NEW ORLEANS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown and United States Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that Quenshey Mitchell, a/k/a “Ripper,” “Baby Ripper,” and “Q”, age 37, from Los Angeles, California, was sentenced today to life imprisonment for violating federal heroin trafficking and obstruction of justice...

NEW ORLEANS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown and U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that Donelle Piggott, age 49, resident of Bogalusa, was sentenced on October 14, 2014, having previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Mark Edward (52), of Deatsville, Alabama, was sentenced on October 15, 2014 to serve 210 months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, announced Assistant Special Agent in Charge Clay Morris of the Drug Enforcement (DEA)...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - David Downing, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge, and Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Frank Medina, Jr. age 32, of Moreno Valley, California and his co-conspirator, Juliana Perez, age 44, of Rogers, were sentenced today for drug...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Mario Capote-Morejon, 43, and Enrique Artiles-Mata aka Calvo, 54, both of McAllen, and Helvis Artiles, 25, of Mission, have been arrested along with two others on charges related to a cocaine trafficking and money laundering conspiracy, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M...

NEW ORLEANS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown and U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that Raymond Bridges, 53, and Mary Doughty, 65, both residents of Bogalusa, were sentenced yesterday having previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Francisco Javier Maya, 35, has been ordered to prison following his convictions of conspiracy to possess and possession with intent to distribute approximately 1,000 pounds of marijuana, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. A jury convicted Maya...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Oscar Gomez Guerra, 43, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Corpus Christi on charges of conspiring to launder monetary instruments and aiding and abetting the operation of an unlicensed money transmitting business, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Francisco Chavez-Arriaga, 50, of San Juan, has been ordered to prison following his conviction of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 10 kilograms of methamphetamine and five kilograms of cocaine, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - David Downing, Assistant Special Agent in Charge with the Drug Enforcement (DEA), and Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas; along with 20th Judicial Prosecuting Attorney Cody Hiland; and Van Buren County Sheriff Scott Bradley announced an investigation into a large-scale...