Many of the defendants were charged by criminal complaint as the investigation progressed and have been in custody awaiting indictment. Montejo was arrested at a Nashville bus station as she returned from California after travelling to Los Angeles days earlier. Norton allegedly entered the mens restroom in the lobby of the Cuyahoga County Justice Center, discarded the bag and exited the restroom. 719 Church St., Suite 3300 The Chicago fishing advisory committee holds its first evening meeting on Thursday and South Side Muskie Hawks Fishing Swap Night is Wednesday. Charged in Chicago are Ivan Archivaldo Guzman Salazar, Jesus Alfredo Guzman Salazar, Joaquin Guzman Lopez and Ovidio Guzman Lopez. In addition to the drug and gun seizures, authorities have seized or restrained cash and bank accounts totaling over $8 million; a private jet valued at $900,000; numerous luxury automobiles, including two Rolls-Royces, two Bentleys, a Ford GT, and a Lamborghini, valued at $2 million; high-end jewelry valued at over $8 million; numerous pieces of artwork and collectible items valued at $850,000; and nine pieces of real estate with a total value of $10 million. Under federal law, the possession of a controlled substance with the intent to sell or distribute it is a serious offense. That person was then shot multiple times on April 4, 2019, in Nashville, but survived. The remaining four defendants names are presently under seal by court order. A locked padlock 13, 2023 at 2:36 PM PDT. Incident involved a domestic disturbance involving man with a knife, authorities say. Freshman DB Jacoby Matthews (14) stops an Alabama run during Texas A&M's game against the Alabama Crimson Tide on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022, at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Ruiz was indicted on charges of conspiracy to launder money and money laundering, the news release said. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Darrell McMann said Robert Jones, 38, was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. The U.S. government is currently awaiting the younger Guzmn's extradition. Of the four, only Guzmn Lpez is in custody, in Mexico. Both remain at large in Mexico, as does Joaqun. "I would like to recognize the extraordinary efforts of our federal law enforcement partners for taking down a criminal organization that laundered drug proceeds for drug cartels. To date in this investigation, authorities have seized or restrained nearly $40 million in drugs, alleged drug proceeds, and assets purchased with drug proceeds. I would also like to thank our Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAC) Force and the Cleveland Office of the FBI and for their work in this matter.. "The damage that these dangerous drugs have caused in Chicago neighborhoods is truly immeasurable," said Morris Pasqual, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois. WEBSTER CO., Ky. (WFIE) - Two people have been arrested after deputies attempted to serve arrest warrants. A lock ( In recent years, fentanyl-related deaths in Chicago and elsewhere in the country have risen to alarming levels, prompting the Drug Enforcement Administration and other federal and local law enforcement agents to redouble their efforts to cut off the supply in Mexico. Ovidio Guzmn, nicknamed the Mouse, had not been one of El Chapo's better-known sons until an aborted operation to capture him three years earlier. The complaint alleges that in September 2021, Grijalva, Lopez-Lozoya and Lozoya-Portillo conspired to distribute methamphetamine, the news release said. Ovidio Guzmn Lpez, one of Guzmn's sons, was arrested in January in the Sinaloa capital of Culiacan. Detectives determined that the man was crossing 22nd Street in a north to south direction when the vehicle struck him. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. A total of 28 defendants are named in the indictments aimed at hitting the cartel's global network, standing alongside Drug Enforcement Administration chief Anne Milgram and other top federal prosecutors. The indictment further alleges that all of the 10 defendants except for Ruiz engaged in Drug Distribution. Morales is alleged to have been the leader of the organization and routinely obtained contraband cell phones which were smuggled into the prison facilities where he was housed. Nashville, Tenn. - March 30, 2021 - A federal indictment unsealed Friday charged 27 individuals with a host of federal crimes relating to a large scale conspiracy to distribute heroin, methamphetamine, fentanyl and cocaine, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Mary Jane Stewart for the Middle District of Tennessee. Finally, the indictment alleges that Ruiz also was involved in a conspiracy to launder monetary instruments and that he engaged in money laundering. The indictment says they shipped 20 kilograms of heroin to Chicago on Nov. 13, 2008, but doesnt provide details. They made it more ruthless, more violent, more deadly and they used it to spread a new poison, fentanyl, Ms. Milgram said. Police executing a search warrant at a Merriman Valley apartment last September knew they had a