AUSTIN, Texas - In Austin, 18 individuals have been sentenced over the past two days to federal prison terms for their roles in a cocaine and methamphetamine distribution operation announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The last man involved in a massive marijuana distribution organization has been sentenced to federal prison, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Ricardo Jason Villeza, 41, is the last of eight defendants sentenced for...

BATON ROUGE, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Joseph Shepherd and United States Attorney Walt Green announced that United States District Court Judge sentenced Jeffery D. Perry, age 32, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, yesterday to serve life imprisonment, followed by a prison term of 15 years...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Clay Morris and George L. Beck, Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, announced that Carlos Renaldo (39), of Bonaire, Georgia; and Twayne Lebarsha (41), Willie Lewis (44), Jasmine Janay (25), Wallace Eugene McCree, (44), Alonzo Dion...

WACO, Texas - In Waco, a federal district judge sentenced 35-year-old Temple, TX, resident and Aryan (AB) associate Amanda Petrie to 20 years in federal prison for her role in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division, Acting United States...

MONROE, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Joseph Shepherd and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Tallulah man was sentenced Monday to 120 months in prison for selling methamphetamine. Marvin Brown, 45, of Tallulah, La., was sentenced on one count of distribution of...

LAFAYETTE, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Joseph Shepherd and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Carencro Police officer was sentenced to 18 months in prison for receiving cash payments from James Panos, former owner and manager of Desperado’s Cabaret, while the...

LAREDO, Texas - A 29-year-old Laredo woman has been ordered to federal prison following her conviction of conspiracy and possession with the intent to distribute more than one kilogram of methamphetamine, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. A...

NEW ORLEANS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown and United States Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that Arthur McKinnis, age 25, Narcisse Trotter, age 44, and Aaronisha Lewis, age 26, all of New Orleans, were sentenced today for their roles in a heroin conspiracy. McKinnis pleaded...

SAN ANTONIO - This week, federal, state and local authorities arrested 23 individuals indicted for their role in an undocumented alien smuggling scheme operating in Eagle Pass, Crystal City, Carrizo Springs, Uvalde, San Antonio, Laredo, Dallas and surrounding areas in Texas. Authorities also arrested two other individuals on related federal...