COLUMBUS, Ohio - Lance Green, 36, formerly of Columbus, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to one count of racketeering conspiracy and two counts of murder in aid of racketeering. Green was scheduled to stand trial on July 11 in the second of three trials involving the organized criminal...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Tysin L. Gordon, 30, of Columbus, was sentenced to 96 months in prison in connection with a racketeering case involving the organized criminal enterprise known as the Short North Posse. Benjamin C. Glassman, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Timothy J. Plancon, Special...

PHOENIX - DEA announced today the sentencing of Robert South to over five years in prison after pleading guilty to drug and money laundering charges stemming from his role as the head of a steroid trafficking organization based in Phoenix, Arizona. South used underground laboratories in Phoenix to convert raw...

Amendments 20 and 64 have unintended consequences for many of our neighborhoods DENVER - The Drug Enforcement Administration has released a new Intelligence Report titled “” available on the DEA.gov website. The report was produced by the Intelligence Unit of the Denver Division and addresses some of the unintended pitfalls...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A United States District Court convicted five Short North Posse gang members of racketeering and murder today following a two-month trial. Robert B. Ledbetter, 37, Christopher A. Harris, 28, Rashad A. Liston, 26, Deounte Ussury, 31, and Clifford L. Robinson, 38, all of Columbus, were convicted on...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Jermaine Carr, 34, of Riverdale, Illinois, received a three-year sentence in federal prison for tampering with a witness related to his brother’s federal drug charges on June 2, 2016. The witness was assisting law enforcement officers with an investigation into Jermaine Carr’s brother, Daniel Carr, for...

MARQUETTE, Mich. - United States Attorney Patrick A. Miles, Jr., announced the results of a joint investigation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), the Michigan State Police, the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement (UPSET), and the Forsyth Township Police Department. The investigation successfully dismantled a drug trafficking organization responsible for regularly...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Rashod D. Todd, 28, of Columbus, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to one count each of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute oxycodone and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Benjamin C. Glassman, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Timothy...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Today, anesthesiologist Jaime Guerrero, who had practices in Kentucky and Indiana, was sentenced to 100 months in prison, by United States District Judge Greg N. Stevens. United States Attorney John E. Kuhn Jr. announced today that according to the terms of a prior plea agreement, Guerrero agreed...

PHOENIX - DEA agents and detectives with the Scottsdale Police (PD) Drug Enforcement (DEU) simultaneously executed seven search warrants across Phoenix today, as part of a long-term joint investigation into a large-scale methamphetamine trafficking organization responsible for the monthly distribution of hundred-pound quantities of meth across the U.S. During the...