DALLAS - John Christopher Ware, aka “Little Chris,” 45, formerly of Dallas but now residing in Houston, appeared yesterday before U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle and pleaded guilty to a drug distribution conspiracy stemming from his operation of several “pill mills” in north Texas. The plea was announced by...

DALLAS - Glenda Cane, 47, and Shalisa Robinson, 31, both of Houston, Texas have been sentenced for their role in a pill mill operation that operated during 2013-2015 announced United States Attorney John R. Parker. Cane and Robinson were sentenced last week to 18 months each in federal prison by...

DALLAS - Addictive prescription drugs that are thrown away or left untended on shelves and in drawers at home are often stolen and either abused or sold by family members and visitors. That’s why the DEA and thousands of its state, local, and tribal law enforcement and community partners are...

LOS ANGELES - Addictive prescription drugs that are thrown away or left untended on shelves and in drawers at home are often stolen and either abused or sold by family members and visitors. That’s why the DEA and thousands of its state, local, and tribal law enforcement and community partners...

TYLER, Texas - A 38-year-old Gilmer, Texas woman has been sentenced to federal prison following a lengthy investigation into a synthetic drug operation in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today. Shanna Peek Tidwell pleaded guilty on Dec. 6, 2016, to conspiracy to commit offenses...

TYLER, Texas - Jeremy Chad Tidwell, 41, of Gilmer, Texas has been sentenced to federal prison following a lengthy investigation into a synthetic drug operation in the Eastern District of Texas. Clyde E. Shelley, Jr., Special Agent in Charge of the Dallas Drug Enforcement Administration and Acting U.S. Attorney Brit...

DALLAS - Candis O’Shaea Lewis, 30, of Dallas has been sentenced 24 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater, following her guilty plea in March 2016 to one count of unlawful use of a communication device. Fitzwater ordered Lewis to surrender to the Bureau of Prisons...

LOS ANGELES - As part of a DEA investigation stemming from a multi-kilogram narcotics seizure at Los Angeles International Airport last month, two men have been named in a federal criminal complaint that alleges they were key operatives in a drug trafficking organization that shipped cocaine and heroin from Los...

AMARILLO, Texas - Jose Emmanuel Morales Rittingger, 29, appeared today before U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater and pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin. The plea was announced by Clyde E. Shelley, Jr., Special Agent in Charge of DEA’s Dallas Division and...

AMARILLO, Texas - Francisco Javier Gutierrez-Alvarez, 33, Octavio Cabrera-Mayorquin, 28, and Guillermo Urenda-Bustos, 31 were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater following their guilty pleas in December 2016 to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine...