CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Resident Agent in Charge Scott Smith announced today that Mary Ann Ramos, age 53, and her son, Earl James Ramos, age 26, both of Evansdale, Iowa were sentenced today in federal court. The mother and son were convicted of selling synthetic (commonly known...

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today that Christopher Thomas, 50, of Las Vegas, Nevada, was sentenced today for Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine in the United States District Court, Southern District of Illinois. Thomas had previously pled guilty to the...

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today that Rusty J. Smith, 36, of Cobden, IL, was sentenced for a methamphetamine violation in the Southern District of Illinois. Smith, who had previously pled guilty to a one-count indictment charging conspiracy to...

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today that April M. Elliot, 34, of Pomona, was sentenced on a methamphetamine violation, in the Southern District of Illinois. Elliot, who had previously pled guilty to a one-count indictment charging conspiracy to manufacture...

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today that Frank R. Johnson, a/k/a “Mo,” 45, of Elkville, IL, was sentenced for his involvement in a heroin conspiracy in the Southern District of Illinois. Johnson, who had previously pled guilty to a...

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today that Zachary Weil, 36, of St. Louis, MO, was convicted, in the Southern District of Illinois, of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine and Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering. Weil was sentenced to 144 months...

GRANITE CITY, Ill. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today that Ronald J. Wiggins, 35, of Granite City, was sentenced this week to 151 months in federal prison for offenses relating to the distribution of methamphetamine. Wiggins pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in...

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today that Harold Lawayne Barron, a/k/a “Wayne,” 51, of Murphysboro, Ill., was sentenced for his involvement in a methamphetamine conspiracy and a crack cocaine conspiracy. Barron, who had previously pled guilty to the two-count...

ST. LOUIS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today that all forfeiture claims in the civil case against $11,071,188.64, seized from brokerage accounts involving money laundering transactions, were struck down by U.S. District Judge Carol E. Jackson, of the Eastern District of Missouri. The...

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today that Brandon K. Craig, 21, of Carbondale, Ill., was sentenced for his involvement in a methamphetamine conspiracy in the Southern District of Illinois. Stephen R. Craig, who had previously pled guilty to the...