SEATTLE, Aug. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Investigation Seattle Field Office issued the following press release:

Tacoma - A 44-year-old Puyallup resident was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma for his role as a significant distributor of narcotics for a Drug Trafficking Organization tied to white prison gangs, announced First Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Floyd. In February 2026, Daniel Hammond was convicted at trial of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. At today's sentencing hearing Chief U.S. District Judge David G. Estudillo sentenced Hammond to 11 years in prison saying, "These substances have wreaked havoc in our communities.. We are not dealing with someone who is just an ...