MOBILE, AL – A federal grand jury in Mobile returned an indictment charging four Arizona residents with a yearslong anabolic steroids-trafficking conspiracy. According to court documents, Laura Stratton, 43, of Phoenix, Arizona, Brenna Eppley, 48, of Buckeye, Arizona, Benjamin Stratton, 39, of Avondale, Arizona, and Karissa Stratton, 33, of Avondale...

MOBILE, AL – A Mobile man and woman were sentenced to life in prison for operating a multimillion-dollar drug-trafficking organization (“DTO”) that distributed bulk cocaine and fentanyl and used children as couriers. According to court documents and evidence presented at a three-week jury trial in January 2026, Glennie Antonio McGee...

GREENVILLE, MS – U.S. Attorney Scott Leary announced that law enforcement agencies came together in the Northern District of Mississippi to bring down a drug trafficking organization. Multiple offenders were arrested, 25 pounds of methamphetamine was seized, along with over 4,000 pills containing fentanyl. U.S. Attorney Scott F. Leary stated...

NEW ORLEANS – SHELDON SMITH SR. (“SMITH”), age 60, of New Orleans, LA, was sentenced on July 28, 2026, by United States District Judge Jay Zainey after previously pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute drugs, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – A federal judge in Montgomery has sentenced the final defendant in a drug trafficking conspiracy that funneled narcotics and other contraband into a correctional facility in Elmore, Alabama. In total, five defendants have now been sentenced for their roles in the scheme. On July 30, 2026, Lilbrian...

LITTLE ROCK—Spencer Walker will spend the next 360 months in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Jonathan D. Ross, United States Attorney for the Eastern...

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...

Greenville, MS – U.S. Attorney Scott Leary announced that a Homeland Security Task Force Operation led to the sentence of Dannie Thomas, of Dacula, Georgia. Thomas was sentenced today before the Honorable Deborah M. Brown, Chief United States District Court Judge, to 120 months in federal prison for possession with...

Greenville, MS – U.S. Attorney Scott Leary announced that a Homeland Security Task Force Operation led to the sentence of Christopher Caffey, a/k/a “Snow”, 49, of Grenada, Mississippi, for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl. Caffey was sentenced today before the Honorable Deborah M. Brown, Chief United States District Court...

TULSA, OK – A Kellyville man was sentenced today for attempting to possess nearly a pound of methamphetamine for distribution and possessing a firearm while drug trafficking. U.S. District Judge John F. Heil, III, sentenced Austin Dewayne Nation, 31, for Attempted Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute and Possession...