ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Today, Chief U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger ordered Michael Lindsey Jones, 39, of Hendersonville, N.C., to serve 10 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for trafficking methamphetamine, announced Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Jones’s supplier, Zachery Micah...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Asa Shaquille Holloway, 32, of Asheville, was sentenced today to 41 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine base, announced Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Holloway’s sentence will run...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Antonie Elbert Eaddy, 49, of Goodyear, Arizona, has been sentenced to 11 years in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute a quantity of crack cocaine, 5 kilograms of cocaine, 400 grams of fentanyl, and a quantity of marijuana. Evidence obtained in the...

LOS ANGELES – A San Fernando Valley woman has agreed to plead guilty to five federal criminal charges, including that she provided the ketamine that ultimately resulted in the overdose death of actor Matthew Perry in October 2023, the Justice Department announced on Monday. Jasveen Sangha, 42, a.k.a. “Ketamine Queen,”...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Torrey Lane Hodsden, 28, of Asheville, was sentenced to 300 months in prison yesterday followed by five years of supervised release for using a gun in furtherance of drug trafficking and other charges, announced Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Jae W...

COLUMBIA, S.C. —Jalik Shykeil Tucker, 30, of Sumter, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, 40 grams or more of fentanyl, and a quantity of cocaine and crack cocaine. Evidence obtained in the investigation revealed that during March 2023...

LOS ANGELES – Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator Terrance C. Cole has appointed DEA San Diego Field Division Special Agent in Charge Brian M. Clark as the new Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Los Angeles Field Division. Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Clark brings with him a wealth of...

Griffin, GA.- During an enforcement operation on August 5, 2025, agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Atlanta Division and the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) seized 10 kilograms of cocaine. The seizure came after a SCSO Deputy conducted a traffic stop on a Toyota 4Runner. During the traffic stop...

WILMINGTON, N.C. – A Kenansville man was sentenced Tuesday to five years in prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. On May 7, 2025, Dawan Dontra McKinzie pleaded guilty to the charges. “This case is a...

WILMINGTON, N.C. – A Henderson man whose distribution of fentanyl led to a fatal overdose has been sentenced to 16 years in federal prison. Keymon Leahke Cofield, a/k/a “Keymoney,” a/k/a “Boi Fat,” 25, pleaded guilty on April 22, 2025, to charges of distribution of fentanyl and heroin and possession with...