CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - DEA, Special Agent in Charge James P. Shroba announced today that a man who imported pseudoephedrine from Canada to Iowa in order to manufacture methamphetamine was sentenced on August 3, 2015, to more than 12 years in federal prison. Roger Hettinger, age 42, from Manchester, Iowa...

MADISON, Wis. - John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Melvin R. Thomas, 37, Madison, Wis., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 18 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute heroin and possession of heroin with intent...

CHICAGO - Two dozen defendants are facing federal drug charges after a two-and-a-half-year investigation uncovered their roles in trafficking wholesale amounts of cocaine and heroin and distributing it in the Chicago area and Wisconsin. Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Administration assigned to the Chicago Strike...

ST. LOUIS - DEA Special Agent in Charges James P. Shroba announced today that the 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine Take-Back events, sites will be set up throughout communities nationwide so local residents can...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - The DEA today announced that a Canadian national who was involved in a large marijuana smuggling conspiracy has pleaded guilty in federal court. Jason Boyachek, age 42 from British Columbia, Canada, was convicted of conspiracy to distribute 1000 kilograms or more of marijuana from 2005 through...

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - The DEA today announced that two local residents, James C. Leming, 54, and Dawn E. Unterfer, 45, both of Carbondale, IL, were sentenced for their involvement in a methamphetamine conspiracy. Leming and Unterfer, who had previously pleaded guilty to the one-count indictment charging conspiracy to...

CHICAGO - DEA Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg today announced that the 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine Take-Back events, sites will be set up throughout communities nationwide so local residents can return their unwanted, unneeded...

MADISON, Wis. - John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Paul W. Stewart, 33, Madison, Wis., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 151 months in federal prison for possession of heroin with intent to distribute. Stewart pleaded guilty...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Missouri man was sentenced in federal court for his role in a conspiracy that distributed thousands of pounds of marijuana in southwest Missouri, the DEA today announced. Sean Bond, 39, of Republic, Mo., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough to 12 years in...

MADISON, Wis. - John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Rhonda Jacquinot, 52, Hayward, Wisconsin, was sentenced today to 57 months in federal prison, without the possibility of parole, by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson. Jacquinot previously pleaded guilty to her role...