BURLINGTON, Vt. - Kevin L. Lane, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Tristram J. Coffin, the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont, announced that Kristen Franco, 55, of Plant City, Florida, was sentenced on Monday, September 24, 2012, to 27...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Kevin L. Lane, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Brigitte Jones, 49, of the Bronx, N.Y., formerly a Transportation Security Administration officer based at Westchester County...

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - On September 17, 2012, John Arnold, 25, of East St. Louis, Illinois, pled guilty to a single count Indictment charging him with Possession With the Intent to Distribute Crack Cocaine, the Drug Enforcement Administration and United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen...

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - The Drug Enforcement Administration and Federal Prosecutors today announce that a Randolph County resident was sentenced on a one-count indictment, charging conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine. Bonnie L. Wahl, a/k/a Bonnie Biesterfeld, 45, of Sparta, IL, was sentenced to 60 months in prison, followed by 5...

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - The Drug Enforcement Administration and Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on September 12, 2012, Penelope J. Reed, a/k/a “Penny Warren,” 36, of Chester, IL, was convicted by a jury in U.S. District Court in Benton...

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - The Drug Enforcement Administration and United States Attorney’s Office today announced that Ever Astorga-Ramirez, 33, who most recently resided in Phoenix, Arizona, was charged by Criminal Complaint on September 10, 2012, with one count of Possession With the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. If convicted, Astorga-Ramirez...

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) and federal prosecutors today announced that Horacio Hernandez-Saenz, 46, a Mexican citizen most recently residing in El Paso, Texas, pled guilty on September 6, 2012, to Possession with the Intent to Distribute Five Kilograms or More of Cocaine. Hernandez-Saenz was indicted...

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - The Drug Enforcement Administration today announced that Rickey Salmond, 26, of Madison, IL, was sentenced on September 5, 2012, in District Court in East St. Louis, IL, on one count of possession with intent to distribute over five grams of crack cocaine. Salmond was sentenced...

ST. LOUIS - The Drug Enforcement Administration today announced that a St. Louis County woman, convicted of distribution of heroin, was sentenced to over 7 years in federal prison. Shirl Driver, 55, of St. Louis County, Mo., received an 87 month sentence for two counts of distribution of heroin, which...

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - A Missouri man pled guilty on August 24, 2012, in District Court in East St. Louis, IL, on one count of using a telephone to facilitate the commission of an offense, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced...