A federal complaint filed in U.S. District Court Thursday accuses 12 people, including at least one Tacoma man, of conspiring to distribute controlled substances.
A federal complaint filed in U.S. District Court Thursday accuses 12 people, including at least one Tacoma man, of conspiring to distribute controlled substances.
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Former Chicago Bears and Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Sam Hurd reportedly pleaded guilty in federal court to trying to buy cocaine and marijuana in an attempt to setup a drug-distribution network on Thursday.
Eagle man William Oldenburg, 66, admitted that between March 2011, and May 2012 he conspired to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than 1,800 pounds of the synthetic marijuana substitute known as spice, U.S. Attorney Wendy Olson announced Monday.
Oldenburg also admitted to taking part in a conspiracy to conduct a series of financial transactions in order to evade federal reporting requirements.
He pled guilty Monday to conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance analogue and conspiracy to structure transactions. The first charge carries maximum penalties of 20 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a $1 million fine. Maximum penalties for the transactions charge are five years in prison, three years of supervised release and a $250,000 fine.
Federal agents found $82,000 stashed in the home of a Tacoma man charged Thursday with 11 others with selling heroine, cocaine and methamphetamine in Western Washington over the past five years.
A federal judge has ordered Dow Chemical Co. to pay $1.21 billion in damages after it lost a class-action lawsuit that accused it of conspiring to fix prices.
The dispute over where to bury suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev escalated Wednesday as a Massachusetts police chief urged someone to step forward with a cemetery plot, saying: "We are not barbarians. We bury the dead."
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