SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Springfield, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for using his residence for trafficking methamphetamine and for illegally possessing firearms. Anthony Brandon, 51, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann A. Ketchmark on Monday, March 4, to 18 years in federal prison without parole. Brandon...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Carl Junction, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for methamphetamine trafficking and illegally possessing a firearm. Chet Edwin Mercer, 35, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool on Thursday, Feb. 29, to 12 years in federal prison without parole. On Oct. 12...

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – A southern Illinois district judge sentenced an Arkansas man to 30 years in prison for trafficking about 40 pounds of methamphetamine through the Metro East St. Louis region. Christopher Palmer, 40, of Fort Smith, Arkansas, pleaded guilty on June 29, 2023, to one count of...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for selling methamphetamine and heroin on the dark web. John M. LeCoque, 35, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Greg Kays to 10 years in federal prison without parole. The court also ordered LeCoque to...

BOISE, Idaho – Four members of a drug trafficking conspiracy were recently sentenced to federal prison for distributing large quantities of fentanyl and methamphetamine in Idaho, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today. According to court records, beginning in March 2023, Idaho State Police detectives working in coordination with the Drug...

RICHLAND, Wash. - Vanessa R. Waldref, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced today that Ruben Galvan-Trujillo, was sentenced on February 7, 2024, after pleading guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine. United States...

CAPE GIRARDEAU. Mo. – A man from Jackson, Missouri, on Wednesday admitted selling fentanyl to someone who later suffered a fatal overdose. Dylan C. McMikle, 22, of Jackson, Missouri, pleaded guilty to one felony count of distribution of fentanyl. He admitted selling fentanyl to a 25-year-old Sikeston man early on...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - Bernardo D. Pulido, 33, of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, has been sentenced to serve 10 years in federal prison for the offense of distribution of fentanyl. At his guilty plea hearing last year, Pulido admitted that he sold pills containing fentanyl to an individual in Cape Girardeau...

WICHITA, Kan. – A Kansas man was sentenced today to 25 years in prison for giving a man a fentanyl pill which caused his death. According to court documents, in October 2023, Tyler Ralls, 35, of Wichita pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of a controlled substance which resulted...

ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Ronnie L. White on Wednesday sentenced a St. Louis man involved in fatal and nonfatal carjackings and a jail escape to 60 years in prison. Kurt Wallace, 31, shot the drivers during three separate carjackings in 2017 that were set up via a dating...