EAST ST. LOUIS, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that a Granite City man, Oscar Valle, who was indicted along with twenty-two other individuals and charged with being members of a large cocaine distribution organization, has pled guilty. Ortiz...

LOS ANGELES, CA - In a law enforcement action this morning that targeted the Varrio Azusa 13 street gang, 16 people were arrested pursuant to a federal indictment that alleges violations of the federal racketeering statute and a nearly 20-year conspiracy to violate the civil rights of African-Americans in the...

KANSAS CITY, MO. - Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Mexican national pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a conspiracy to grow thousands of marijuana plants in two large plots near Gower, Missouri. Serafin Rodriguez Gonzalez, 24, of...

BENTON, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that Jeffrey Todd Chenoweth, R.Ph., 40, of Newton, Ill., and David Sherman Lustig, R.Ph., 72, of Effingham, Illinois, have each pled guilty to an indictment charging each with felonies - illegal distribution of Schedule...

BENTON, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that a Carterville man was sentenced on June 1, 2011, in United States District Court at Benton, Illinois, on a one count indictment charging him with Possession of a Listed (Pseudoephedrine) Knowing it...

BENTON, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that a Thompsonville man plead guilty on May 31, 2011, in United States District Court at Benton, Illinois, to a one count indictment charging him with Conspiracy to Manufacture a Controlled (Methamphetamine). Jonathan...

BENTON, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that a Dalgren man, who plead guilty on February 25, 2010, was sentenced on May 27, 2011, in United States District Court at Benton, Illinois, on an indictment charging him with Possession of...

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois announced that on May 23, 2011, an Elkville, IL man pled guilty to a one-count indictment charging him with conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine. Justin C. Evans, 26, of Elkville, pled guilty to...

LEAVENWORTH, KS. - The office of Barry Grissom, the United States Attorney for the District of Kansas, announced that a Leavenworth woman is facing federal drug charges. Laurie Louise Reed, 47, is charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and one count of possession with intent to distribute...

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that a Lufkin, Texas, man, Joshua L. McMurray, 32, convicted of Conspiracy to Manufacture and Distribute (Count 1), and Distribution of (Counts 2 -4), was sentenced to 10 years in federal...