STATESVILLE, N.C. - Today, a federal judge sentenced Martin Martinez Saldana, 44, of West Jefferson, N.C., to life in prison on conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a short-barreled shotgun charges, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Demetrius Duncan, aka Whirley, 34, of Clarksville, Tennessee, was sentenced today to life in prison for his role in a large cocaine distribution conspiracy, announced David Rivera, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. There is no parole from federal sentences. Duncan, along with Chris Young...

GULFPORT, Miss. - Rasheed Ali Muhammad, 42, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, was sentenced to a total of 1,440 months in federal (240 months on each of six counts) followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and possessing with intent to distribute bath (methylone...

FORT SMITH, Ark. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge David Downing and Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Fernando Canales-Mendoza, 52, a Mexican citizen living in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, was sentenced today to 120 months in prison followed by five...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - A mother and son were sentenced in federal court yesterday after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, announced Clay Morris, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and George L. Beck, Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama. Modesto Barajas De...

NEW ORLEANS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown and U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that Leonid Djuga, a/k/a “Leonid Dzhuga,” age 37, of Reseda, California, pleaded guilty today, to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams...

NEW ORLEANS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown and U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced the return of a Superseding Indictment charging Houston Police Officer Noe Juarez, 46, and Mexican citizen Sergio Grimaldo, 32, with conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine hydrochloride. Juarez...

LAFAYETTE, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Joseph W. Shepherd and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Carencro Police officer pleaded guilty to receiving cash payments from James Panos, former owner and manager of Desperado’s Cabaret, while the officer was in charge...

NEW ORLEANS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown and U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that Joseph J. Mogan, III, M.D., age 48, formerly of New Orleans, and Tiffany Miller, age 43, of Metairie, were sentenced yesterday for conspiring to dispense prescription drugs illegally through “pill...

FORT SMITH, Ark. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge David Downing and Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that six individuals have been sentenced this week to a combined total of over 50 years in prison for drug-trafficking offenses stemming from...