Submitted by United States Attorneyâs Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma Dec 23, 2020
Dec 23, 2020
MUSKOGEE The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced today that ten defendants have been indicted for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute heroin and methamphetamine in the Eastern District of Oklahoma and elsewhere. Drug Conspiracy is punishable by not less than 10 years imprisonment, and up to a $10,000,000 fine or both. One of the ten defendants indicted is also charged with firearm offenses carrying punishment of not more than 10 years imprisonment, and up to a $250,000 fine or both. A coordinated law enforcement operation to arrest the defendants charged in the indictment is complete. A copy of the full indictment can be found online at https://go.usa.gov/xAbth.
From staff reports
Dec 22, 2020
The U.S. Attorney s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced a Tahlequah man has pleaded guilty after allegedly distributing heroin.
An indictment alleged that in February 2019, Feather Cheyenne Pacheco, 24, intentionally distributed a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of heroin.
The drug charge is punishable by up to 20 years imprisonment, up to a $1 million fine, or both.
The charges arose from a probe by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Internal Revenue Service, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, the Muskogee County Sheriff s Office, the Muskogee Police Department, and the Tulsa County Sheriff s Office.
By Ed Williams and Wufei Yu, Searchlight New Mexico |
December 23, 2020
Wufei Yu/Searchlight New Mexico
Richard Yue, one of the workers in Bryan Peng s New Mexico workforce, setting up greenhouses at the Big Buddha Farms in Oklahoma
MONTEREY PARK, Calif. Irving Lin, a jovial entrepreneur in his late 60’s, wanted to share a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, a near-miraculous way out of the economic devastation wrought on Southern California’s Chinese communities by the pandemic: the gift of marijuana.
“We are making a fortune in Oklahoma, and you can too,” Lin, speaking in Mandarin, told a crowd of 30 potential investors gathered for a PowerPoint presentation at a Chinese cultural center on Dec. 5. The return on investment is as high as 1,200 percent, Lin explained eagerly. Finance one greenhouse, and you’ll walk away with $300,000. Three greenhouses will make you a millionaire.
Joel French, 40, is accused of operating a large-scale human trafficking ring in the Oklahoma City metro.
Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics agents had French locked up earlier this month on a $1 million bond. He was arrested on complaints of human trafficking and pandering.
News 9 went to French’s neighborhood on Wednesday where word was spreading about the illegal operation.
With flyers in hand, the operator of JohnTV.com canvased the streets of an upscale Choctaw neighborhood near East Reno Avenue and Triple X Road. Brian Bates was letting residents know an accused pimp lives next door.
Bates recently posted about French s arrest on his website.
MANY, La. Many Town Council members were unanimous in their support during a special session at noon Monday to approve Mayor Ken Freeman s appointment of an interim police chief.Â
The appointment is history-making for the town in that the person Freeman recommended is a female, making her the first woman to fill the town s top cop spot.Â
Freeman s choice is Cheryl Wooley, a Many resident who for 11 years was a state drug agent for the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. She also worked as a child welfare supervisor with the Oklahoma Department of Human Services.Â
Cheryl Wooley