EAST ST. LOUIS, IL - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today that Harold Lawayne Barron, a/k/a “Wayne,” 51, of Murphysboro, Ill., was sentenced for his involvement in a methamphetamine conspiracy and a crack cocaine conspiracy. Barron, who had previously pled guilty to the two-count...

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today that Brandon K. Craig, 21, of Carbondale, Ill., was sentenced for his involvement in a methamphetamine conspiracy in the Southern District of Illinois. Stephen R. Craig, who had previously pled guilty to the...

ST. LOUIS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today that all forfeiture claims in the civil case against $11,071,188.64, seized from brokerage accounts involving money laundering transactions, were struck down by U.S. District Judge Carol E. Jackson, of the Eastern District of Missouri. The...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today thatDavid E. Rodebaugh, 40, Michael Pearson, 31, and Hernan Hurtado, 23, all of Jefferson City, were charged in federal court following a police chase that resulted in the seizure of a large quantity of...

STATESVILLE, N.C. - On Monday February 2, 2015, U.S. District Judge Richard L.Voorhees handed down prison sentences to three men for their involvement in a methamphetamine trafficking ring, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Kenneth Herman Bennett, 53, of West Jefferson, N.C. was...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - U.S. Attorney Patrick Miles announced today that Francis Block, 45, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, was sentenced to life in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney for various drug and witness tampering charges. Block was convicted following a four-day jury trial that concluded on October 2...

ST. LOUIS - The Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division takes the prize with two Regional Winners in the 2014, National Red Ribbon Photo Contest. The Larson Family in Gayville, South Dakota and the Clark family in Sigourney, Iowa both had the winning entries for this year’s theme “Love Yourself...

RALEIGH, N.C. - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that Tavaris Delino Battle, 30, of Elm City, Tony Marichal Sharp, 31, of Sharpsburg, Byron Dale Whitaker, 23, of Sharpsburg, Gregory Devonte Robertson, 20, of Rocky Mount, Natalie Baker Lynch, 33, of Roanoke Rapids, Tremayne A. Lynch, 35, of Rocky...

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced that Abbe L. Terry, 51, of East Alton, Illinois, and Jacklyn McCormack, 26, of Belleville, Illinois, were sentenced this week in the United States District Court in East Saint Louis for illegally obtaining controlled substances by fraud...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Special Agent in Charge James P. Shroba announced today that Jose DeLeon Cazares was sentenced in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine and for illegally possessing firearms. Jose DeLeon Cazares, 29, of Joplin, was sentenced to 22 years in...