NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA –RICARDO JIMENEZ RAMOS (“JIMENEZ RAMOS”), age 58, and DARIEL HERNANDEZ GARCIA (“HERNANDEZ GARCIA”), age 33, residents of Laplace, Louisiana, were sentenced by United States District Judge Darrel James Papillion after pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess, and possession with intent to distribute, 5 kilograms or more of...

Today, United States Attorney Thomas Govan and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge John P. Scott of the New Orleans Field Division announced that a Daleville, Alabama man has been sentenced for his role in a large-scale drug trafficking organization operating in Alabama’s Wiregrass region. On June 3...

Today, United States Attorney Thomas Govan announced the conviction of an Abbeville, Alabama, man on federal methamphetamine and firearms charges. On June 2, 2026, a federal jury convicted 42-year-old Cassime Dion Lingo of possession with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of methamphetamine, possession of a firearm in furtherance...

FLORENCE, S.C. – Federico Parra Lopez, 32, and Marcos Flores Aquino, 25, have been ordered to serve lengthy sentences in federal prison after being convicted of conspiring to distribute fentanyl and heroin in the Myrtle Beach area. These sentencings follow those of their co-defendants, Miguel Angulo Perez, 22, and Omar...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – U.S. Attorney Russ Ferguson announced today the results of Operation Spring Cleaning, a coordinated three-month multi-jurisdictional enforcement surge that resulted in 56 defendants charged federally, over 254 kilograms of drugs seized including more than 22 kilograms of fentanyl, 110 illegal firearms recovered, and 157 fugitives apprehended on...

NEW ORLEANS, LA – ROBERT HINES (“HINES”), age 47 of Ponchatoula, Louisiana, plead guilty on May 28, 2026, to violations of the Federal Controlled Substances Act before United States District Judge Barry Ashe, announced U.S. Attorney David I. Courcelle. HINES pleaded guilty to Counts 1, 3, and 4 of a...

Gulfport, MS – A Gulfport man was sentenced May 29th, 2026 to life in prison for fentanyl offenses and 300 months in prison for conspiracy to commit witness tampering. According to the evidence and testimony presented during trial, while Agee was serving a prison sentence in the Federal Bureau of...

RALEIGH, N.C. – A federal judge sentenced Kaven Lee Stephenson, 37, to 14 years in federal prison for conspiracy to sell and possess with intent to sell fentanyl, possession with the intent to sell 50 grams or more of a mixture containing methamphetamine, and possession of a firearm in furtherance...

WILMINGTON, N.C. – A federal judge sentenced Gerard Alexander Brimmer, 30, to over 12 years in prison for selling fentanyl while armed. Brimmer pleaded guilty on February 26, 2026, to one charge of possession with the intent to sell 40 grams or more of fentanyl and one charge of possessing...

NEW ORLEANS – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) New Orleans Field Division Steven Hofer, alongside the Slidell Police Department, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and the 22nd Judicial District Attorney’s Office, today announced the successful conclusion of "Operation Clear Horizon." The multi-agency, proactive narcotics investigation spanned...