MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Four members of a drug trafficking organization based in Lee County pled guilty to charges against them on the second day of their trial. Their guilty pleas bring the total number of members of the DTO who have pled guilty in federal court to eighteen. A nineteenth...

NEW ORLEANS – Four River Parish residents, Andre Staggers, a/k/a “Dre,” age 44, Corey Session, age 44, Gregory London, Jr., a/k/a “Lil Gregg,” age 42, and Leonard Morrison, a/k/a “Leonard London,” age 36, were convicted today after a five-day trial in U.S. District Court. According to evidence presented at trial...

OAKLAND, Calif. – Marcos Anthony Hatch was sentenced Friday, August 3, 2018, to 63 months in prison for dealing in firearms and prescription medications without a license and related charges, announced United States Attorney Alex G. Tse, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) Special Agent in Charge Jill...

NEW ORLEANS - Jarvis Hardy, 29, of New Orleans, Louisiana, pled guilty this week to multiple charges that led to the shooting of a DEA task force officer. Hardy is charged with conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 280 grams or more of a mixture/substance containing...

JACKSON, Miss. - A Jackson man, Michael Gene Rushing, 58, was sentenced by a Senior U.S. District Judge to more than 17 years (210 months) in jail, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for producing child pornography and possession of child pornography, announced DEA Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge Derryle Smith...

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Julio Camacho Pacheco was sentenced today to 140 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, announced Acting United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Chris Nielsen. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable...

FRESNO, Calif. – Following a month-long jury trial, Douglas Jason Way, aka Jason Way, 45, of Evanston, Illinois, was found guilty today on all counts for a conspiracy to manufacture and distribute synthetic marijuana, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Chris Nielsen announced...

Sacramento, Calif – U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez sentenced Donnie Joe Phillips, 65, of Concord, to 25 years in prison for methamphetamine trafficking, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and DEA Special Agent-in-Charge Chris Nielsen announced. On February 7, 2018, after a five-day trial, a federal jury found Phillips and...

San Francisco –Six San Mateo residents were indicted on various charges involving methamphetamine trafficking announced Acting United States Attorney Alex G. Tse, DEA Special Agent in Charge Chris Nielsen, and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Jill Snyder. The charges range from possession with intent...

(NEW ORLEANS) - As a part of the largest Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action in Department of Justice history, the DEA and the Eastern District of Louisiana Strike Force announces charges against 11 individuals. In Baton Rouge, Louisiana the DEA and United States Attorney’s Office announced new charges against 26...