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Ian Diaz-Reales Arrested At JFK With 67 Pounds Of Marijuana
A man accused of fueling gun violence through illegal firearm sales was caught smuggling 67 pounds of marijuana at JFK Airport, authorities announced on Monday, March 17.
Ian Diaz-Reales, 27, of Reading, Pennsylvania, was arrested on March 2 while attempting to board an outbound flight with the massive drug stash, according to the Berks County District Attorney’s Office. Diaz-Reales had already been wanted for allegedly purchasing multiple firearms and illegally funneling them to criminals involved in drug trafficking, gang activity, and violence, authorities said.
The Berks County Gun Viol…
Dauphin County Prison Cut Heat, Power, Deprived Inmates Of Basics: Lawsuit
Dauphin County Prison officials cut heat and electricity, confiscated toilet paper, and stripped inmates of basic necessities in response to alleged drug use, according to a federal lawsuit filed on December 17, 2024. The lawsuit, brought by the Abolitionist Law Center, accuses prison staff of imposing inhumane conditions on detainees in restricted housing units (RHU) in late 2023.
Court records allege that officials punished detainees after discovering synthetic marijuana, allegedly smuggled in by prison staff. Instead of addressing internal misconduct, officials targeted incarcerated indiv…
Convicted Rapist Among MontCo Inmates Who Soaked Sheets Of Paper With Drugs To Sell In Jail: DA
Four people have been charged with conspiring to smuggle drugs into the Montgomery County Correctional Facility in Lower Providence Township, authorities said.
Mason Hall, 22, and three co-conspirators, Luis Valazquez, 37 Latashia Lucas, 31, and Patrick Perna, 21, all of Norristown, were charged in the case, according to the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office.
The investigation found that inmates Hall and Valazquez, both housed in the same maximum-security section of the prison, were working with Hall’s friend Perna, and Valazquez’s girlfriend Lucas in an attempt to get controlled…
DA: Inmate Sentenced For Smuggling Drugs Into Bucks County Jail With Help From Son, Officer
An inmate was sentenced Thursday for his involvement in a drug-smuggling ring inside the Bucks County Jail in which eight other men, including his son and a corrections officer, were accomplices, authorities announced.
Vincent McCandless Sr., 35, who was already serving four and a half to 10 years in state prison at the time of his arrest, will add an additional 35 to 70 months to his sentence, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's office.
Authorities allege that Joseph J. Jennings, 32, of Warminster smuggled Suboxone into the Doylestown jail on multiple occasions…
