HOUSTON - Three leaders and four others have been ordered to federal prison for their roles in a hydroponic marijuana growing conspiracy operating in and around Houston, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. All had previously entered guilty...

HOUSTON - A total of 14 people are now in custody on methamphetamine charges in three separate cases, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. These arrests were part of Operation Dream Catcher which also led to the apprehension...

BEAUMONT, Texas - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced today that seven individuals have been arrested following a lengthy investigation into drug trafficking in the Eastern and Southern Districts of Texas. On Feb. 24, 2016, a combined...

AUSTIN, Texas - Fifteen individuals are in custody today charged federally with participating in a methamphetamine distribution and money laundering scheme announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr. A federal grand jury indictment, returned in Austin...

TYLER, Texas - U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced that an East Texas pain management physician has pleaded guilty to illegally dispensing controlled substances. Sameer Andoni Fino, 49, of Murphy, Texas, pleaded guilty before United States Magistrate Judge John D. Love for dispensing controlled substances outside the usual course of...

BEAUMONT, Texas - A 59 year old Orange, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for conspiring to possess “crack” cocaine and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit and U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today. Grover...

FORT WORTH, Texas - Two individuals, both in the U.S. illegally, have been sentenced for their roles in a heroin distribution conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas. Yesterday, Ana Maria Guerra-Sanchez, 23, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor to 95 months...

LAREDO, Texas - Nearly two dozen people have been ordered to prison in relation to a drug conspiracy involving heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. All were charged in a 2013 indictment alleging members and associates...

BEAUMONT, Texas - A 44-year-old Beaumont woman has been sentenced for bringing prohibited drugs into a federal prison in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales and Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit. Lakista Lashau Davis pleaded guilty on Aug. 27, 2015...

DALLAS - A local doctor and pharmacist were arrested yesterday morning on federal charges stemming from their respective roles in a conspiracy to distribute controlled substances illegally, including oxycodone and hydrocodone, in a pill mill operation, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas. Special agents with...