PHOENIX, AZ. - Senior U.S. District Judge Stephen M. McNamee sentenced Rogelio Anton Perez on Tuesday to 12 years in the Bureau of Prisons. Perez, 30, of Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico, pleaded guilty to the charge of Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Cocaine. “The drug trade has...

BENTON, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that two men and one woman from Centralia, Illinois, were indicted on heroin and crack cocaine charges on March 8, 2011. Toriano A. Bohanna, Sr., age 38, Angela N. Hill, age 28, and...

BENTON, IL. - Stephen R Wigginton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that two women and one man from Mt. Vernon, Illinois, were indicted on crack cocaine charges on March 8, 2011. Rebecca A. Phillips, 43, Tammy R. Thomas, 47, and Jamel K. Sandifer, 34...

PHOENIX, AZ. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman and Attorney General Tom Horne today announced that Albert Yeh, a medical doctor who practiced in Golden Valley, Arizona has surrendered his medical license in both Arizona and Nevada and will pay nearly $700,000 in restitution for...

MINNEAPOLIS, MN. - March 7, 2011 - The second of two men from the small northeastern Minnesota community of Hermantown was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Minneapolis for growing marijuana in his home. United States District Court Judge David S. Doty sentenced Matthew Daniel Blank, age 23, to 18...

- PHOENIX, AZ. - This spring, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and its state, local and tribal law enforcement partners will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. On Saturday, April 30, 2011, from...

MINNEAPOLIS, MN. - March 7, 2011 - A year-long federal drug investigation, “Operation Pitchfork”, resulted in three federal indictments recently filed against a total of 15 alleged members of a drug trafficking organization. Following the initial court appearances of several of the defendants last week, the indictments were unsealed. The...

INDIANAPOLIS, IN. - - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Jack Riley and United States Attorney Joseph H. Hogsett announced today the sentencing of Juan Antonio Corona-Gonzalez, 28, Jalisco, Mexico, to 24 years in prison. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals (sitting by designation) David F. Hamilton sentenced Corona-Gonzalez following...

INDIANAPOLIS, IN. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Jack Riley and United States Attorney Joseph H. Hogsett announced today the sentencing of Juan Antonio Corona-Gonzalez, 28, Jalisco, Mexico, to 24 years in prison. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals (sitting by designation) David F. Hamilton sentenced Corona-Gonzalez following his...

INDIANAPOLIS, IN. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Jack Riley and United States Attorney Joseph H. Hogsett announced the sentencing of Alberto Santana-Cabrera, 31, to 75 years in prison last week. U.S. District Judge William T. Lawrence sentenced Santana-Cabrera following his convictions for conspiracy to distribute 50 grams...