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Last member of Northwest Arkansas meth trafficking group sentenced

BY: - June 4, 2023

An Oklahoma man nicknamed “Misfit” was sentenced to more than 33 years in federal prison last week, the last member of a Northwest Arkansas drug trafficking organization to be sentenced in an investigation that began in September 2020. Steven James Warner, 46, of McAlester, Oklahoma, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Timothy L. Brooks to […]

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Feds charge Memphis man in connection to illegal importation and sale of airbags

BY: - May 17, 2023

A federal grand jury has indicted a Memphis man on allegations of illegally importing counterfeit airbag parts, assembling them and selling them on eBay to automotive repair shops. U.S. Attorney Kevin Ritz of Tennessee’s Western District announced Wednesday the indictment and arrest of Mohammed Al-Abadi, 51, for one count of trafficking in counterfeit goods and […]

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Man sentenced to life in prison in sex trafficking of 6-year-old

BY: - October 25, 2022

A Little Rock man who pleaded guilty last year to conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of a 6-year-old child received a life sentence Tuesday from U.S. District Judge Brian Miller. DeMarcus George, 28, is one of two men charged in the case, which began in February 2018 when the 6-year-old was taken to Arkansas Children’s […]