Meth Ring News Today

A Kansas City, Missouri, man who was convicted for running a $4.1 million meth ring linked to two murders and was sentenced in federal court on Tuesday.

Manuel Lucero, 56, whose lawyer said is a drug addict, pleaded guilty in both cases in federal court in Erie and was sentenced to mandatory minimum.

Four men are behind bars on suspicion of running a meth ring in Sonoma County. DEA agents arrested the men Wednesday and Thursday, following a 16-month-long

And the justice department as well. authorities have to assess is this in the publics interest to pursue something that will ultimately turn into a big political fight? you know, whether youre knocking off a gas station critical meth ring or talking about subpoenaing the president of the united states, these are the determinations that prosecutors have to make. now, look, these are quite serious when youre talking about the possible mishandling of classified or sensitive top-secret information, ...

>> according to my understanding, the royals are actually one of the fastest growing gangs in the state of mississippi. >> one of the fastest growing organizations for the simple fact that everybody is learning about it, and thats what they want to be. but to truly be a royal, you got to understand our bylaws and the way we do ourselves. just because you say im a royal and you out here selling drugs and you get a couple tattoos dont make you a royal. royal is in your heart. royal is in the way y...

Growing gangs in the state of mississippi. >> one of the fastest growing organizations for the simple fact that everybody is learning about it, and thats what they want to be. but to truly be a royal, you got to understand our bylaws and the way we do ourselves. just because you say im a royal and you get a couple tattoos dont make you a royal. royal is in your heart. royal is in the way you live. >> so what youre saying is the simon city royals is a brotherhood? >> yes, maam. most definitely. w...

Mississippi. >> one of the fastest growing organizations for the simple fact that everybody is learning about it, and thats what they want to be. but to truly be a royal, you got to understand our bylaws and the way we do ourselves. just because you say im a royal and you get a couple tattoos dont make you a royal. royal is in your heart. royal is in the way you live. >> so what youre saying is the simon city royals is a brotherhood? >> yes, maam. most definitely. when you bring a brotherhood fr...

Change in the population. >> get the door, please. >> traditionally most of the prisoners were from inner cities, big cities, such as gary, indianapolis, south bend, fort wayne areas. now were seeing a lot more offenders come in from rural communities. i think thats due in part to the methamphetamine problem. the ingredients for methamphetamine come from farms. thats why we have a large amount of offenders that are being incarcerated, in my opinion, from local, small communities. they get involv...

Years earlier, has seen a big change in the population. >> get the door, please. >> traditionally most of the prisoners were from inner cities, gary, indianapolis, south bend, fort wayne. now were seeing a lot more offenders come in from rural communities. i think thats due in part to the methamphetamine problem. the ingredients for methamphetamine come from farms. thats why we have a large amount of offenders that are being incarcerated, in my opinion, from local, small communities. they get in...

A big change in the population. >> secure the door, please. >> traditionally most of the prisoners were from inner cities, gary, indianapolis, south bend, fort wayne. now were seeing a lot more from rural communities. i think thats due in part to the methamphetamine problem. the ingredients for methamphetamine come from farms. thats why we have a large amount of offenders that are being incarcerated, my opinion, from local small communities. they get involved with the meth ring and get caught up...