Investigative News Releases

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – Two residents of Altoona, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of narcotics trafficking related to a six-month Title III wiretap investigation into drug trafficking in and around Blair, Cambria, Centre, and Clearfield counties, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today.

NORFOLK, Va. – Two men have been sentenced to prison for their roles in a conspiracy to mail fentanyl and other drugs from California to Virginia for distribution. According to court documents, Devin Joseph Stukes-McFarland, 27, of Virginia Beach, distributed fentanyl using an online service and marketing his fentanyl as legitimate Percocet. From Sept. 21, 2021, to March 27, 2023, Stukes-McFarland received approximately 70 USPS parcels, 15 of which contained fentanyl pills, Xanax pills, and

Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CHRISTOPHER JUSINO-RODRIGUEZ, 32, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 180 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine.

Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ISRAEL MENDOZA, also known as “D-Nice” and “Israel Mandosa,” 44, formerly of Reading, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to conspiracy to distribute, and to possess with intent to distribute, heroin and cocaine.

CAMDEN, N.J. – A former U.S. Postal Service (USPS) mail carrier has been convicted of bribery, fraud, and conspiracy charges, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.