suspect when they found the Akron man wearing latex gloves and a respirator. Border officials talk about the rise in fentanyl smuggling and what the agency is doing to counteract the problem. Searches yield cash, drugs:Akron police raid two homes, seizing a pound of cocaine and more than $87,000 cash. Two others are fugitives, including Morales girlfriend, Erika Vasquez, 32, aka Chula, of Memphis and Columbia, Tenn., and Magdiel Pina Ramirez, aka Big Show, 28, of Mexico. Conspiracy members allegedly used drug testers to evaluate the strength and quality of a controlled substance intended for sale. The Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) previously sought the assistance of federal law enforcement to address criminal activity occurring within the prison system. According to a police report, the officer said outof nowhere she saw the pedestrian in the road and maneuvered to try to avoid colliding with, Detectives determined that the motorcyclist was traveling west on Broadway well above the speed limit when he crashed into the back of the Dod. The indictment accuses him of distributing oxycodone pills for nearly five years, from January of 2018 to December of 2022. April 13, 2023 Local News A Caneyville man once on Grayson County's Most Wanted list has been indicted in Butler County on a drug charge. In addition to the fentanyl and methamphetamine, police also seized one kilogram of valeryl fentanyl, 400 grams of cocaine (about 14 ounces), one semi-automatic rifleand four semi-automatic pistols. The Justice Department is attacking every aspect of the cartels operations, Mr. Garland said. The Sinaloa cartel's notorious drug lord, known as El Chapo, was convicted in 2019 of running an industrial-scale smuggling operation. "It's bringing happy tears to my soul," Earling said, "because this is such a big step.". Adewale Adediran, the alleged leader of the conspiracy, was also charged with engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise. $5K bond set for Cleveland attorney indicted on child porn, drug charges, Ohio Turnpike announces travel bans due to impending weather, US Marshals find 14-year-old Cleveland girl missing since July in Columbus with 41-year-old man, Cuyahoga County prosecutor indicts 2 for 6 robberies across Cleveland, Euclid, Congresswoman Sykes asking Department of Justice to investigate after Jayland Walker grand jury fails to indict, Clevelands weekly food truck events returning in May, Closed Captioning/Audio Description Problems. According to the indictment, in September 2021, the 10 defendants participated in a conspiracy to distribute 400 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl and methamphetamine, the news release said. Also charged areAlexander Prieto, 41, of Cleveland, andTravis Blankenship, 31, and Jessica McClanahan, 31, of Charleston, West Virginia. A conviction for Conspiracy to Launder Monetary Instruments, as charged in the indictment, carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a fine of $500,000, or twice the value of the property involved in the transaction, whichever is greater, or both imprisonment and a fine, and up to three years of post-conviction supervision. On Wednesday, members of the Madison County Drug . Federal officials announced a flurry of charges on Friday against the four sons of the notorious Mexican drug lord known as El Chapo, saying the men were leading their imprisoned fathers empire and were responsible for moving vast quantities of fentanyl into and throughout the United States. Richmond County Sheriff's. Counts 53 to 59 charge defendant Carlos Javier Ruiz-Patio, a/k/a "Hustler Man/Jordan/El Chamo", of international concealment money laundering. Megan Hickey is a member of the 2 Investigator team, focusing on topical investigative stories. We take aim at the Sinaloa cartel and the global network of death that feeds it, Damian Williams, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, said at the news conference on Friday. This multi-year Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force investigation is being conducted by numerous federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, including the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives; Homeland Security Investigations; IRS Criminal Investigations; U.S. Morales used these phones and encrypted communication services such as WhatsApp to orchestrate activities of the drug distribution network, order acts of violence against individuals, and to direct the flow of cash from drug sales between middle Tennessee and Mexico. The indictments said that assassins working for Mr. Guzmns sons murdered law enforcement officers, tortured rivals with electrocution, stuffed chiles into the wounds of some of their victims and even fed others both dead and alive to their pet tigers. Another 19 people died in connection with that arrest. Lock Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. Authorities have seized over three tons of marijuana and THC-containing products, valued at over $10 million, along with over a dozen firearms. This incident was recorded on video and sent via encrypted communication on a cell phone. , WRAL reporter. ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ/US Attorney's Office Release) - 13 people in the Roanoke area have been arrested on a variety of federal charges, according to the United States Attorney's Office.. This time Mexico successfully got Guzmn out of Culiacan. Fentanyl seizures by U.S. Customs and Border Protection have increased by more than 400% since 2019, officials said, and this fiscal year's seizures have already surpassed the total for all of 2022. Copyright 2023 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Ms. Milgram lashed out in February at the Mexican government, complaining that officials there had offered no assistance to U.S. agents working on cases involving fentanyl from Mexico. The following defendants were charged in the indictment: If convicted on the conspiracy with intent to distribute marijuana charges, each face between ten years to life imprisonment, no less than five years supervised release, and a $10,000,000 fine. Five defendants remain at large. Ramirez is the person described above who served as a hitman in Mexico and cut off part of his own finger. They tipped off authorities about the shipment, sources say. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs, and transnational criminal organizations that threaten the United States by using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach that leverages the strengths of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies against criminal networks. Aranda-Ramon, Oller, Nelson, Maxwell and Holmes were indicted on charges of conspiracy to distribute drugs and drug distribution. A Cuyahoga County Sheriffs deputy noticed the unusual behavior, walked into the restroom and found the bag of drugs, said OMalley. Eight of those charged have been arrested and remain in the custody of law enforcement officials in Colombia, Greece, Guatemala, and the U.S., Milgram said. Earling said she sees the news of the indictments Friday a huge step forward in her fight to keep others from the same heartbreaking fate as her daughter and grandson. Sharing deatils about the case, Chrisann's family said that . The Chicago case also included Joaqun Guzmn Lpez as a defendant. Over the past seven days, authorities have arrested ten of the defendants, executed search warrants at twenty-three different locations in three states, and executed seizure warrants on over a dozen bank accounts and a trove of high-end jewelry. This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program intended to have communities work with law enforcement to reduce violent crime and gun violence. Jamie Donnelly covers breaking news for the Arizona Daily Star. Known collectively as "the Chapitos," they are accused of taking over control of the Sinaloa cartel after their father was arrested in January 2016 and extradited to the U.S. one year later. Edwin Lopez, 21, of Riverside, was arrested this morning on a grand jury indictment that charges him with one count related to a May 17, 2020, transaction in which he allegedly sold counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl to a 20-year-old Fontana man who suffered a fatal overdose two days later. The conspiracy has been ongoing since as early as 2018 and was orchestrated from within the Tennessee State Prison system by Humberto Morales, aka Pelon, 29, of Columbia, Tennessee, who has been incarcerated since 2014. The United States Attorneys Office, District of Arizona, Tucson, is handling the prosecution. Officers with the FBI, ATF, Greater Akron Safe Streets Task Force and Akron Police Department executed search warrants at residences connected to the conspiracy on Sept. 23. When . Anthony G. Frank, 53, was indicted by a Butler County Grand Jury for possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine), his second such offense, according to WXBC.com. 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Myers, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, Justin Campbell, Special Agent in Charge of IRS-Criminal Investigation Chicago Field Office, and Michael Gannon, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the DEA's Indianapolis Field Office made the announcement. The indictment says they shipped 20 kilograms of heroin to Chicago on Nov. 13, 2008, but doesn't provide details. All rights reserved. Cash seized in search:Akron police arrest 30-year-old on drug trafficking charges, seize $103,000 cash. TOP (Left to right): Travon Hard, Destiny Jones, Thomas Mauney and Shakeem Hunt MIDDLE (Left to right): Richard . Three members of the suspected conspiracy had been arrested as part of the investigation in September, and one member was previously arrested in a separate case. Ruiz-Patio was arrested on March 9, 2023. On that same day, though, authorities seized 20 kilograms of heroin in Northlake. Weapons seized from the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico. 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They include Chinese and Guatemalan citizens accused of supplying precursor chemicals required to make fentanyl. May 20, 2022 A federal grand jury has indicted fifteen people on drug trafficking and money laundering charges. Fax Line: 615-401-6626. Another incident involved a hitman for the organization who, at the direction of Morales, cut off part of his own pinky finger to prove his continued loyalty to the organization after he lost or stole a small quantity of drugs. "Families and communities across our country are being devastated by the fentanyl epidemic," Garland said. The defendants arrested today are: Roberto Brioso-Canario, David Luis Zapata-Flix, Walter Alexis Daynes-Torres, and Jess Alberto Oriol-Cabn. Akron police Lt. Michael Miller said the investigation is ongoing, but noted the amount of narcotics that wereseized was a significant amount of drugs. Norton is scheduled to return to court on May 2. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland said at a news conference in Washington that in addition to the four sons collectively known as Los Chapitos federal indictments in Manhattan, Chicago and Washington had charged more than two dozen other people in what he described as a global fentanyl manufacturing and distribution operation run by the Sinaloa drug cartel. Long known as the least accomplished of Mr. Guzmns children, Ovidio Guzmn Lpez was arrested by the Mexican authorities in January in Culiacn, a northwestern city that has served for decades as the home base of the Sinaloa cartel. CHICAGO (CBS/AP) The sons of convicted drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera are among 28 members of Mexico's powerful Sinaloa cartel who have been indicted in Chicago, as part of a sweeping fentanyl trafficking investigation. If convicted, most defendants face a minimum of 10 years in prison and many face up to life in prison. - Yuen Liu-Torres, a/k/a "Chino," 36, of New Bedford, was charged with conspiring to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, and . On that same day, though, authorities seized 20 kilograms of heroin in Northlake. On Dec. 7, a multi-agency law enforcement operation in Tucson led to the arrest of three more individuals who reportedly had ties to the drug distribution scheme. The resulting indictments and other court documents allege that the organization had ties to MS-13, Sur-13, and other street gangs and distributed tens of thousands of fentanyl-laced pills; multiple kilograms of fentanyl and heroin; over fifty pounds of methamphetamine, which was often 95-99 percent pure (commonly referred to as ice); as well as smaller quantities of cocaine and marijuana. Notable acts of violence associated with the conspiracy include the severing of a womans hand in November 2019, as punishment for losing drug proceeds. A March 30, 2023 search warrant of each of their homes by the Wasatch Metro Drug Task Force found evidence of their drug distribution operation. Letitia Ann Stevens, 47, 130 Market St., faces possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, criminal use of a communication facility and other charges, detectives said. 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Police said the search of his apartment and several other homes in the city yielded 16.6 kilograms more than 35 pounds of fentanyl, along with almost 10 kilograms of methamphetamine and other drugs. Prosecutors noted that Chicago has long been a transportation hub and a significant market for the cartel. Federal authorities are offering rewards of up to $10 million for information leading to the arrests and convictions of the Chapitos, whose father is serving a life sentence in Colorado after his 2019 conviction in federal court in Brooklyn. to 52 of the indictment detail 51 financial transactions ranging from $16,036.90 to $1,109,960 involving proceeds from drug trafficking. Subscribe to stay connected to Tucson. The crash, which involved a male cyclist and a San Carlos EMS ambulance, happened at the 2600 block of North Craycroft Road. Searches yield cash, drugs: Akron police raid two homes, seizing a pound of cocaine and more than $87,000 cash. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. Damien Stafford, Vaughn and Hyshaw were also arrested during the execution of the warrants. On Nov. 10, the jury returned a 19-count indictment against Alberto Gabriel Aranda-Ramon, 31; Michele Oller, 54; Larry William Nelson Jr., 51; Ashley Yvonne Maxwell, 35; Leah Jean Holmes, 28; and Alexander Anthony Ruiz, 34, a news release from U.S. Attorneys Office District of Arizona said. Illegal drugs were getting inside the jail, according to a previous news release. Ivan and Jesus Guzman Salazar kept the animals on their ranches as pets, authorities say. Seven people were arrested in a suspected drug trafficking ring in Southern Oklahoma. "You know, she thought she was purchasing heroin - and it turned out to be laced with lethal dose of fentanyl.". Juan Carlos Cruz . The charges are set forth in United States v. As CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey reported, the indictment announcement was something for which Will County mom Kimberly Earling had been hoping. ) or https:// means youve safely connected to the .gov website. Both are currently believed to be in Mexico. 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