LAS VEGAS – A Las Vegas man who was a leader within two drug trafficking organization was sentenced today by United States District Judge Richard F. Boulware II to a total of 12 years in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release for his role in importing...

LOS ANGELES – A Calabasas man was sentenced today to 324 months in federal prison for running what prosecutors called a “DoorDash for drugs” service that delivered illicit narcotics to buyers in Los Angeles and Ventura counties and resulted in two fatal fentanyl overdoses. Erick Oved Estrada, 37, a.k.a. “Franco...

DALLAS, TX — Earnest Ray Miller a.k.a. “Q”, a 54-year-old Dallas man, was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison on drug and gun charges on July 24. Miller is a multi-convicted felon who operated a drug distribution business out of the Cole Manor Motel previously located near Dallas Love...

DALLAS, TX - Demario White, a 40-year-old Dallas man who distributed fentanyl pills to minors, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison on July 6. “Fentanyl is the single deadliest drug threat our nation has ever encountered,” said Ivan Carrera, Acting Special Agent in Charge of DEA Dallas. “Selling...

LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and United Against Fentanyl (UAF) will host nationwide Walk for Lives 2026 events on July 11, 2026. This national partnership is in support of DEA’s Fentanyl Free America initiative with more than 100 family-led community events across the United States in a...

HONOLULU – United States Attorney for the District of Hawaii Ken Sorenson announced that Dylan Tai Dang, 55, of Garden Grove, California, was sentenced Tuesday, July 7, by United States District Judge Shanlyn A.S. Park to 87 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiring to...

LAS VEGAS – A federal jury convicted three men last week for their participation in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl, announced the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Nevada “This jury verdict is the result of our strong partnership with the DEA to make Nevada’s communities...

Lubbock, TX - A former Texas Tech marketing and supply chain professor pled guilty today for his leadership role in a fentanyl distribution conspiracy, announced United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Ryan Raybould. Daniel Taylor, 51, of Lubbock, Texas, was charged in February 2026 with conspiracy to...

LOS ANGELES – An Antelope Valley man has been found guilty by a jury of federal drug trafficking and firearm crimes, including supplying fake fentanyl-laced oxycodone pills that caused the fatal overdose of an active-duty United States Marine Corps lance corporal stationed at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, the Justice...

DALLAS, TX - A Dallas man was convicted today of distributing fentanyl. Following a three-day trial and roughly five hours of deliberation, the jury convicted Joshua Burton, 30, on Friday, June 18, 2026, of conspiring with others to distribute fentanyl and personally distributing fentanyl in Northern District of Texas. “This...