Randall Hepp announced his resignation in an email to prison staff Tuesday, the Wisconsin State Journal first reported. A spokesperson for the state Department of Corrections told the Associated Press that Hepp retired, rather […]
The warden at Waupun Correctional Institution, a facility that is the subject of lawsuits and a federal investigation into a suspected smuggling conspiracy, has stepped down. Randall Hepp announced his resignation in an email to prison staff Tuesday, the Wisconsin State Journal first reported. A spokesperson for the state Department of Corrections told the Associated […]
MAYS LANDING — A correctional officer is accused of smuggling contraband into Atlantic County Jail as part of a conspiracy with a detainee and the inmate’s girlfriend. Christopher Piccioni, 33, of Woolwich allegedly took $4,100 to bring drugs, cellphones and other banned items into the Mays Landing lockup, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office. […]
DUBAI (Reuters) -Jordan’s King Abdullah on Thursday called on Arab states to confront what the U.S. ally has called an alarming rise in incursions of drugs and weapons smugglers linked to Iranian militias operating in southern Syria. Jordanian officials, like their Western allies, say the operations are controlled by Lebanon’s Iranian-backed Hezbollah group and other […]
May 14—GRAND FORKS — A Cavalier woman was arrested Monday, May 13, in connection with a report of Suboxone film strips being smuggled into the Grand Forks County Correctional Center through greeting card envelopes. Elaine Alexis Longtine, 25, was charged May 9 with Class A felony conspiracy to deliver or possess with intent to deliver […]
The US Department of Justice says a man from Riverside County has been sentenced to 21 years after trafficking pounds of quantities of methamphetamine from Mexico into the Inland Empire. Authorities say 51-year-old Timoteo Gomez was given his sentence Monday after being held in federal custody since his June 2021 arrest. Gomez pleaded guilty in January […]
Afghanistan’s only female diplomat has resigned days after she was caught by airport authorities allegedly smuggling nearly £1.6 million of gold into India. Zakia Wardak announced her resignation on social media after Indian media reported that she and her son had been stopped last month on arrival in Mumbai from Dubai carrying 25kg of gold. […]