• During the traffic stop, Gomes was found to be in possession of approximately three pounds of methamphetamine. (kwqc.com)
  • In a subsequent search warrant of Gomes's vehicle seized during the traffic stop, law enforcement recovered approximately 16 pounds of methamphetamine from the vehicle. (kwqc.com)
  • Both brothers were arrested, and investigators seized six additional pounds of methamphetamine from Oswaldo Neri's bedroom closet, as well as additional evidence of distribution. (dea.gov)
  • Is 11 Years in Prison Too Much Time for Possessing and Intending to Sell More Than 1½ Pounds of Methamphetamine? (bestdefender.com)
  • Today, a federal judge sentenced 41-year-old Simmons, who had a prior drug trafficking conviction for selling methamphetamine, to 132 months in federal prison for incidents in which she possessed or sold a total of more than 1.5 pounds of methamphetamine, twice in the presence of two juvenile girls. (bestdefender.com)
  • While searching her car, law enforcement seized 113 grams (0.25 pounds) of methamphetamine. (bestdefender.com)
  • In May 2019, Simmons possessed with intent to distribute 132.87 grams (0.3 pounds) of methamphetamine in a backpack when she - along with two minor girls in her car - was pulled over by law enforcement. (bestdefender.com)
  • Simmons possessed a total of 702.53 grams (1.6 pounds) of methamphetamine. (bestdefender.com)
  • A search of a car on the property yielded approximately four pounds of methamphetamine. (lawfuel.com)
  • Federal agents initiated their efforts by employing a confidential source to make controlled purchases of methamphetamine. (picayuneitem.com)
  • Detectives also learned Capuano was distributing methamphetamine in New Hanover County and southeastern North Carolina and law enforcement conducted several controlled purchases of methamphetamine from Capuano," stated the release. (thecoastlandtimes.com)
  • In February and April 2008, several purchases of methamphetamine were monitored by Special Agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration and provided the basis for a search warrant. (lawfuel.com)
  • In March 2019 in Riverside County, Simmons sold 6.14 grams of methamphetamine to a buyer for $650. (bestdefender.com)
  • According to court documents, from December 2019 through February of 2020, DEA agents conducted an investigation into the distribution of methamphetamine in the Bassfield area by Myers. (darkhorsepressnow.com)
  • The investigation revealed that Capuano is responsible for distributing 460 grams of methamphetamine between March 2019 and September 2019 in southeastern North Carolina. (thecoastlandtimes.com)
  • Mountain View prison in Gatesville on September 19, 2019. (texastribune.org)
  • Escondido police said that after Blas was released from prison in 2019 following a sentence related to drug and gun charges, he was arrested and released repeatedly over the next two years, including for evading officers, drug possession and weapons possession. (kpbs.org)
  • Craig Barclay, age 34, from Sioux City, received his prison term after a February 27, 2014, guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. (justice.gov)
  • Sarah Berg, age 33, from Sioux City, received her prison term after a May 5, 2014, guilty plea to one count of conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery, one count of interfering with commerce by robbery, one count of carjacking, and one count of transporting a stolen vehicle interstate. (justice.gov)
  • Dundon pleaded guilty to Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. (justice.gov)
  • Smith was indicted on September 7, 2022, and subsequently entered a guilty plea on April 5, 2023, admitting to the possession charge with the intent to distribute methamphetamine. (picayuneitem.com)
  • On February 10, 2022, a federal jury in the District of Nebraska found Oswaldo Neri guilty of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. (dea.gov)
  • Nicole Simmons pleaded guilty in October 2021 to one count of distribution of methamphetamine. (bestdefender.com)
  • He plead guilty on February 28, 2023, to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. (darkhorsepressnow.com)
  • Michael Jose Alvarez of Guadalupe previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit possession of methamphetamine for sale and misconduct involving weapons, the Attorney General Office said in a press release last week. (ktar.com)
  • An Arkansas man was sentenced to spend the next 33 months in federal prison after pleading guilty last year to charges stemming from a drive-by shooting that happened near a Biloxi Air Force base. (wlox.com)
  • Wilson subsequently pleaded guilty in state court to one count of possession of methamphetamine-making materials and the court sentenced him to four years in an Illinois prison. (findlaw.com)
  • Okusitino Maka Langi (46) was found guilty of possession of illicit drugs, including 43.85 grams of methamphetamine seized at his residence in Hala'ovave. (matangitonga.to)
