SEATTLE – A 44-year-old Tacoma resident was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Seattle to seven years in prison for his high-level role in a multi-state drug trafficking conspiracy. Michael Young Jr pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances on July 7, 2025. Young was a high-level member...

URBANA, Ill. – Shane R. Catone, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Field Division, and Gregory M. Gilmore, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Central District of Illinois, announced that a federal jury returned eight guilty verdicts on November 19, 2025, against Marcus “Slim” McKinney, 49...

SEATTLE – Two long-term investigations in the Western District of Washington wrapped up in October 2025 with multiple arrests and significant seizures of narcotics and firearms, announced U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Floyd. This afternoon, Jose Isabel Sandoval Zuniga, 30, of Sammamish, Washington who served as a primary source of firearms...

ROCKFORD, Ill. — Shane R. Catone, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Field Division, and Andrew S. Boutros, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, announced that a Cherry Valley, Illinois man has been sentenced to 17 years in federal prison for distributing more...

BOISE, Idaho – William Charles Jones, 34, of St. Louis, Missouri, was sentenced on Thursday to 120 months in federal prison for his involvement in the distribution of cocaine in Idaho, According to court records, Jones was a high-volume cocaine distributor in the treasure valley. He would travel to Missouri...

YAKIMA,Wash.- United States District Judge Rebecca L. Pennell, sentenced Allicianna Lynnzie Clark, age 31, of Yakima, Washington, Washington, to 151 months imprisonment for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. Judge Pennell also ordered that, following her sentence, Clark be on supervised release for a period of five years. The sentencing...

YAKIMA,Wash.- United States District Judge Rebecca L. Pennell, sentenced Allicianna Lynnzie Clark, age 31, of Yakima, Washington, Washington, to 151 months imprisonment for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. Judge Pennell also ordered that, following her sentence, Clark be on supervised release for a period of five years. The sentencing...

SEATTLE – On October 25, 2025, DEA joined 4,263 law enforcement agencies across the country who came together for the 29th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. At 4,317 collection sites nationwide, Take Back events removed 571,054 pounds of unneeded and expired medications from home medicine cabinets to prevent drug...

CHICAGO –The Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Field Division, in collaboration with numerous law enforcement partners and healthcare providers throughout Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin, will host the 29th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day this Saturday, Oct. 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. At nearly 4,000 collection sites throughout the...

SEATTLE –The Drug Enforcement Administration, in collaboration with nearly 4,000 law enforcement partners across the country, will host the 29th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day this Saturday, October 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. At nearly 4,000 collection sites throughout the United States, DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take...