INDIANAPOLIS - Deontai Williams, 33, of Indianapolis, has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, after a federal jury found him guilty of trafficking in fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine; illegally possessing eight firearms as a convicted felon; and possessing those firearms in...

AUSTIN, Texas – An Austin man was sentenced in a federal court in Austin to 220 months in prison for trafficking fentanyl while in possession of a firearm, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Miguel Madrigal of the San Antonio Division and U.S. Attorney Justin R. Simmons for the Western District...

HAMMOND, Ind. - On July 14, 2026, Darod Wheeler, 55, of Gary, was found guilty following a two-day trial presided over by U.S. District Court Judge Philip P. Simon. Sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 8, 2026. “The Defendant was found guilty for trafficking methamphetamine, fentanyl, and heroin. According to trial...

ROCKFORD, Ill. — An Illinois man has been sentenced to over 24 years in federal prison for trafficking fentanyl and methamphetamine. On Oct. 25, 2022, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at Bradley Walters’s place of business, Black Sheep Vintage, in Roscoe. Inside the premises, officers located more than...

MEMPHIS, Tn. – Antonio Caldwell, aka “Joe”, 40, of Memphis, was sentenced to 235 months in prison for narcotics trafficking. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today. U.S. Attorney Dunavant said, “Caldwell is a recidivist drug dealer who was brazenly distributing deadly...

WHEELING, Wv. — The United States Attorney’s Offices for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia announced today that West Virginia United Health System, Inc., doing business as West Virginia University Health System (WVUHS), has agreed to pay $4,177,139 and enter a Memorandum of Agreement to resolve civil allegations...

CHICAGO – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Field Division and United Against Fentanyl (UAF) will host a Walk for Lives 2026 event at the Warrick County Courthouse Square in Boonville, Indiana, on July 11, 2026, in support of DEA’s Fentanyl Free America initiative. Walk for Lives events are organized...

CHICAGO – The Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Field Division has partnered with the Frontier League’s Joliet Slammers professional baseball team to host a local United Against Fentanyl Walk for Lives 2026 event at Slammers Stadium in Joliet on July 11, 2026. The Joliet Walk for Lives will begin with a...

CHICAGO – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Field Division and United Against Fentanyl will host a Walk for Lives 2026 event at 2620 Parmenter St. in Middleton, Wisconsin, on July 11, 2026, in support of DEA’s Fentanyl Free America initiative. Walk for Lives events are organized by bereaved family...

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Joshua Willie McCarver, also known as “TJ,” 28, of Detroit, Michigan, pleaded guilty today to distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. McCarver admitted to a leading role in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) that distributed methamphetamine and fentanyl in the Huntington area. According to court...