BOISE, Idaho - Jess Ramirez-Orta, 27, of Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced on February 27, 2015, to eight years in prison for possession with intent to distribute heroin and methamphetamine. Ramirez-Orta’s girlfriend and co-defendant, Marina Morales, 24, also of Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty...

SEATTLE - Two men whose hash oil manufacturing operation exploded on New Year’s Day 2014, were sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to federal prison terms. Robby Wayne Meiser, 46, was sentenced to 30 months in prison and three years of supervised release, and Bruce W. Mark, 62...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Three additional men have been arrested in connection with a drug and money laundering conspiracy investigation involving the smuggling of cocaine to Alaska through Las Vegas McCarron International Airport. The new defendants are: Clarence Anthony Hatton, A/K/A “C-MONEY”, age 46, of Henderson, NV; Michael Vontrell Langdon, A/K/A...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today that Ryan D. Wright, 39, and Courtnie Lea Goins, 25, both of Springfield, MO have pleaded guilty in federal court to their role in conspiracies to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine in Boone County...

MARION, Ill. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today that Sarah Lindsey, 30, of Marion, IL, was sentenced to 120 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and fined $200.00 for her involvement in a methamphetamine conspiracy. Lindsey pleaded guilty to...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Resident Agent in Charge Scott Smith announced today that Mary Ann Ramos, age 53, and her son, Earl James Ramos, age 26, both of Evansdale, Iowa were sentenced today in federal court. The mother and son were convicted of selling synthetic (commonly known...

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today that Christopher Thomas, 50, of Las Vegas, Nevada, was sentenced today for Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine in the United States District Court, Southern District of Illinois. Thomas had previously pled guilty to the...

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today that April M. Elliot, 34, of Pomona, was sentenced on a methamphetamine violation, in the Southern District of Illinois. Elliot, who had previously pled guilty to a one-count indictment charging conspiracy to manufacture...

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today that Rusty J. Smith, 36, of Cobden, IL, was sentenced for a methamphetamine violation in the Southern District of Illinois. Smith, who had previously pled guilty to a one-count indictment charging conspiracy to...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - On February 23, 2015, a Wasilla man was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Sharon L. Gleason to serve 84 months in federal prison for his role in a heroin trafficking conspiracy. James Gwaltney, 38, of Wasilla, Alaska, previously pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute more than...