Orlando, Fla. – Alex Robert Cookshott, 56, of Palm Bay, Fla., has been sentenced to 12 years and 7 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine. Cookshott pleaded guilty on December 17, 2025. U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe made the announcement. According to court documents, throughout January 2025...

Tallahassee, Fla. – Robert “Bobby” Shane Willis, 46, of Perry, Fla., was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after previously pleading guilty to distribution of 5 grams or more of methamphetamine. The sentence was announced by John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. U.S...

Orlando, Fla. – Victor Raul Cordero Arocho (39, Melbourne) has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Julie S. Sneed to 15 years in federal prison for distributing and possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine as well as possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime...

Tallahassee, Fla. – Antonio Carlos Shine, 38, of Dania, Fla., pleaded guilty in federal court to possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine and marijuana. The plea was announced by John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. U.S. Attorney Heekin said...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – On May 15, 2026, Seayon Weston, 39, of Knoxville, TN, was charged via criminal complaint with fentanyl and firearms offenses in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville. The complaint charges Weston with possessing with the intent to distribute over 400...

Gainesville, Fla. – Quardarell Henry Robinson, 38, of Williston, Fla., has been indicted in federal court for manufacturing crack cocaine, possessing with the intent to distribute multiple controlled substances, possessing a firearm during a drug-trafficking crime, and possessing multiple firearms as a convicted felon. John P. Heekin, United States Attorney...

Tallahassee, Fla. – Tedrick Childs, 46, of Tallahassee, Fla., has pleaded guilty in federal court to distribution of cocaine and distribution of methamphetamine. The plea was announced by John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. U.S. Attorney Heekin said: “Ridding our streets of the drug...

ATLANTA - Owe Martin Andresen, the suspected main administrator of Dream Market, one of the largest illicit darknet marketplaces before its 2019 shutdown, has been indicted for an alleged scheme to launder funds from Dream Market’s administrator accounts. Andresen was arrested last week in Germany on parallel charges brought by...

Louisville, KY – Last week, a Louisville man was arrested and charged by complaint with possession with the intent to distribute over 400 grams of fentanyl, possession of firearms as a convicted felon, and possessing firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking. U.S. Attorney Kyle G. Bumgarner of the Western District...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – On April 25, 2026, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration joined 4,306 law enforcement agencies across the country for the 30th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. The bi-annual event collected 642,410 pounds of unneeded and expired medications at 4,417 collection sites nationwide. Here in the Louisville Field...