SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Elijah Suggs, 31, of South Bend, was sentenced to 180 months in federal prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Alfred A. Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Maurice Williams, 30, of Milwaukee, was sentenced to 264 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Cristal C. Brisco after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a substance containing methamphetamine and being a felon in possession of a...

ALBUQUERQUE – A Hobbs man was sentenced to 26 years in prison for drug trafficking and illegal firearm possession as a convicted felon. There is no parole in the federal system. According to court documents, on October 19, 2023, agents with the Lea County Drug Task Force stopped a SUV...

MILWAUKEE - Shane R. Catone, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Field Division, and Brad D. Schimel, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Dec. 9, 2025, Michael Williams, 44, of Minnesota, received a sentence of 240 months in federal prison...

INDIANAPOLIS - Cesar Alexander Pineda-Penaloza, 21, of California has been sentenced to 10 years and 10 months in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to possession with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. According to court documents, between January 2023...

ALBUQUERQUE – Four members of the Navarrette Drug Trafficking Organization have been indicted, and one charged by a criminal complaint, on federal drug trafficking charges following an investigation into the distribution of methamphetamine, fentanyl, and cocaine in Hobbs, New Mexico. According to court documents, from October 2024, through December 2025...

HAMMOND, Ind. - Alfred A. Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, Indiana, and M. Scott Proctor, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, announced that Fernando Porras Jr., 64, of Hammond, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Gretchen S. Lund after pleading...

HAMMOND, Ind. - Alfred "Chip" Cooke III, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration – Merrillville, Indiana, and M. Scott Proctor, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, announced a 17-count indictment charging DeCarlos L. Smallwood, Robert Sanders, Kumar Bishop, Sanena Williams, and DeCarlos C...

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...

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...