RALEIGH, N.C. – A man from Sampson County was sentenced today to 17 years in prison after he was caught with 30 kilograms of drugs and 9 firearms. On November 7, 2024, Antonio Tamoya Mondragon pled guilty to his charges. According to court documents and other information presented in court...

GREENSBORO – A doctor from Mt. Airy, North Carolina was sentenced to 30 months of imprisonment and ordered to pay restitution totaling $2,049,747.47 after pleading guilty to one count of health care fraud and one count of money laundering, announced Acting United States Attorney Randall S. Galyon of the Middle...

CHARLESTON, S.C. — John Maurice Anderson, 40, of Hampton, was sentenced to more than 1o years in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute high potency methamphetamine and fentanyl. Evidence presented to the court showed that beginning in January 2023 and continuing through June 2023, Anderson conspired with...

STATESBORO, GA: Two men who supplied kilograms of cocaine for a major drug trafficking conspiracy have been sentenced to federal prison. Pedro Castro-Vasquez, a/k/a “Chipo,” 53, of Puerto Rico, and Sonic Torres-Garcia, 27, of Kissimmee, Florida, were each sentenced after pleading guilty to Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute...

SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Rashaad Green, 31, of Union, and Shaquille Barber, 30, of Moore, have been sentenced to 15 years and seven years in federal prison for trafficking marijuana, money laundering, and possession of firearms in connection with drug trafficking. Evidence obtained in the investigation revealed that from approximately 2020...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Prescriptions Plus, a pharmacy in Gastonia, N.C., has agreed to pay $204,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the recordkeeping requirements of the Controlled Substances Act, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Lawrence J. Cameron. The Controlled Substances Act was enacted to combat illegal distribution and abuse of controlled...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Bryan Torres, 24, of Cherryville, N.C., was sentenced today to 10 years in prison and four years of supervised release on drug and gun charges, announced Lawrence J. Cameron, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. According to court documents and court proceedings, between...

Acting United States Attorney Matthew R. Molsen announced that Michael Reis, 29, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on February 25, 2025, in federal court in Omaha, for distributing fentanyl that resulted in death and for sex trafficking of a minor. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Reis to...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Emmanuel Deon Foster, 36, and Bobby Antoinios Hall, 41, both of Rock Hill, have been sentenced for their involvement in a conspiracy to distribute quantities of fentanyl, crack cocaine, cocaine, methamphetamine, and heroin. Evidence obtained in the investigation revealed that Foster and Hall had a close relationship...

OMAHA, Neb. – In an effort to build on drug education messaging to tribal communities, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Omaha Division worked with the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska and Mandaree High School of North Dakota to develop a poster that blends Native Indian imagery with wording emphasizing the importance...