U.S. District Court Judge Danny C. Reeves sentenced Rashad Ross, 34, to 74 months in prison and Antwan Wills, 29, to 37 months,

U.S. District Court Judge Danny C. Reeves sentenced Rashad Ross, 34, to 74 months in prison and Antwan Wills, 29, to 37 months, according to the office of Kerry Harvey, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky.

Ross and Wills were criminally charged after U.S. Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents found about 77 grams of heroin in a package from Mexico that was addressed to an Elsmere residence in September 2010.

Undercover agents delivered the package without the heroin. Curtis Widner, who lived at the Elsmere address, was arrested after accepting the package. Investigators learned that Wills and Ross arranged for Widner to accept the heroin, according to the U.S. Attorney's office.

Widner was sentenced to 23 months in federal prison in May for his part in the scheme.

Wills and Ross, both of Covington, will have to serve at least 85 percent of their sentences. and will be on supervised release for six years after that.

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Grand jury indicts 22 in 10-year cocaine ring

Grand jury indicts 22 in 10-year cocaine ring: "Montel Staples, 41, of West Mifflin, the former coach; 55-year-old Dennis Haenze and 36-year-old Earl Lamar of Pittsburgh; and Urian R. Jones, 34, of Duquesne. All four are charged with conspiring to distribute five or more kilograms of cocaine.
In addition to coaching, Mr. Staples was a paraprofessional in the elementary school in the district until he resigned last fall. He was hired as part of a team that focused on students who are struggling in the classroom because of emotional, behavioral or disciplinary issues.
The 22 are accused of being a part of 'a 10-year-long conspiracy to distribute cocaine and launder monetary instruments,' according to a news release from the Department of Justice. The grand jury handed up the indictment June 15.
All of those indicted except one could face life in prison, an $8 million fine, or both, if convicted."

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Two jailed for selling drugs - Winnipeg Free Press

Two jailed for selling drugs - Winnipeg Free Press: "Joseph Ronald Desjarlais, 34, was given four years in prison, while Dustin Jeremy Barker, 22, received three years behind bars Tuesday following joint-recommendations between Crown and defence lawyers.
The penalties are in addition to five months already spent in custody, which was given just single-time credit based on their histories of breaching court orders.
Desjarlais and Barker were among 31 people arrested last December as part of 'Project Divide'. A total of five accused have now pleaded guilty and been sentenced, with several more expected in the coming weeks."

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Ernest Lee Porter, 34, was arrested Friday, two days after deputies raided his Rio del Mar home

Ernest Lee Porter, 34, was arrested Friday, two days after deputies raided his Rio del Mar home, according to Sgt. Mark Yanez.Deputies confiscated about 450 plants from gardens set up in several rooms of the Loma Prieta Drive house and a couple of outbuildings, the Sheriff's Office reported.
"He had grows everywhere," Yanez said.Porter allegedly had about 10 pounds of marijuana either drying or packaged to sell and approximately $18,500 cash at his house, according to the Sheriff's Office.
During the search for pot, deputies also found almost a pound and a half of cocaine and two shotguns, Yanez said.Detectives believe that Porter, who lived in the house, was selling cocaine and marijuana. He told deputies he was a medicinal user, Yanez said."He's selling it, so he's outside of state guidelines," Yanez said. "We don't bust people for being out of the county guidelines. ... Generally cases we do that result in arrests are the people who are selling it."
Porter was arrested on suspicion of possessing for sale and transporting cocaine, possessing for sale and transporting of marijuana and enhancements for large quantity of cocaine and possessing firearms while possessing a controlled substance for sale, according to Yanez.Yanez said the marijuana grow tip came in Wednesday. Detectives did some follow-up investigation before going to a judge for a search warrant, which was served the same day. Porter was there when the raid started, but left.County Jail records showed Porter was taken into custody Friday afternoon at a home on the Eastside of Santa Cruz, booked into jail and later released on $100,000 bail.

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Chris Terry, 34, of Jacksonville, Fla., was booked into jail on charges of class A felony dealing cocaine

Former NFL offensive tackle Chris Terry is under arrest in Clarksville, Indiana for a number of charges, including possessing and dealing cocaine, resisting law enforcement, and possession of a handgun without a permit, Matt Thacker of the News and Tribune reports.Terry, 34, is being held without bond by the Clark County Sheriff’s Department.
A second-round pick (34th overall) out of Georgia in 1999 by the Carolina Panthers, Terry spent the first 3+ seasons of his NFL career with the Panthers before being released after missing a court date related to a domestic assault charge.
Chris Terry, 34, of Jacksonville, Fla., was booked into jail on charges of class A felony dealing cocaine and class C felony possession of cocaine along with charges of operating while intoxicated by refusal, resisting law enforcement, possession of a handgun without a permit and driving with a suspended license.

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