  • A couple were found guilty on joint counts of possessing 3.82 grams of methamphetamine and 22.6 grams of cannabis, seized in a police raid at a residence selling illicit drugs in Sopu, Nuku'alofa. (matangitonga.to)
  • Kepilini Pole'o was found guilty of possessing 0.13 grams of methamphetamine seized at a residence in Vaini, after Tonga Police raided a house, after receiving information that drugs were being sold from there. (matangitonga.to)
  • Asaeli Teuilo and Petelo Tu'ipulotu have been found guilty on a joint count of possessing 0.13 grams of methamphetamine, seized at Sopu on September 18, 2020. (matangitonga.to)
  • Siueli Angilau (42) was today found guilty of possession of 0.55 grams of methamphetamine seized by Tonga Police after received they information that illicit drugs were being sold from a little house in Fanga. (matangitonga.to)
  • Siaosi Helu was today found guilty of unlawful possession 0.04 grams of methamphetamine found hidden inside his tight pants, during a routine body search by Police, when arrested for public drunkenness. (matangitonga.to)
  • Thirty-year-old Jason Moore of LeMars pled guilty in April to conspiring to distribute methamphetamine. (radioiowa.com)
  • A second guard from California State Prison in Sacramento pled guilty on July 25, 2022, in connection with prisoner assaults and a prisoner death. (prisonlegalnews.org)
  • Favela pleaded guilty on August 27, 2008, to Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute 500 grams or More of Methamphetamine. (lawfuel.com)
  • who pled guilty to 21 counts of burglary at a self-storage facility, was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison. (insideselfstorage.com)
  • At the change of plea hearing, Dundon admitted that on April 17, 2022, she possessed 58.4 grams of pure methamphetamine and that she intended to deliver it to other individuals in exchange for payment. (justice.gov)
  • Moore admitted to his involvement in a conspiracy that distributed more than 500 grams of pure methamphetamine from about June of 2012 through March 2013. (radioiowa.com)
  • McALLEN, Texas - A 56-year-old man who illegally resided in Mission has been ordered to federal prison for his role in conspiring to possess with intent to distribute 32 kilograms of cocaine, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Jennifer. (dea.gov)
  • HOUSTON - A 43-year-old Houston rapper has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of conspiracy to distribute and distributing meth, cocaine and opioids, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney B. Lowery. (dea.gov)
  • BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 51-year-old Mexican national who was head of Cartel del Golfo (CDG) from 2003 to 2012 has been ordered to serve life in prison and to pay millions for his role in conspiring to distribute cocaine and marijuana from Mexico into the United States, announced Drug Enforcement. (dea.gov)
  • An estimated 1 in 3 powder cocaine (34 percent), marijuana (35 percent) and methamphetamine offenders (31 percent) were noncitizens. (bespacific.com)
  • Across all drug types, crack cocaine offenders were most likely to have extensive criminal histories (40 percent), to have used a weapon (32 percent) and to have received longer prison terms (an average of more than 14 years). (bespacific.com)
  • Crack cocaine offenders were the most likely to receive a mandatory minimum sentence for use of a weapon or to have sentences adjusted for weapon use, followed by methamphetamine offenders. (bespacific.com)
  • Although not all drugs cause violence some drugs like alcohol, methamphetamine, and crack cocaine do and can have horrible results. (bartleby.com)
  • When agents moved in on the drug ring they found methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine and fentanyl pills in a residence Fuentes shared with a DTO leader. (irs.gov)
  • Target biomarkers were analysed by liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). The average consumption of common illicit drugs (MDMA, methamphetamine and cocaine) over the sampling period in the prison (0.5 - 4.5 mg/1000 people/day) was two to three orders of magnitude lower than in the community population (254 - 1000 mg/1000 people/day). (bvsalud.org)
  • DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - A Muscatine man was sentenced Sept. 6, to 168 months, or 14 years, in prison for conspiracy to manufacture, distribute, and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. (kwqc.com)
  • He admitted to knowingly possessing the methamphetamine with the intent to distribute some or all of it to others. (kwqc.com)
  • A 23-year-old Nebraska man was sentenced to 17 1/2 years in federal prison for distribution of methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. (dea.gov)
  • A Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Omaha Division investigation led to the arrest of 23 year old Jesse Neri who was sentenced August 25, to 17 and-a-half years in federal prison for distribution of methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. (dea.gov)
