LEAVENWORTH, KS. - A Kansas City, KS, man has been sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison for his role in a heroin trafficking ring that caused the deaths of users in Wyandotte, Leavenworth and Johnson counties, according to a news release from the office of United States...

BENTON, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that on January 26, 2011, BRANDIE WENZEL , age 39, of 2220 Grand Avenue, Eldorado, Illinois, plead guilty in United States District Court at Benton, IL, to a one count indictment charging her with...

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that on January 27, 2011 PAUL W. GOSSRAU - and CHRISTOPHER D. POLLARD - have been sentenced to federal prison terms for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine. GOSSRAU - , age 45 of...

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that on January 26, 2011, BRYANT - MAYBELL - , a/k/a “B,” age 25, of Carbondale, Illinois, was convicted by a jury in East St. Louis, Illinois. MAYBELL - was convicted of...

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO - U.S. Coast Guardsmen and U.S. Customs and Border (CBP) agents, working jointly with DEA lead Caribbean Corridor Strike (CCSF), arrested two suspected Dominican smugglers and seized approximately 95 kilograms of cocaine and an 18-foot (yola), following an at-sea interdiction Monday in the Mona Passage. The...

ST. LOUIS, IL. - The United States Attorney’s Office announced the indictment of 11 defendants, all citizens of the Dominican Republic, in a criminal conspiracy involving wire fraud. "These indictments reflect the commitment of the DEA and our federal law enforcement partners in dismantling and destroying these types of unprincipled...

BENTON, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that on January 19, 2011, RAYMOND M. MARTIN, age 48, of Junction, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in Benton to two life sentences plus ten years. The life sentences were also...

SPRINGFIELD, MO. - Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that two former St. Robert, Missouri, residents have pleaded guilty in federal court to their roles in a conspiracy to distribute prescription drugs through Internet pharmacy Web sites. Anthony D. Holman, 35, and his...

ST. THOMAS, VIRGIN ISLANDS - After a two-week trial, a federal jury on St. Thomas convicted Virgin Islands Police (VIPD) Officers Enid Edwards and Francis Brooks, along with Virgin Islands Port (VIPA) Officer Bill John-Baptiste, announced today Ronald W. Sharpe, United States Attorney for the District of the Virgin Islands...

CHRISTIANSTED, ST. CROIX, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS - A 33-year-old citizen of the Dominican Republic who resides in Caguas, Puerto Rico, was arrested by Drug Enforcement (DEA), U.S. Immigration and Customs (ICE) and Homeland Security (HSI) special agents on Sunday in Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin (USVI), following a routine traffic...