ST. LOUIS – A man from St. Peters, Missouri was charged with drug and gun crimes Wednesday after a toddler overdosed on fentanyl. Kevin Lamar Knowles, 50, was charged by complaint in U.S. District Court in St. Louis with one count of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, one count...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Roderick Tyrone Boyd, 30, of Vandalia, Ohio, was sentenced today to four years and nine months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for distribution of fentanyl and aiding and abetting the distribution of fentanyl. According to court documents and statements made in...

Louisville, Ky. – A Nelson County man and woman were sentenced to federal prison on June 10, 2026, after being convicted of multiple fentanyl and cocaine trafficking offenses following a five-day jury trial in September 2025. U.S. Attorney Kyle G. Bumgarner of the Western District of Kentucky, Special Agent in...

Dallas, TX – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration xxx Field Division and United Against Fentanyl (UAF) will host a local Walk for Lives 2026 event at 201 W Ninth Street, Fort Worth, TX 76102 on July 11, 2026, in support of DEA’s Fentanyl Free America initiative. Walk for Lives events...

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – A federal indictment has been unsealed, charging SHANE MICHAEL BURGESS, 24, of Mustang, Oklahoma, with distributing a controlled substance analogue resulting in death. According to the Indictment, on December 12, 2025, Burgess distributed a substance containing N-Propionitrile Chlorphine, a synthetic opioid known as cychlorphine, to another...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – On May 15, 2026, Seayon Weston, 39, of Knoxville, TN, was charged via criminal complaint with fentanyl and firearms offenses in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville. The complaint charges Weston with possessing with the intent to distribute over 400...

ST LOUIS – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) joined 4,306 law enforcement agencies across the country in collecting 642,410 pounds of unneeded and expired medications at the 30th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, April 25. Of the nationwide total, more than 30,000 pounds were collected from 323 Take...

OKLAHOMA CITY – ELTRAMANE NEAL, 47, WILLIE JEFFERSON, JR., 43, and DONTE PARKER, 44, all of Oklahoma City, have been charged for their roles in a conspiracy to possess and distribute nearly 180 pounds of methamphetamine. According to court documents, on May 14, 2026, law enforcement was conducting surveillance on...

SHERMAN, TX – A Mexican National has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison as part of a Homeland Security Task Force investigation for trafficking methamphetamine Mauricio Diaz-Abraham, 37, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine and was sentenced to 240 months in...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – On April 25, 2026, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration joined 4,306 law enforcement agencies across the country for the 30th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. The bi-annual event collected 642,410 pounds of unneeded and expired medications at 4,417 collection sites nationwide. Here in the Louisville Field...