  • United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that Chico Terrell Bell, 41, of Shreveport, Louisiana, has been sentenced by Chief United States District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. to 112 months (9 years, 4 months) in prison, followed by 4 years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute 5 grams or more of methamphetamine. (kedm.org)
  • The Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael Gonzalez Jr. announced 50-year-old Cody Moore was sentenced to 12.5 years behind bars on conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine. (newsradio1310.com)
  • CORPUS CHRISTI - The final member of a of a Corpus Christi drug trafficking organization has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute meth, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney. (dea.gov)
  • WILMINGTON, N.C. -- A Goldsboro, North Carolina man was sentenced today to 106 months in prison for Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of Methamphetamine and Possession with Intent to Distribute 50 grams or more of. (dea.gov)
  • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Luis Carlos Vásquez-Barragán, 51, of Nicolás Bravo, Chihuahua, Mexico, was sentenced to prison for possession with intent to distribute at least 50 kilograms but less than 100 kilograms of marijuana. (dea.gov)
  • A Bassfield, Mississippi man was sentenced to 160 months in prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley of the Drug Enforcement Administration. (darkhorsepressnow.com)
  • A Picayune man was sentenced to 135 months in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. (darkhorsepressnow.com)
  • Appellant was convicted of possession of more than 4 grams of methamphetamine with intent to deliver, and was sentenced to five years in prison. (law.com)
  • Timothy M. O'Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Paige Roberts, 25, La Crosse, Wisconsin was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 20 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl. (atf.gov)
  • The Federal Bureau of Investigation picked up two men and charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. (supertalk.fm)
  • A Wilmington man was sentenced July 13, 2022 to 164 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine and interference with commerce by robbery and aiding and abetting, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of North Carolina. (thecoastlandtimes.com)
  • A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine in central and northwest Iowa will spend more than eleven years in federal prison. (radioiowa.com)
  • Joshua Smith, a 39-year-old resident of Picayune, Mississippi, has been sentenced to 222 months in federal prison for his involvement in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). (picayuneitem.com)
  • A federal grand jury in Los Angeles named 10 of those targeted on charges of conspiracy and distributing methamphetamine. (independent.com)
  • State prosecutors said law enforcement arrested Alvarez when they saw him leaving a hotel room while carrying a bag on June 15, 2021, and recovered sale quantities of methamphetamine, fentanyl pills, a scale and multiple guns. (ktar.com)
  • Craig Blas, 32, was arrested in May, when he was found with two loaded guns, fentanyl pills and methamphetamine. (kpbs.org)
  • Fuentes also played an integral role in the DTO's drug distribution - most notably, picking up a shipment of methamphetamine and 7,000 fentanyl pills for redistribution in our District. (irs.gov)
  • Methamphetamine offenders (24 percent) accounted for the next largest share of drug offenders, followed by marijuana (12 percent) and heroin (6 percent) offenders. (bespacific.com)
  • Standard safe work practices must be applied to all operations where fentanyl or its analogs are known or suspected to be present, just as they are applied to any law enforcement operation involving potential narcotics, such as a methamphetamine lab or heroin. (cdc.gov)
  • During his supervised release, police caught Wilson at home with methamphetamine manufacturing materials and precursors, along with approximately one gram of methamphetamine, more than eleven grams of clonazepam, and some marijuana. (findlaw.com)
  • Also Thursday, the commissioner said, more than 200 officers conducted a complete shakedown of Autry State Prison and found more cellphones, marijuana and methamphetamine. (ajc.com)
  • Simmons had nine felony and five misdemeanor convictions between 1999 and 2011, including a felony drug trafficking conviction for selling methamphetamine. (bestdefender.com)
  • Meanwhile, in Georgia, Idaho, and Ohio, the manufacture or possession of methamphetamine in the presence of a child is a felony, and Washington state provides for enhanced penalties for any conviction for the manufacture of methamphetamine when a child was present. (stopthedrugwar.org)
  • Counsel confirmed with the court that Wilson's resulting state conviction was for possession of methamphetamine-manufacturing materials. (findlaw.com)
  • A conviction on the meth lab charge is punishable by up to 30 years in prison and a fine of up to $50,000. (sunjournal.com)
