ANCHORAGE, Alaska - On February 23, 2015, a Wasilla man was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Sharon L. Gleason to serve 84 months in federal prison for his role in a heroin trafficking conspiracy. James Gwaltney, 38, of Wasilla, Alaska, previously pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute more than...

SEATTLE - A man who sold guns and heroin from the basement apartment of a home in Seattle’s Magnolia neighborhood, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to six years in prison and three years of supervised release. Jorge Carlos Camps, 34, was arrested in May 2014, when...

LAREDO, Texas - A federal indictment has been partially unsealed following the arrest of 17 defendants in the Laredo and Dallas areas on charges related to a long-term investigation into a drug and money laundering conspiracy, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and...

BOISE, Idaho - Juan Pablo Villasenor-Villa, 25, of Michoacan, Mexico, was sentenced on February 10, 2015, to 288 months in prison for continuing criminal enterprise involving the unlawful growing of thousands of marijuana plants, and possession of large quantities of harvested marijuana with intent to distribute it, as well as...

BEAUMONT, Texas - A 40-year-old Nederland, Texas man has been sentenced to life in federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today. Stephen Shane Hall, also...

AUSTIN, Texas - In Austin last night, a jury convicted 44-year-old Bertram, TX, resident Jimmy Don Hardin of federal firearms and drug trafficking charges announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division, Acting United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr. and Texas Department of Public...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Mario Enrique Patlan, 45, Cristina Patlan, 23, and Reymundo Abel Brown Jr., 27, have all entered guilty pleas today in a long-running effort to smuggle drugs via UPS, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. All...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Two men have been found guilty for their roles in a large-scale drug-trafficking conspiracy, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Guillermo Herrera, 55, and Hector Alberto Burton aka Hector Alberto Camacho, 40, were convicted...

LAREDO, Texas - Amy Reyes, 32, a former deputy with the Starr County Sheriff’s (SCSO), and her bother Bobby Lee Reyes, 36, both of Rio Grande City, have entered guilty pleas to possession with intent to distribute 34 kilograms of marijuana, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph...

HOUSTON - A federal jury in Houston has convicted Larry Maurice Favorite, 32, of Houston, of possession with intent to distribute at least 500 grams of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine and conspiracy to do the same, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston...