DALLAS - Alfonso Escobedo Garcia, 36, citizen of Mexico, was sentenced yesterday before U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay to 144 months in federal prison following his guilty plea in October 2016, announced Special Agent in Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. and U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District...

SHERMAN, Texas - A 56-year-old Sherman, Texas doctor has been arrested on federal drug conspiracy charges in the Eastern District of Texas, announced today by Special Agent-in-Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. and Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston. Howard Gregg Diamond was indicted on July 6, 2017 and charged with conspiracy...

OVERLAND, Kan. - -Troy Derby, Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge of DEA’s Kansas City District Office, announced today that Michael Ford, 38, of Springfield, Missouri and Lisa Thompson, 39, of Springfield, Missouri were sentenced for their part in a California to Missouri methamphetamine distribution conspiracy. On July 7, 2017, US District Court...

DALLAS - Carolina Giselle Berrio, a/k/a “Carolina Slocum Berrio,” “Karrie,” 37, of Lafayette, Louisiana, was sentenced last week for her involvement in a “pill mill” operation, announced DEA Special Agent-in-Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. and U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas. Berrio was sentenced before U.S...

LUBBOCK, Texas - Arnoldo Mendoza Lepez, 44, of Littlefield, Texas appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge D. Gordon Bryant, Jr. this afternoon and pled guilty to his role in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy, announced Special Agent-in-Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. and U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - -Troy Derby, Assistant Special Agent-in-(ASAC) of DEA’s Kansas City District Office, announced today that on July 5, 2017, two men were indicted in a $7 million dollar marijuana conspiracy spanning from California to Missouri. Zachary Scott (a.k.a. “Tuna”), 35, of Los Angeles, California, and also Sedalia...

ST. LOUIS - - James Shroba, Special Agent-in-Charge of DEA’s St. Louis Division announced today that DEA and the Kansas Highway Patrol worked together to successfully indict a Californian man for possession with intent to distribute approximately 60 pounds of fentanyl. SAC Shroba was quoted as saying, “DEA and our...

TYLER, Texas - Two Tyler, Texas men have pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today. Stacey Godsey, 44, and Joseph Shay Burton, 39, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to import anabolic steroids today before U.S. Magistrate Judge K...

OMAHA, Neb. - -Darrin Thimmesch, Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge of DEA’s Omaha’s District Office announced today that Javier Martinez, 50, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, received a 72 month prison sentence after having previously pled guilty to the charge of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. The sentence handed down today is the...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - - Troy Derby, Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge of DEA’s Kansas City District Office, announced today that David Miller, 40, of Springfield, Missouri., and Corey A. Stienbarger, 27, of Nixa, Missouri were sentenced to prison by U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool for their part in a conspiracy...