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...

DALLAS, Texas - Ivery Myers, 64, and Cornelius Delshun Robinson, a/k/a “Tadow,” 37, both of Houston, Texas were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater stemming from their involvement in a “pill mill” operation, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas. Judge Fitzwater sentenced Myers...

(LUBBOCK, - Texas - Christopher David Gonzales, aka “Chris,” 41, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to 121 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in December 2016 to his role in a methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana distribution conspiracy. The sentencing was jointly announced...

FORT WORTH, Texas - Following a two-day jury trial before U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor, a federal jury has convicted two Fort Worth men on felony drug offenses, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas. David Piper, Jr., 52, and Carlos Cortinas, 39, were each...

DALLAS - Following a four-day jury trial before U.S. District Judge David C. Godbey, a federal jury has convicted Gilberto Gomez, 37, on felony drug offenses. The conviction was announced by Clyde E. Shelley, Jr., DEA’s Special Agent in Charge for Dallas and U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A Birmingham man pleaded guilty today in federal court to distributing fentanyl, a potent synthetic opioid painkiller, that caused the death of a 20-year-old Pelham woman, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Bret Hamilton and Acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey. Rodrigus Lee Pearson...

DALLAS - A Dallas-area man has been charged by federal criminal complaint stemming from his role in selling the heroin that caused a young woman’s overdose death at a McDonald’s restaurant in Farmers Branch in June 2016. Two other men were charged by federal criminal complaints stemming from their trafficking...

LUBBOCK, Texas - Six defendants have been charged in a federal indictment with felony offenses stemming from their role in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy. The indictment, which was unsealed this week, was announced jointly by Clyde E. Shelley Jr., Special Agent in Charge of DEA’s Dallas Division and U.S. Attorney...

NEW ORLEANS - A 33-year old New Orleans man was sentenced today to more than 17 years in prison after pleading guilty in August to conspiring to distribute heroin and other drugs, including acetyl fentanyl shipped from China, to New Orleans area customers, announced Stephen G. Azzam the Special Agent-in-Charge...

MOBILE, Ala. - A jury has convicted defendants Xiulu Ruan and John Patrick Couch of numerous felonies following a seven-week trial, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Stephen G. Azzam and United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown. Ruan and Couch jointly owned and operated two pain management clinics under the name Physicians...