NEW ORLEANS – DEA Special Agent in Charge Steven Hofer and Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill announced today the conviction of two individuals, Dennis Pleasant and Vincent Jackson, following a joint narcotics investigation that uncovered a drug distribution operation operating within a designated school zone in Algiers. The investigation, launched...

Tallahassee, Fla. – Ramon Velazquez Rodas, 46, of Tallahassee, Fla., has been sentenced to 13 years in federal prison for charges relating to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl, and possession of a stolen firearm by a convicted felon. Court documents reflect that on August 11, 2022, as...

OXFORD, Miss. – A Lowndes County man was sentenced to thirteen years for trafficking in excess of fifty grams of methamphetamine. According to court documents, Calvin Baskin, 55, of Columbus, Mississippi previously pled guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District to Mississippi to the charge stemming from...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Jena Marie Osborn, a multi-convicted felon, who is currently serving a state prison sentence for possession of drug paraphernalia, will spend 240 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine after completion of the state sentence. Jonathan D. Ross, United States Attorney for...

LAFAYETTE, La. – DEA Special Agent in Charge Steven Hofer and United States Attorney Zachary A. Keller announced the disruption of major transnational drug trafficking operations following two significant seizures by the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) in Louisiana’s Western District. The operations resulted in the removal of approximately 550...

Tallahassee, Fla. – Edward Lee Cromartie, 45, of Tallahassee, Fla., was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison following his conviction on charges relating to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine, distribution of cocaine and methamphetamine, and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. “The Panhandle of...

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas – Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration (DFA) Regulatory Agents recently partnered with the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Little Rock District Office to seize 7,636 illicit or non-compliant products from vape and tobacco retailers. Regulatory agents, who oversee tobacco, alcohol and medical marijuana permits, visited 28 vape...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – On March 24, 2026, a federal judge sentenced 38-year-old Larenta Deshawn Dawkins, of Dothan, Alabama, to 360 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced Acting United States Attorney Kevin Davidson and Special Agent in Charge Steven L. Hofer of the Drug Enforcement Administration's...

Tallahassee, Fla. – Garret Culpepper, 25, of Tallahassee, Fla., was sentenced to seven years in federal prison after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana, and unlawful possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking crimes. The term of imprisonment will be followed by eight...

Pensacola, Fla. – Scott Oranje, 52, of Mary Esther, Fla., pleaded guilty in federal court to possession with intent to distribute more than 40 grams of fentanyl, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. “Mr. Oranje was...