  • Misivina Tatakamotonga was sentenced to seven-years eight-months imprisonment for possession of illicit drugs, including 99.47 grams of methamphetamine. (matangitonga.to)
  • An alternative approach, wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE), was used in this study to estimate the consumption of licit and illicit drugs for the entire population of a prison in Australia. (bvsalud.org)
  • He was sentenced to 33 months in prison on April 6, 2022. (wlox.com)
  • On June 30, 2022, after the Alabama Corrections Institution Finance Authority (ACIFA) announced it fell short of raising the bond revenue the state needs to construct two massive prisons, Gov. Kay Ivey (R) said she was pushing ahead and relying on state lawmakers to close the nearly-$200 million funding gap. (prisonlegalnews.org)
  • BBC News reported that a fire swept through a Colombian prison on June 28, 2022, killing 49 prisoners and injuring at least 30 more. (prisonlegalnews.org)
  • At 11:00 a.m. on March 1, 2022, Inside Wire: Colorado Prison Radio went on air. (prisonlegalnews.org)
  • Tipiloma Funaki (52) from Fua'amotu has been jailed for possession of 0.25 grams of methamphetamine and 108.33 grams of cannabis, seized at a house in Hauloto. (matangitonga.to)
  • SHERMAN, Texas - A Lubbock man has been sentenced to 35 years in federal prison for trafficking drugs through the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today. (dea.gov)
  • The trend is part of an all-out offensive against methamphetamine use and manufacture by law enforcement and child welfare agencies, but child protection critics and maternal rights advocates say it is a destructive and unnecessary response. (stopthedrugwar.org)
  • Just a week before their arrest the South Mississippi Metro Enforcement Team seized eight ounces of methamphetamine on Tucker Road in Jackson County. (supertalk.fm)
  • Maine Drug Enforcement agents confirmed it was consistent with the manufacturing of methamphetamine. (sunjournal.com)
  • A Sioux City man was sentenced October 24, 2014, to 10 years in federal prison, and a Sioux City woman was also sentenced on October 24, 2014, to 5 years in federal prison. (justice.gov)
  • Both Barclay and Berg are being held in the United States Marshal's custody until they can be transported to a federal prison. (justice.gov)
  • Jesse now has more than 17 years in federal prison to think about the oftentimes irreparable damage he's caused to families and communities in Nebraska. (dea.gov)
  • TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KLIX)-A Twin Falls man who traveled to Arizona to pick up methamphetamine and bring it back to Idaho will spend more than a decade behind federal prison bars. (newsradio1310.com)
  • While on federal supervised release for his unlawful possession of a firearm, the State of Illinois charged Brandon Wilson with four crimes related to his possession and manufacturing of methamphetamine. (findlaw.com)
  • Wilson eventually admitted the government's allegations and a federal district court revoked his release, sentencing Wilson to two additional years in federal prison. (findlaw.com)
  • Risco faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in federal prison. (atf.gov)
  • Under the Armed Career Criminal Act, Lindsey faces a minimum mandatory sentence of 15 years, and up to life, in federal prison. (atf.gov)
  • Federal authorities on Thursday announced the return of 13 indictments that charged 51 people with being part of a massive corruption, fraud and money laundering scheme carried out from inside Autry State Prison, located about 35 miles south of Albany. (ajc.com)
  • It also makes little sense, he said, that federal authorities are having to redirect "our precious resources to those who are already in prison serving sentences and are supposed to be getting rehabilitated and prepared to returning productively to society. (ajc.com)
  • The indictments unsealed this week mark the third round of federal criminal cases since September that allege corruption in the state prison system. (ajc.com)
  • To date, 80 defendants, including more than 20 former prison employees, face federal charges. (ajc.com)
  • Corey Norris aka Case, or Jacorey Johnson, 26, of the historic Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison and five years of supervised release. (alipac.us)
  • Those convicted of crimes involving other drugs (including LSD, some prescriptions and MDMA or ecstasy) made up an additional 3 percent of drug offenders in federal prison. (bespacific.com)
  • Three-quarters (76 percent) of drug offenders in federal prison were either non-Hispanic black (39 percent) or Hispanic (37 percent), while nearly a quarter (22 percent) were non-Hispanic white. (bespacific.com)
  • About a quarter (24 percent) of all drug offenders in federal prison were noncitizens. (bespacific.com)
  • The majority of drug offenders in federal prison were male (92 percent) and age 30 or older (79 percent). (bespacific.com)
