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A Texas woman accused of fatally shooting a McAlester man in 2019 was federally indicted on three felony charges by a grand jury.

Final Defendant Pleads Guilty in Drug Conspiracy Involving Aryan Circle Published: 09 July 2021 09 July 2021 Houston, Texas - A Louisiana man pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring with members of the Aryan Circle (AC) and others to sell methamphetamine. He is the fourth and final defendant charged in the conspiracy to enter a guilty plea. According to court documents, Shane Louque, 46, of Gonzales, purchased substantial quantities of methamphetamine – at least two kilograms – from an AC...

Gonzales man pleads guilty in Houston area drug conspiracy Staff Report A Gonzales man pleaded guilty July 6 to conspiring with members of the Aryan Circle (AC) and others to sell methamphetamine. According to a release from the U.S. Department of Justice, 46-year-old Shane Louque was the fourth and final defendant charged in the conspiracy to enter a guilty plea. As revealed in court documents, Louque purchased substantial quantities of methamphetamine, at least two kilograms, from an AC me...

A Houston man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas.

Eleven Defendants Charged with Murder in Indian Country Published: 15 May 2021 15 May 2021 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Oklahoma has returned separate indictments charging 11 defendants with murder and other various violent crimes arising out of Indian Country. Over the course of a three-day grand jury session in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, trial attorneys with the Justice Department’s Organized Crime and Gang...

Former Union Official Sentenced for Violent Extortion Details Written by Justice Department Indianapolis, Indiana - An Indiana man and former business agent of Iron Workers Local 395 was sentenced Monday to more than four years in prison for conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act extortion. Thomas Williamson Sr., 70, of Schererville, pleaded guilty on Jan. 24, 2020. According to court documents, Williamson organized and led an assault on a group of non-union ironworkers as ...

Herald Democrat One member of the Aryan Circle pleaded guilty today to his role in a violent assault of a man in October 2016, as well as conspiring to sell firearms to a convicted felon, and a Mexican national pleaded guilty on Monday, April 19, to conspiring with members of the AC and others to sell methamphetamine, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei for the Eastern District of Texas and Acting Assistant Attorney General Nicholas L. McQuaid of the Justice Department’s Crimin...

May 7, 2021 A Maryland man pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise by murdering a suspected rival gang member and attempting to murder two other victims, in connection with his MS-13 gang activities. According to his plea agreement and other court documents, from March 2016, Moises Alexis Reyes-Canales, aka Sicopita, 23, of Annapolis, was a member and associate of MS-13, and participated in a racketeering conspiracy that included assaults, murder, attempte...

Ortiz, 41, is a fugitive. Hall has been moved from custody in Pueblo to federal custody in Denver. The indictment alleges that the Ace gang "is a criminal organization whose members and associates engaged in narcotics distribution and acts of violence, including acts involving murder."  It goes on to allege that "the gang, including its leadership, membership, and associates, constituted an enterprise ... engaged in racketeering activity, namely, acts involving murder in violation of Colorad...

Thomas Williamson Sr., 70, of Schererville, pleaded guilty on Jan. 24, 2020 . According to court documents, Williamson organized and led an assault on a group of non-union ironworkers as part of an attempt to obtain a contract to perform construction work on the Plum Creek Christian Academy, a school affiliated with the Dyer Baptist Church in Dyer, Indiana. In January 2016, Williamson learned that a non-union ironworking company was performing work for the Dyer Baptist Church, which he conside...