A 29-count indictment was unsealed today charging 12 men and 3 women for their roles in a drug trafficking organization and related gun offenses. According to court documents, the defendants were part of a drug trafficking organization that distributed methamphetamine, powder cocaine…

HOUSTON – A 29-count indictment has been unsealed following the arrests of nine individuals for their roles in a drug trafficking organization. Some are also charged with related gun offenses. Houston residents James Michael Brewer aka Creeper, 33, Jonathan Alvarado aka Joker, 28, Alexis…

AUSTIN, Texas – An Austin man was sentenced in a federal court in Austin to 144 months in federal prison for one count of felon in possession. According to court documents, Steven Moreno Briseno, 38, was arrested by Austin Police when he surrendered during a barricaded standoff at his…

BEAUMONT, Texas – A Beaumont man has been sentenced to federal prison for possessing a machinegun in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe McGlothin, Jr. Aaron Charles Hill, 22, pleaded guilty to possession of a machinegun and was sentenced to 57 months in…

HOUSTON – A total of 209 cases have been filed in immigration and border security-related matters from May 9-15, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei. As part of the cases, 78 face allegations of illegally reentering the country. The majority have prior felony convictions for…

SAN ANTONIO – Acting United States Attorney Margaret Leachman for the Western District of Texas announced today, that federal prosecutors in the district filed 295 new immigration and immigration-related criminal cases from May 9 through May 15. Among the new cases, Mexican nationals…

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Two Corpus Christi residents have been ordered to federal prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and heroin, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei. Jesse Martinez, 51, and Gabriel Galindo, 46, both long-time Texas Syndicate…