  • More than a third (35 percent) of drug offenders in federal prison had no prior imprisonment and minimal criminal histories, placing them in the lowest U.S. Sentencing Commission (USSC) criminal history category (Category I). Less than a quarter (22 percent) of federal drug offenders were in the highest criminal history category (Category VI), which indicates an extensive criminal history. (bespacific.com)
  • Nearly 1 in 4 drug offenders in federal prison who were sentenced after 1998 used a weapon in their most recent offense. (bespacific.com)
  • The average prison sentence for federal drug offenders was more than 11 years. (bespacific.com)
  • The report, Drug Offenders in Federal Prison: Estimates of Characteristics Based on Linked Data (NCJ 248648), was written by Sam Taxy, Julie Samuels and William Adams of Urban Institute for BJS. (bespacific.com)
  • The Associated Press reported that the prisoner, Larry Taylor, 47, had just been released from the facility, which is operated under contract from the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) by Keeton Corrections. (prisonlegalnews.org)
  • Law & Crime reported that a federal prison guard in the Sunshine State was accused of domestic assault after forcibly stopping his girlfriend from reporting his domestic violence. (prisonlegalnews.org)
  • PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) - Secundino Favela, 51, of Bapuchle, Ariz. located on the Gila River Indian Reservation, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Roslyn O. Silver to 12 years in federal prison. (lawfuel.com)
  • Previously, in 2012, he was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for attempting to import methamphetamine. (ice.gov)
  • Comparison of WBE estimates against pharmacy dispensing data suggested potential illicit buprenorphine consumption at the prison. (bvsalud.org)
  • Lamberth imposed a sentence of 57 months in prison, followed by 36 months on supervised release and pay $2,753 in restitution and a $5,000 fine. (tristatehomepage.com)
  • McCullough was serving a five-year sentence for drug possession out of Collin County, according to prison records, and was set to be released in 2026 at the latest. (texastribune.org)
  • Moore was sentenced to 162 months in prison with credit for 19 months previously served for a current sentence of 143 months. (radioiowa.com)
  • Howards sentence included a charge for dealing methamphetamine and a prior burglary charge. (insideselfstorage.com)
  • MISSOULA - A Missoula man who admitted to selling methamphetamine has been sentenced to eight years in prison. (kpax.com)
  • Significant growth in prison population and spending The State's population has doubled in about the last 30 years, but the State's prison population has increased tenfold, from 3,377 inmates in June 1979 to 40,477 inmates in June 2010. (prisonlegalnews.org)
  • But family members, prison rights advocates and some lawmakers blame the deaths on the brutal heat inside Texas prisons - and the state's unwillingness to address it. (texastribune.org)
  • Investigators thereafter identified the Neri brothers as the persons who met with the undercover officer and delivered the methamphetamine. (dea.gov)
  • On Wednesday, April 24, The Pearl River County Sheriff's Office Narcotics Investigators arrested 24-year-old Jonathan Carroll for Possession of methamphetamine and tampering with evidence. (darkhorsepressnow.com)
  • MARCH 15--An Oklahoma woman armed with a $1599 t-shirt gun successfully launched a package of contraband over the fence of a prison, but her smuggling attempt was quickly derailed by eagle-eyed corrections officers, investigators say. (thesmokinggun.com)
  • He then told investigators he had been heavily using methamphetamine and Xanax. (wlox.com)
  • An ex-con arrested earlier this year in Escondido for fleeing from officers, as well as possessing guns and drugs, was sentenced Tuesday to seven years in state prison, capping off a two-year stretch in which the man was arrested a dozen times. (kpbs.org)
  • Barclay must also serve a five-year term of supervised release after the prison term and Berg must serve a 3-year term of supervised release after the prison term. (justice.gov)
  • After his release from prison, he will begin a five year term of supervised release. (dea.gov)
  • This prison term will be followed by a 5-year term of supervised release. (atf.gov)
  • El Paso - The Barrio Azteca gunmen directly responsible for the March 2010 murders in Juarez, Mexico of a U.S. Consulate employee, her husband, and the husband of another U.S. Consulate employee were sentenced to life in prison today. (dea.gov)
  • Some of those to be prosecuted federally face up to life in prison, while four will be facing state charges prosecuted by the District Attorney's Office. (independent.com)
  • However, the Department expects the prison population to continue to increase, growing to nearly 50,000 inmates by 2016. (prisonlegalnews.org)
  • Les résultats indiquent que la consommation auto-déclarée de methamphétamine et d'ectasie en 2016 était inférieure à 1 % dans la population générale et parmi les étudiants en universités et les élèves du secondaire, mais que la prévalence des stimulants de type amphétamines était plus élevée parmi certains groupes. (who.int)
