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Miller was sentenced to 17 years as Tucson’s self-described “Queen of the South.”
Amanda Rachelle Miller, 35, of Tucson, was sentenced Sept. 22, 2026, to 17 years in federal prison plus 36 months of supervised release for leading a large-scale Arizona drug-trafficking organization, with a $25,000 fine and $25,000 in community restitution.
By Crime Talk Network Staff Writer ·
A sentence after conviction is the court’s judgment on the counts that supported the term. It is not a new accusation. Amanda Rachelle Miller, 35, of Tucson, the self-described “Queen of the South,” was sentenced Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, to 17 years (204 months) in federal prison followed by 36 months of supervised release, plus a $25,000 fine, $25,000 in community restitution, and a $400 special assessment. Reporting from News 4 Tucson / KVOA and KGUN 9 says she directed the enterprise for more than three years while a fugitive in Mexico, supervising couriers, bulk deliveries, and cross-border money laundering.
Local reporting credited to the U.S. Attorney’s Office and DEA-linked coverage says Miller’s network was tied to multi-kilogram trafficking and money laundering, and that the multi-year investigation seized cash, firearms, vehicles, and luxury items. Co-conspirators in related cases received separate prison terms in earlier sentencings. Those are the facts as reported. They are the conduct behind the judgment.
Seventeen years is the term the court imposed. Supervised release and fines are part of that judgment. They are not a new indictment.
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Tuscaloosa police charged Daronte Collins with felony murder after a Saturday apartment-complex shooting.
WBRC's jail photo is captioned Daronte Collins and puts both men at 22. The Tuscaloosa Thread, citing Violent Crimes Unit Lt. Michael Hall, spells the charged man Deronte and puts both at 20. Patch and the Calhoun Journal also use Daronte and 20. A felony-murder count, which the Thread and the Journal describe as Alabama's rule when someone dies during a robbery, is not a finding that Collins fired the shot that killed Tyson. The Thread says the 25-year-old has not been charged.
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Reporting noted by WBRC, Tuscaloosa Thread, Calhoun Journal, and Tuscaloosa Patch.
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High Point police charged Kymberli Bowden with first-degree murder in her 13-year-old daughter's death.
The Oct. 8 release is a new murder count on a case the department charged in 2025 as felony child abuse and concealment of death. It is not a trial. The murder-charge release says she remains in jail with no bond. WXII reported a violent-offense hold and a $1 million bond on the older counts. The 2025 release listed her age as 44. The murder-charge release, WXII, and FOX 35 Orlando list 45.
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Reporting noted by High Point Police Department, WXII, FOX 35 Orlando, and News & Observer.
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Chicago police charged Chevazz Campbell in the stabbing death of CTA janitor Julian Mobley.
A detention hearing is the first court date. It is not a finding that Campbell stabbed anyone. The department's Sunday release says he robbed and fatally stabbed a 41-year-old man in the 2000 block of West Lake Street. ABC7 and CBS Chicago name that man as Julian Mobley and describe a fare dispute that turned into a stabbing. The department's charge list and CBS Chicago's shorter summary do not match count for count.
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Reporting noted by Chicago Police Department, ABC7 Chicago, and CBS Chicago.