CHICAGO — Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Bell, Drug Enforcement Administration-Chicago Division and John R. Lausch, Jr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois announced that two suburban Chicago physicians have been indicted on federal criminal charges for allegedly prescribing opioids to individuals who lacked a legitimate...

MADISON, Wis. – Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Bell, Drug Enforcement Administration-Chicago Field Division, and Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Eric G. Cooke, 51, of Ladysmith, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to nine...

ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Court Judge Henry E. Autrey sentenced Farraad Johnson, 46, of St. Louis, to a 36-month term of imprisonment on Wednesday. Johnson pleaded guilty in March to maintaining a drug-involved premises. Johnson admitted leasing, maintaining, and controlling a residence in the 1100 block of Edlor Drive...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – An Everton, Missouri, man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a conspiracy to distribute large amounts of methamphetamine in the Springfield area. Cheyenne W. Conn, 45, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool to one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine...

MADISON, Wis. – Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Bell, Drug Enforcement Administration-Chicago Field Division, and Acting U.S. Attorney Timothy M. O'Shea, Western District of Wisconsin announced that Adam Beliveau, 41, of Downing, Wisconsin, has been charged with 1 count of attempting to possess 500 grams or more of methamphetamine...

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – Lamondra Beckley, 43, of St. Louis pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense, and unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Beckley has been under federal indictment since April...

FORT WAYNE, Indiana – Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Bell, Drug Enforcement Administration-Chicago Division and Acting United States Attorney Tina L. Nommay of the Northern District of Indiana announced that Larry Lamb, 40, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced before United States District Court Judge Holly A. Brady following...

CHICAGO — Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Bell, Drug Enforcement Administration-Chicago Division and United States Attorney John R. Lausch, Jr. of the Northern District of Illinois announced that a woman has been arrested on a federal drug charge after allegedly selling two kilograms of cocaine while vacationing in Chicago...

MILWAUKEE, Wisc. - Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Bell, Drug Enforcement Administration-Chicago Division and Acting United States Attorney Richard G. Frohling of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on August 25, 2020, a federal grand jury indicted Herlin Hernandez-Trinidad (a/k/a “Rainely), and on January 26, 2021, a federal...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Mexican national who has been deported seven times after illegally entering the United States was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a Daviess County, Missouri, marijuana-growing operation where law enforcement officers seized nearly $10 million worth of plants. Sergio Medina-Perez, 47, of...