Mostly Cloudy 60°
Tag:

Houston, Texas

News
Drug Mule Busted Taking 40 Kilos Of Coke From Source In Mexico To Virginia Gets Prison Time Drug Mule Busted Taking 40 Kilos Of Coke From Source In Mexico To Virginia Gets Prison Time
Drug Mule Busted Taking 40 Kilos Of Coke From Source In Mexico To Virginia Gets Prison Time The Texas man who attempted to flood Virginia streets with cocaine for a Mexican drug trafficking organization is heading to prison, federal authorities announced. Carlos Alfonso Gonzalez, 31, was sentenced by a judge in Virginia to 150 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to possess and distribute nearly 40 kilograms of cocaine, which could be worth upwards of a million dollars on the streets. The Brownsville, Texas resident agreed with a Mexican source to transport a load of cocaine from Houston to Richmond last year, though he didn't make it to his destination, according to offi…

SHARE

by Zak Failla
News
2 Women Killed In Virginia RV Crash, Driver Charged: Police 2 Women Killed In Virginia RV Crash, Driver Charged: Police
2 Women Killed In Virginia RV Crash, Driver Charged: Police Two women traveling in an RV died in a rash involving a tractor trailer on Interstate 66 this week in Virginia, authorities said. Ifreke E. Inyang, 25, of Houston, Texas, was charged with reckless driving after the Winnebago RV he was operating struck the eastbound trailer near milepost 16 around 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8 in Fauquier County, State Police said. The RV went off the road, through a guardrail and down an embankment, killing 39-year-old Lenisha T. Simon and 24-year-old Brenda M. Oyervides, both of Houston, VSP said. Another RV passenger, a woman from Louisiana, was …

SHARE

by Cecilia Levine