January 8, 2015 US Attorney: Federal grand jury indicts 3 cartel members in SC kidnapping case Three men affiliated with a Mexican drug cartel have been indicted on charges of kidnapping a South Carolina man and holding him for ransom for nearly a week in a dispute over $200,000 in marijuana, according to federal officials.
January 8, 2015 Man charged with kidnapping, assault at alleged drug cartel house in Minnesota pleads guilty One of the four men accused of keeping a "stash house" for a Mexican drug cartel in St. Paul has pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute methamphetamine.
January 8, 2015 Jack W. Tocco, who federal authorities say was a Detroit mob boss, dies at 87 Jack W.
January 8, 2015 Son of former Philadelphia mob boss convicted of defrauding publicly traded company The son of a former Philadelphia mob boss has been convicted in a financial fraud trial.
January 8, 2015 Authorities: 17 indicted in New York probe of international drug ring, money laundering Authorities say 17 members of an international drug ring flooded parts of New York, Massachusetts and Ohio with several tons of a narcotic obtained from Yemen, Kenya and Ethiopia.
January 8, 2015 Alleged Calif. hitman pleads guilty to Alabama murder and is sentenced to 50 years in prison An alleged hitman charged in 11 killings in California and Florida has pleaded guilty to murder in Alabama.
January 8, 2015 Las Vegas man accused of posting West Texas billboard threats says he wanted to prove a point A Las Vegas man admitted to police that he painted drug cartel-style threats and hung two mannequins from El Paso billboards in an effort to show that people die because of the drug trade into the United States, according to arrest affidavits.
January 8, 2015 Police investigate threatening graffiti, mannequins hanging in nooses, in El Paso El Paso police are investigating threatening graffiti on billboards alongside mannequins hanging from nooses in messages reminiscent of threats issued by drug cartels in Mexico.
January 8, 2015 Alleged gang member accused of using toddler as shield in Colorado An alleged gang member is accused of using toddler as a shield during a standoff with Greeley police, according to court documents.
January 8, 2015 Former top lieutenant in Gulf drug cartel sentenced in South Texas to 20 years in prison U.S. authorities say a former top lieutenant for the Gulf drug cartel has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for organizing large shipments of cocaine and marijuana into the U.S.