ST. LOUIS – United States District Judge E. Richard Webber sentenced Justin Moore, 31, of St. Louis, to 60 months in prison for possessing with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and possessing with the intent to distribute fentanyl. According to the plea agreement, Moore was driving a silver Infiniti SUV...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Three Columbia, Missouri, men were charged in federal court today for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute heroin in Boone County, Missouri. Keveon Martez Johnson, 36, his brother, Marcus Johnson, 34, and Marcus Seawood, 38, were charged in separate but related criminal complaints filed in...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Defense, and Department of Homeland Security, and U.S. Coast Guard announced today a significant offload of drugs seized in international waters in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea. Agents with the DEA and the crew of the USCG Cutter...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – An Oak Grove, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for distributing the heroin that resulted in the overdose death of an Arizona man visiting his family in Lee’s Summit, Missouri. The Drug Enforcement Administration investigated the case with the Jackson County Drug Task Force...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Pomona, California, woman was sentenced in federal court today for leading a conspiracy to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine in Jasper County, Missouri. Melissa R. Kivett, 42, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool to 27 years in federal prison without parole. The case...

ST. LOUIS – Unintended consequences of social distancing and isolation throughout the COVID-19 pandemic can include increased substance use, experimentation and even relapse for those in treatment and recovery. To help people find support facilities, the Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division, along with community partners, has launched a website...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Joplin, Missouri, man was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison without parole in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Jasper County, Missouri. On Oct. 1, 2019, Kevin L. Kivett Sr., 59, pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy...

ST. LOUIS –Emily Stephan, 19, of Overland, Missouri, was sentenced to 37 months in prison for possession with the intent to distribute just under 100 grams of methamphetamine. Stephan appeared in federal court today before United States District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr. According to court documents, on March 8...

NEW YORK – DEA Acting Administrator Timothy J. Shea and United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey S. Berman announced today that Adel El Zabayar was charged in Manhattan federal court with participating in a narco-terrorism conspiracy, a cocaine importation conspiracy, and related weapons offenses involving...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Springfield, Missouri, woman pled guilty in federal court today to her role in a conspiracy that distributed at least 4.5 kilograms of pure methamphetamine in Laclede County, Missouri. Deidra C. Mathews, 44, pled guilty before U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool to participating in a conspiracy...