Special Agent in Charge of DEA’s Washington Division, Shawn A. Johnson, announced the sentencing of the following defendants in connection with their conviction by a federal grand jury on June 23, 2005: Deone Antonio Melvin, age 26, of Lanham, Maryland, 540 months in prison followed by five years of supervised...

Special Agent in Charge of DEA’s Washington Division, Shawn A. Johnson, announced the sentencing of Craig N. Webster, 46, of Olney, Maryland. United States District Court Judge Peter J. Messitte sentenced Webster to 262 months imprisonment followed by 5 years of supervised release for possessing with intent to distribute cocaine...

Shawn A. Johnson, Special Agent in Charge of DEA’s Washington Division, announced that a federal indictment was unsealed against seven men for conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine. The charges include allegations of crack cocaine distribution, firearms offenses, and the shooting of Anne Arundel County Police Officer William Hicks. The indictment...

SAC Shawn A. Johnson of DEA’s Washington Division announced today that Brian Kauffmann, age 33, of Pertch Road in Severna Park, Maryland, is charged with the distribution of methamphetamine and conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. DEA’s Metropolitan Area Task Force (MATF) Group 36 executed a search warrant at Kauffmann’s residence and...

JUL 22-- FAIRFAX – The estimated $3.1 million worth of duct-taped “bricks” of pure Colombian heroin and cocaine were destined for the United States when Virginia State Police and Drug Enforcement Administration Agency (DEA) agents intercepted the shipment at a South American airport. Further investigation led to the recent arrests...

JUL 19 -- Shawn A. Johnson, Special Agent in Charge of DEA’s Washington Division, announced today that Steven Winfield Tomershea, age 40, of Foxboro, Massachusetts, was sentenced by Judge Glen M. Williams to 30 years in prison on charges of conspiracy, manufacturing, and distributing methamphetamine. “By arresting and sentencing him...

Shawn A. Johnson, Special Agent in Charge of DEA’s Washington Division announced today that a federal jury convicted defendants Deone Antonio Melvin, age 26, of Lanham, Maryland; Ramone Stephon Jones, age 27, or Upper Marlboro, Maryland; Stephon Mason, age 31, of Fort Washington, Maryland; and, Adrian Alexander, age 28, of...

MAY 24--Shawn A. Johnson, Special Agent in Charge of DEA’s Washington Division, announced today the guilty plea and sentencing of Shadita Sweeney. Sweeney, 28, was sentenced to 10 years in prison in connection with her guilty plea on conspiracy charges to distribute and possess with intent to distribute phencyclidine, commonly...

Kevin M. Foley, Acting Special Agent in Charge of DEA’s Washington Division announced today that Steven Winfield Tomershea, age 40, of Foxboro, Massachusetts, pled guilty in federal court in the Western District of Virginia to charges of manufacturing methamphetamine and conspiracy to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine. These charges arose out...

Daniel Ray Lineberry, 55, of Salem, Virginia, a Pharmacist and Owner of Craig County Medical Center Pharmacy in New Castle, Virginia was indicted on 36 counts including: One Count of mail fraud; twenty-five counts of illegal distribution of a Schedule III controlled substance, and one count of illegal distribution of...