David Sauceda

David Sauceda, the Mexican Mafia gang member and murder suspect who escaped from the Bexar County Jail on Oct. 28, was apprehended Saturday by Mexican law enforcement officials at the Mexico home where he was living, authorities announced this morning. Sauceda, 28, was captured outside a house in Tangancicuaro, a remote city of about 30,000 people in central Mexico, where he was living with his girlfriend and two children, according to the U.S....

Craig Petties

Craig Petties alleged drug operation which is estimated to have run from 1995 up until this year. The superseding indictment follows a 40-page one laid against him originally in 2002 before he went on the run.Petties -- in addition to conspiracy to distribute marijuana and cocaine...

Wilber Varela aka Soap

The body of Wilber Varela, known as "Jabon" or "Soap," was found on Wednesday in a hotel room in Merida state in neighboring Venezuela, said a Colombian police source who asked not to be identified.The boss of Colombia's biggest remaining cocaine cartel was killed by gunfire in Venezuela...

Frank Contreras aka TANK

Frank Contreras, 19, a former Miami Beach High student, was charged with first-degree felony murder Thursday. Detectives had arrested Charles J. Greenfield, 33, on the same charge late Wednesday.Investigators say the pair provided heroin to Mark S. Harris, 21, who was found dead of an overdose on Jan. 24 in his truck in a municipal parking lot off 41st Street and Prairie Avenue.Greenfield told Miami Beach Detective Wayne Holbrook that Harris was...

pornographic images Edison Chan, Gillian Chung, Cecilia Cheung, and Bobo Chan.

According to news sources, a 29 year old unemployed man was arrested on Wednesday after police tracked down his IP address for his involvement in the recent spread of pornographic images on the Internet involving Hong Kong pop singers Edison Chan, Gillian Chung, Cecilia Cheung, and...

Alex Del Nogal

Alex Del Nogal was arrested in Trapani, Sicily, south Italy, for his alleged involvement in drug traffic among Colombia, Argentina, Venezuela and Europe, and he will be prosecuted next week in the Sicilian capital of Palermo, local media reported, as quoted by Efe.Del Nogal was arrested last September when he tried to enter Italy, as the police issued a search and arrest order for him under charges of alleged drug traffic. He faced trial last January...

Kameron Lawhead

Kameron Lawhead, 33, of Kilauea, to two consecutive five-year terms for the crimes. Lawhead argued with the judge and offered a “thank you” upon receiving the sentence.Lawhead was convicted Oct. 31 for the two Class C felonies, each punishable by up to five years of imprisonment.Deputy Prosecutor Marc Guyot recommended the court impose the maximum sentence of 10 years when presenting the case.The convictions stem from a 2006 incident in which Lawhead...

Kameron Lawhead

Kameron Lawhead, 33, of Kilauea, to two consecutive five-year terms for the crimes. Lawhead argued with the judge and offered a “thank you” upon receiving the sentence.Lawhead was convicted Oct. 31 for the two Class C felonies, each punishable by up to five years of imprisonment.Deputy Prosecutor Marc Guyot recommended the court impose the maximum sentence of 10 years when presenting the case.The convictions stem from a 2006 incident in which Lawhead...

Shane Leslie Wood,Joseph A. Oliveira Jr,Larry D. Simms Jr,Frank Gonzales,Eddie Cabassa ,Dan M. Danforth

Larry D. Simms Jr., 24, of Waterville and Eddie Cabassa were arrested after police caught them trying to flush more than 100 grams of lump, crack cocaine down a toilet.Police said the rock was two-thirds the size of a softball.The cocaine reportedly clogged the toilet, requiring the Winslow Public Works Department to remove the toilet from the floor and haul it away for police as evidence. Winslow Police Chief Richard Grindall said it was the largest...

Ian Gayle

Ian Gayle, 43, admitted acting as a drug courier and pleaded guilty to possessing 46.2 grams of crack-cocaine with intent to supply. Gayle, of Fairfield Road, Edmonton had been renting a room in a house in Galway Avenue in Ipswich when the property was searched on December 5 last year.Godfried Duah, prosecuting, said Gayle directed police to an amount of “weed”. However two packages of crack-cocaine, £480 in cash, a mobile telephone, electronic scales...

Javier Lopez Cardenas,Jose Luis Martinez

Javier Lopez Cardenas, 31, and Jose Luis Martinez, 29, arrived in a truck just before 3 p.m. with the packaged kilos of cocaine in a laundry bin. The transaction was made and officers quickly swooped in to complete the deal.The two men, both South Putnam residents, are expected to face federal indictments for trafficking, with a possibility that charges may include conspiracy to distribute cocaine. As it now stands they face maximum life terms under...

Daniel J. Nicksic

Daniel J. Nicksic left St. Thomas More School in the back of a police car Wednesday, under arrest for cocaine possession Daniel J. Nicksic left St. Thomas More School in the back of a police car Wednesday, under arrest for cocaine possession. Nicksic, 29, was taken into custody after...

Darren Hill

Darren Hill was charged with trafficking in cocaine, manufacture of crack cocaine, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and possession of ecstasy. Hill was additionally arrested on an open warrant charging him sale and delivery of a controlled substanceDeLand police...

Paul Muscat

A Gozitan part-time farmer was yesterday jailed for 18 years and fined €45,000 (Lm19,318) after a panel of jurors found him guilty to cultivating, possessing and trafficking in over 19 kilogrammes of dried cannabis leaves worth €47,100 (Lm20,220).After five hours deliberation, the panel of jurors found Paul Muscat, 59, from Nadur, guilty by seven votes to two to cultivating cannabis in his fields at Wied Bingemma limits of Nadur Gozo. He was also...

Akram Omar Ibrahim Tawerghi

A Libyan man was remanded in custody yesterday after pleading not guilty to possessing a “considerable amount” of cannabis resin with intent to traffic it. Akram Omar Ibrahim Tawerghi, 23, was accused of being in possession of the cannabis which was found in circumstances denoting it was not for his personal use. The court heard how on Wednesday night, the police caught Mr Tawerghi in possession of a “considerable amount” of cannabis, hidden in a...

Timothy Dullum

Timothy Dullum, 38, is due in court today after his arrest this morning outside 704 Keck Avenue, where police say he set up a meth lab. According to a probable cause affidavit filed in the case, Dullum admitted doing so and told authorities that he used and sold the drug.Evansville Police Department officers went to the home shortly before 2 a.m. in response to a narcotics complaint and met Dullum as he was leaving, the affidavit said.A search of...