AMARILLO, Texas - Eduardo Gutierrez-Zamora, 31, of Amarillo, Texas, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to 210 months in federal prison on a methamphetamine distribution conviction, announced Special Agent-in-Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. of the Dallas Division of the DEA and Erin Nealy Cox, U.S. Attorney...

SEATTLE - Former Seattle police officer pleaded guilty today for his role in the smuggling of hundreds of pounds of marijuana from the Seattle area to Baltimore, Maryland. Alex Chapackdee, 44, of Seattle, was a 16-year veteran of the Seattle Police (SPD), who resigned shortly after his arrest in May...

MEDFORD, Ore. - On Thursday, November 16, 2017, United States District Judge Michael J. McShane sentenced Brian Keith Sunkenberg, 53, to 45 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to endangering human life by manufacturing marijuana in the form of hash oil. Judge McShane ordered Sunkenberg to pay $27,671 in...

TYLER, Texas - A mother and son have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a synthetic drug conspiracy in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Special Agent in Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. of the Drug Enforcement Administration and Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today. Sharjeel Jeff...

TYLER, Texas - A 45-year-old Tyler man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Special Agent in Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. of the Drug Enforcement Administration and Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today. Stacey Godsey pleaded guilty on July...

DALLAS - This Saturday, October 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time the DEA and its local law enforcement, community and tribal partners will give the public its 14th opportunity in seven years to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused...

LUBBOCK, Texas - Arnoldo Mendoza Lepez, 45, of Littlefield, Texas was sentenced this morning before Senior U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to 405 months in federal prison following his guilty plea to his role in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy, announced Special Agent in Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. of...

DALLAS - Alfonso Mercado-Cruz, 32, of Chiapas, Mexico, was sentenced yesterday before U.S. District Judge David C. Godbey to 151 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in January 2017 to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute 50 grams or more of...

September 29 , 2017 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: 206-553-1162 @DEASeattleDiv BEND, Ore) - On Wednesday, September 27, 2017, a joint operation involving the DEA, FBI, and Central Oregon Drug (CODE) Team resulted in the federal arrest of nine people charged with participation in a drug distribution network operating in...

TYLER, Texas - A 28 year-old Ben Wheeler, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking and firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today. Corey Lance Parish pleaded guilty on May 16, 2017, to possession with intent to distribute...