KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A California man was sentenced today to 78 months in federal prison for smuggling heroin and methamphetamine to Kansas, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said. Allan Bryan DeJesus, 40, of Bakersfield, California, pled guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute heroin. In his plea...

BOSTON – Anderson Daniel Jorge Cruz, 21, of Lowell, Mass., was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge William G. Young to 70 months in prison and three years of supervised release. In October 2019, Cruz pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute one kilogram or...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that William Claudio-Suarez, also known as “Willy,” 34, formerly of New Haven, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in...

ST. LOUIS – A Springfield, Mo., man was sentenced today to 13 years in federal prison without parole for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. The case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Greene County, Mo., Sheriff’s Department. On June...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A St. Joseph, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for leading a $2.1 million conspiracy that distributed more than 100 kilograms of methamphetamine in Buchanan, Clinton, and Nodaway counties in Missouri. James Patrick Pardee II, 29, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Sacramento, Calif., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for carrying more than two kilograms of cocaine aboard a train traveling through Kansas City, in a case that was investigated by the Kansas City Interdiction Task Force and the Drug Enforcement Administration St...

BURLINGTON, Vt. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Kieta Armstead was sentenced in federal court on one count of possession with intent to distribute more than 28 grams of...

ST. LOUIS – Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Administrator Uttam Dhillon today announced that the DEA will direct enforcement resources to methamphetamine “transportation hubs” — areas where methamphetamine is often trafficked in bulk and then distributed across the country. While continuing to focus on stopping drugs being smuggled across the border...

BOSTON – A Dorchester, Massachusetts man was sentenced in federal court in Boston for his role in a wide-ranging operation that distributed heroin and fentanyl throughout Cape Cod. James Ramirez, 57, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge William G. Young to 66 months in prison and five years of...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Additional charges and more defendants have been added to two federal indictments that now charge a total of 21 defendants for their roles in separate conspiracies to distribute heroin and fentanyl in the Springfield, Mo., area, resulting in the overdose deaths of at least two people. Most...