NEW ORLEANS – DEA Special Agent in Charge Steven Hofer and Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill announced today the conviction of two individuals, Dennis Pleasant and Vincent Jackson, following a joint narcotics investigation that uncovered a drug distribution operation operating within a designated school zone in Algiers. The investigation, launched...

OXFORD, Miss. – A Lowndes County man was sentenced to thirteen years for trafficking in excess of fifty grams of methamphetamine. According to court documents, Calvin Baskin, 55, of Columbus, Mississippi previously pled guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District to Mississippi to the charge stemming from...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Jena Marie Osborn, a multi-convicted felon, who is currently serving a state prison sentence for possession of drug paraphernalia, will spend 240 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine after completion of the state sentence. Jonathan D. Ross, United States Attorney for...

ST. LOUIS – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will host the 30th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at nearly 4,200 locations nationwide, including 70 sites across St. Louis Field Division which includes Missouri, Kansas and Southern Illinois. Twice...

LAFAYETTE, La. – DEA Special Agent in Charge Steven Hofer and United States Attorney Zachary A. Keller announced the disruption of major transnational drug trafficking operations following two significant seizures by the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) in Louisiana’s Western District. The operations resulted in the removal of approximately 550...

WICHITA, KAN. – A federal grand jury in Wichita returned an indictment charging a Kansas pharmacist for allegedly taking prescription drugs from a former employer for his personal use. According to court documents, Logan Marshall Abbott, 33, of Maize was indicted on one count of acquiring and obtaining a controlled...

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas – Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration (DFA) Regulatory Agents recently partnered with the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Little Rock District Office to seize 7,636 illicit or non-compliant products from vape and tobacco retailers. Regulatory agents, who oversee tobacco, alcohol and medical marijuana permits, visited 28 vape...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – On March 24, 2026, a federal judge sentenced 38-year-old Larenta Deshawn Dawkins, of Dothan, Alabama, to 360 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced Acting United States Attorney Kevin Davidson and Special Agent in Charge Steven L. Hofer of the Drug Enforcement Administration's...

ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge John A. Ross sentenced a former St. Louis County, Missouri pediatrician to 20 years in federal prison for prescribing pain pills and other controlled substances in exchange for sex acts, nude photos or cash. From at least 2014 through May of 2023, Craig A...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Over the past week, more than 100 federal, state, and local law enforcement officers worked together with prosecutors to arrest and charge 101 individuals in federal investigations for violent crimes. Today, the Justice Department announced the results of “Operation Spring Cleaning”, a multi-agency law enforcement operation conducted...