MONROE – On October 8, 2026, United States Chief District Judge Terry A. Doughty sentenced Heath A. Foster, 30, of West Monroe, to 156 months in federal prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance, followed by five years of supervised release. Foster previously pled guilty to the...

CHICAGO – The Drug Enforcement Administration, in collaboration with more than 4,300 law enforcement partners, will host the 31st National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, Oct. 24, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Additionally, the DEA Chicago Field Division will be hosting Take Back Day collection sites on...

MONROE – On September 30, 2026, a federal jury found Sirkeameo Vandrell Johnson, 32, of Monroe, guilty of Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, Distribution of Methamphetamine, Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon, Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – On Oct. 7, 2026, Kumar Bishop, 47, of South Bend, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine . Bishop was sentenced to 121 months in...

FAYETTEVILLE – A Benton County man was sentenced to 210 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release, for Possession with the Intent to Distribute More Than 50 Grams of Methamphetamine. The Honorable Chief District Judge Timothy L. Brooks presided over the October 8, 2026, sentencing hearing, which...

HAMMOND, Ind. - On Oct. 8, 2026, Darod Wheeler, 55, of Gary, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Philip P. Simon after being found guilty by a jury of trafficking methamphetamine, fentanyl, and heroin. Wheeler was sentenced to 120 months in prison followed by eight years of supervised release...

FAYETTEVILLE – A previously convicted drug trafficker was sentenced on October 7, 2026, to 270 months in federal prison without the possibility of parole to be followed by 10 years of supervised release after being convicted of Distributing More Than Fifty (50) Grams of Methamphetamine in violation of federal law...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- The two men responsible for distributing fentanyl to an individual who later died will now spend decades in federal prison. Today, Erick Williams, 49, of Pine Bluff, was sentenced to 240 months, or 20 years, in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Earlier, Cortell...

CHICAGO — A federal jury in Chicago has convicted a man of trafficking methamphetamine to Illinois from California. Hugo Steven De La Cruz Corona, 24, of San Jacinto, California, trafficked the meth on behalf of a Los Angeles-based drug trafficking organization that distributed narcotics throughout the country via the U.S...

MADISON, Wis. – Chadwick M. Elgersma, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that four more defendants were sentenced by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley for their roles in a large drug trafficking organization operating in Madison. Treagir Sander, 27, La Crosse, Wisconsin, was sentenced on Sept...