INDIANAPOLIS - Arieon Lofton, 27, of Indianapolis, has been sentenced to 16 years and two months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to two counts of possession with intent to distribute controlled substances. According to court documents, on July 26, 2025, the victim...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – A Texas man appeared in federal court on April 30, 2026, after being charged by criminal complaint on Wednesday, April 29, 2026, for possessing a substance containing methamphetamine with intent to distribute it, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(A). William Mayes, Jr., 35, was...

MILWAUKEE -- John McGarry, assistant special agent in charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Milwaukee District Office, and Brad D. Schimel, First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on April 24, 2026, Jose Cardenas-Salcido, 43, was sentenced to 22 years of imprisonment, followed by...

CHICAGO — Federal law enforcement this month arrested an alleged drug trafficker and seized 22 firearms and multiple kilograms of narcotics from his Chicago storage unit. Mario Neustadter sold fentanyl and methamphetamine to an undercover law enforcement officer in Chicago on three occasions in January of February of this year...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – On April 23, 2026, Devin Melvin, 33, of Detroit, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty after pleading guilty to two counts of aiding and abetting the distribution of fentanyl, announced Northern District of Indiana U.S. Attorney Adam L. Mildred. Melvin was sentenced...

BOSTON – A Saugus man has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy involving thousands of counterfeit pills containing methamphetamine and fentanyl. George Krabey, 47, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Angel Kelley to 10 years in prison, to be followed...

BOSTON – A Newtonville man pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to a drug distribution offense involving cocaine. Trevor Headley, 32, pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine and two counts of distribution of and possession with intent to...

BOSTON – An associate of the Unknown Bikers Motorcycle Club has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for his role in a conspiracy to distribute crystal methamphetamine. Daniel Loughman, a/k/a “Swiss,” 40, of Wakefield, Mass. was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor, IV to 12 years...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A federal grand jury in Rhode Island has returned an indictment charging the Kelvin German Luperon De Jesus with attempted possession with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl, announced United States Attorney Charles C. Calenda. Luperon De Jesus, 32, is charged with one count...

SOUTHINGTON, Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ERIC D. COX, 43, of Southington, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in New Haven to 29 months of imprisonment and two years of supervised release for firearm and narcotics...