MOLINE, Ill., - A Markham, Illinois, man, Orlando Dampier, 47, of the 15000 block of Whipple Street was sentenced on September 16, 2026, to 15 years of imprisonment, to be followed by five years of supervised release for distribution of methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements in court, in...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - A Cedar Rapids woman who distributed methamphetamine was sentenced to more than 16 years in federal prison. Larissa Marie Ruffin, age 48, received the prison term after a March 12, 2026, guilty plea to one count of distribution of a controlled substance. Information from the sentencing...

LAS VEGAS – A California man was sentenced today by United States District Judge Gloria M. Navarro to 36 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for his role in distributing large quantities of methamphetamine as part of a drug conspiracy. The government requested a...

CLEVELAND – Five individuals will now face prison time for their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy that trafficked illegal drugs from California to Ohio. Terrance Gainer, 29, of Akron, was sentenced to 240 months (20 years) in prison and five years of supervised released after pleading guilty to: Conspiracy...

SIOUX CITY, Iowa -- Willie York, 47, from Mason City, Iowa, was sentenced on September 18, 2026, in federal court in Sioux City. York pled guilty on May 11, 2026, to one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a...

DETROIT – Barry Willis, a Detroit gas station owner has been convicted of several federal crimes stemming from his involvement with a Detroit-based stash house that held over 42 kilograms of fentanyl, a pill press, and a variety of other materials used to manufacture fentanyl pills. On March 28, 2024...

LOS ANGELES – A man and woman living in a luxury downtown Los Angeles apartment that law enforcement believes was a stash house have been arrested for allegedly possessing more than 42 kilograms of fentanyl, more than seven kilograms of cocaine, firearms, drug-making materials, and a small alligator, the Justice...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl was sentenced today to more than nineteen years in federal prison. Joshua James Cannady, age 51, from Landers, California, received the prison term after a February 19, 2026, jury verdict finding him guilty of conspiracy to distribute...

RIVERSIDE, California – A Loma Linda man has been sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for distributing fentanyl, the use of which resulted in a victim’s overdose death in January 2024, the Drug Enforcement Administration Los Angeles Field Division announced today. Alexander Nihar Biswas, 42, was sentenced on Thursday...

ST. PAUL – Erick Emilio Diaz-Aguilar, aka “Homie,” 34, was sentenced to 240 months in prison for one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. The defendant was sentenced before U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson on September 9, 2026. According to court documents, Diaz-Aguilar managed the “Diaz-Aguilar Drug Trafficking Organization...