  • Our client was allegedly in possession of methamphetamine and this charge was his third strike. (chesleylawyers.com)
  • Those indicted: 15 current or former inmates, 19 former prison officials and 17 others who allegedly helped from outside prison walls. (ajc.com)
  • The Autry State Prison inmates allegedly used their phones to access Internet search engines so they could learn the names of local police and court officials and find the names and phone numbers of their victims. (ajc.com)
  • The nation's prison director, Gen Tito Castellanos, blamed prisoners who allegedly set fire to mattresses at the lockup in Tuluá. (prisonlegalnews.org)
  • On November 2, 2018, a DEA confidential source successfully purchased 27.4 grams of actual methamphetamine with an impressive 99% purity from Joshua Smith within Picayune, Mississippi, solidifying his involvement in the illicit drug trade. (picayuneitem.com)
  • PHOENIX - A Valley man was sentenced to more than nine years in prison for his involvement in a drug trafficking organization, authorities said. (ktar.com)
  • Alvarez was sentenced to 9.25 years in prison for the drug offense and a concurrent term of two and a half years for the weapons offense. (ktar.com)
  • When it comes to methamphetamine in particular, Michigan joins Iowa and South Dakota as singling out that drug and its users for special opprobrium in their child abuse statutes. (stopthedrugwar.org)
  • In September, a number of current and former inmates and two former prison officials were indicted for brokering drug deals, running telephone scams and even ordering a hit of a government witness. (ajc.com)
  • Drug can be used with any gender according the age in the different environment and location, such as Community, society, school, prison, groups and Home. (bartleby.com)
  • Seattle - A Renton, Washington man was sentenced this week in U.S. District Court in Seattle to ten years in prison for his role in a violent, cartel connected drug distribution ring, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. (irs.gov)
  • In October 2003, a man with a history of noninjection multiple-drug abuse (including methamphetamine) was admitted to a detention center (regional jail). (cdc.gov)
  • Drug consumption in prisons is a concern for the safety of incarcerated people and staff. (bvsalud.org)
  • Typically, drug use prevalence in prisons is estimated through urinalysis and intelligence operations, which can be intrusive and stressful. (bvsalud.org)
  • The changes in drug use may be attributed in part to a reduction of drug trafficking into the prison from visitors or non-essential staffs and in part to the reduced contribution of urine from staff who used toilets within the prison. (bvsalud.org)
  • This study provided useful information on the scale of illicit drug use and extra-medical use of licit drugs in prison, and its changes under different security conditions. (bvsalud.org)
  • Upon seeing the container launched over the fence, corrections officers tailed the vehicle in which Hickman drove away from the medium security men's prison, which holds up to 2500 inmates. (thesmokinggun.com)
  • Since a heat wave gripped Texas, at least nine inmates, including two men in their 30s, have died of heart attacks or unknown causes in prisons lacking air conditioning. (texastribune.org)
  • Except these people hadn't really missed jury duty and the officers at the other end of the call weren't really cops - they were inmates carrying out scams from inside a South Georgia prison. (ajc.com)
  • The inmates carried out the scams using cellphones that had been smuggled inside prison walls, and most of the guards were charged with taking bribes to smuggle in the contraband. (ajc.com)
  • Earlier this month, 17 more defendants, including three inmates, were charged with running methamphetamine trafficking rings inside state prisons . (ajc.com)
  • A common thread runs throughout the indictments - cellphones that are smuggled inside prison walls and used to carry out brazen scams concocted by inmates. (ajc.com)
  • The state prison system houses approximately 60,000 inmates. (ajc.com)
  • Just recently, Bryson said, a couch was delivered to Ware State Prison in Waycross to be reupholstered by inmates getting vocational training. (ajc.com)
  • A search of the residence resulted in the recovery of two digital scales, nine bags of methamphetamine tablets containing approximately 914 tablets, two additional bags containing approximately 58 grams of methamphetamine, and a bag containing 9mm ammunition. (kedm.org)
  • After Wilson and his counsel conferred some more, counsel informed the court that Wilson wished to clarify that "there was no finished product of methamphetamine" seized during the search of his house. (findlaw.com)
  • McCullough was one of at least five prisoners since mid-June to die of a reported heart attack or cardiac arrest in uncooled prisons where the regions' outdoor heat indices were above 100 degrees, according to a Texas Tribune analysis of prison death reports and weather data. (texastribune.org)
