BEAUMONT, Texas - A 59 year old Orange, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for conspiring to possess “crack” cocaine and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit and U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today. Grover...

LAREDO, Texas - Nearly two dozen people have been ordered to prison in relation to a drug conspiracy involving heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. All were charged in a 2013 indictment alleging members and associates...

BEAUMONT, Texas - A 44-year-old Beaumont woman has been sentenced for bringing prohibited drugs into a federal prison in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales and Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit. Lakista Lashau Davis pleaded guilty on Aug. 27, 2015...

LAREDO, Texas - Twelve individuals in multiple cities were arrested on charges alleging their participation in a marijuana conspiracy, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in-Charge Joseph M. Arabit. U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson and Homeland Security (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Shane Folden also made the announcement with DEA. The...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - One man and three women, all of South Texas, entered guilty pleas to charges of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine and conspiracy to commit money laundering, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney...

SAN ANTONIO, Texas - This morning, federal and state authorities in Texas arrested the highest ranking leaders of the Bandidos Outlaw Motorcycle (OMO)--National President Jeffrey Fay Pike, National Vice President John Xavier Portillo and National Sergeant at Arms Justin Cole Forster--based on federal racketeering and drug distribution charges. Pike, age...