Drug Crimes – Coastal News & Report

Major Detroit Michigan Opioid Dealer sentenced to 10 years in Federal Prison for Narcotic and Firearms Charges

Coastal News & Report January 22, 2021

BISMARK, NORTH DAKOTA – United States Attorney Drew Wrigley announced that United States District Court Judge Daniel L. Hovland has sentenced Jorge Pitts, AKA “Jose”, age 30 of Detroit, Michigan, to 10 years in federal prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute…

Mexican National Sentenced to Over 7 Years in Federal Prison for Scheming to Launder Money for Drug Trafficking Organizations

Coastal News & Report January 21, 2021

LOS ANGELES , CALIFORNIA – A Mexican national who pleaded guilty to a federal racketeering offense and admitted participating in a scheme to launder drug trafficking proceeds – which included attempting to purchase a bank to facilitate the money laundering – was…

Front Royal Man Pleads Guilty to Dealing Two Fatal Doses of Fentanyl-laced Heroin

Coastal News & Report January 21, 2021

HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA – A Front Royal, Virginia man, who in the fall of 2017 distributed two fatal, fentanyl-laced doses of heroin, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Harrisonburg to a drug charge that carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 20…

As Biden Pushes for Open Borders, Halts Border Wall, Murderers, Sex Offenders and Violent Criminals Continue Illegal Border Crossings

Coastal News & Report January 21, 2021

Sierra Vista, AZ – As President Joe Biden pushes to open America’s southern border and halt the construction of the border wall between Mexico and the United States, crime along the border as a result of immigration has skyrocketed. According to a…

DEA arrests 4 in Atlantic City based cocaine, heroin drug dealing network

Coastal News & Report January 20, 2021

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – A two-month investigation into the distribution of narcotics from an Atlantic City apartment building has resulted in the arrest of four individuals and the recovery of multiple handguns and drugs. Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey…

170 bags of heroin seized by Police during Atlantic City traffic stop

Coastal News & Report January 20, 2021

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ – On January 19, 2021, a motor vehicle stop resulted in the arrest of one man in possession of distribution amounts of narcotics. At 6:21 pm, Officer Kevin Perez conducted a motor vehicle stop at Indiana and Huron Avenues…

151 pounds of meth worth $7 million seized in one of largest drug busts in Kentucky history

Coastal News & Report January 19, 2021

OWENSBORO, KENTUCKY – An Owensboro Drug Trafficking Organization is behind bars and charged with multiple felonies after being caught with 151 pounds of methamphetamine, 3.5 pounds of counterfeit pills with suspected deadly fentanyl, and other drugs, announced United States Attorney Russell Coleman.…