  • At least four other prisoners died in hot prisons this month with undetermined causes of death. (texastribune.org)
  • Alabama Today reported that the price tag for the two prisons, each holding 4,000 prisoners, is $1.2 billion. (prisonlegalnews.org)
  • The prison was overcrowded, as is the entire system, which holds 112,000 prisoners in 132 jails that have a combined capacity of just 80,000. (prisonlegalnews.org)
  • The brainchild of Ryan Conarro of the University of Denver Prison Arts Initiative, the channel reaches every state prison, and all 14,000 state prisoners can listen at any hour of the day or night. (prisonlegalnews.org)
  • Suzie Q), 38, of Indian Wells, Arizona, was sentenced last week by United States District Judge Diane J. Humetewa to three years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. (justice.gov)
  • Benjamin Stuart Gomes, 49, will be required to serve five years of supervised release after the prison term, court records show. (kwqc.com)
  • She was in state prison until her release from custody in late-January of this year. (thesmokinggun.com)
  • The court sentenced Wilson to sixty-five months in prison and three years of supervised release. (findlaw.com)
  • lt;p>Daniels was sentenced to 30 months in prison followed by 2 years of supervised release. (atf.gov)
  • U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour imposed the prison term and four years of supervised release to follow incarceration. (irs.gov)
  • The State could also consider diverting more nonviolent, low-risk offenders from prison or reducing their time in prison, and expanding the use of nonprison alternatives for these offenders, such as home arrest. (prisonlegalnews.org)
  • Nearly half of methamphetamine offenders (48 percent) were white and 45 percent were Hispanic. (bespacific.com)
  • Moore lived in northwest Iowa and sold meth to various customers there and he also traveled to Des Moines, one or two times each week to obtain methamphetamine for resale in central and northwest Iowa. (radioiowa.com)
  • FARMINGTON - A Franklin County grand jury Wednesday indicted a local couple in a case involving operation of a methamphetamine lab and endangering the welfare of their three children. (sunjournal.com)
  • Those pushing methamphetamine on our streets should realize that there are serious consequences that can come from selling drugs. (dea.gov)
  • Eight people have been arrested in Tongatapu with sizeable quantity of drugs including 15.93 grams of methamphetamine and 153 cannabis plants over the last forthnight. (matangitonga.to)
  • Broke and in and out of prison because of his self-destructive taste for booze and never-ending quantities of weapons-grade drugs, he was reduced at one point to earning eight cents an hour scrubbing pizza pans in the kitchen of the LA County Jail. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • During stimulants (ATS) are one of the main 2010-2013, 959 methamphetamine forms of stimulant drugs. (who.int)
  • Client's estranged girlfriend alleged Client broke into her room and choked her facing 14 years in State Prison we won at trial JURY ACQUITTAL . (chesleylawyers.com)
  • He was facing 25 (twenty-five) years to life in State Prison. (chesleylawyers.com)
  • When Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D) signed a package of anti-methamphetamine measures into law last Thursday, Michigan became at least the sixth state to define either the use or the production of meth where children are present as child abuse. (stopthedrugwar.org)
  • The State has addressed this growth by constructing new prison facilities and contracting with private prisons, among other things. (prisonlegalnews.org)
  • The State could continue to build prisons and/or contract for private prisons. (prisonlegalnews.org)
  • Arizona's prison growth rate exceeded that of every other western state between 2000 and 2008. (prisonlegalnews.org)
  • Expanding the prison system To address prison population growth, the State has constructed new prison facilities, expanded existing prison facilities by adding new and temporary prison beds, and contracted with private prisons for more beds. (prisonlegalnews.org)
  • This year, state lawmakers chose again not to put any money directly toward installing air conditioning in the dangerously hot prisons, despite a $32.7 billion budget surplus. (texastribune.org)
  • State Rep. Terry Canales , an Edinburg Democrat who has tried for years to pass legislation to install air conditioning in Texas prisons, said the recent deaths during the heat wave are not a coincidence. (texastribune.org)
  • The criminal activity has occurred within four state prisons - Autry, Phillips, Valdosta and Hancock - and the Coastal Transition Center in Savannah, prosecutors said. (ajc.com)
  • State Corrections Commissioner Homer Bryson said most of the contraband cellphones get inside prison walls through prison employees hiding them inside their clothing or inside their meals or through deliveries of supplies. (ajc.com)