ST. LOUIS – Bradley A. Seyer, D.D.S., 53, of Florissant, Missouri, was sentenced today to 18 months of imprisonment and a $50,000 fine. Previously, on June 26, 2019, Dr. Seyer pleaded guilty to two felony charges of making false statements to Medicare and illegally issuing prescriptions for narcotic opioid drugs...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. – A Leavenworth man was sentenced today to 192 months in federal prison on drug and firearms changes. The Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division worked with the Leavenworth Police Department on the investigation. Bryan K. Quinley, 39, Leavenworth, Kan., pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Springfield woman was sentenced in federal court today for distributing methamphetamine and illegally possessing firearms. It was investigated by the Springfield, Mo., Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division. Natalie K. Hampton, 35, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool to...

NEWARK, N.J. – An Illinois man today admitted conspiring to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin and 500 grams or more of cocaine, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Jesus Henoc Castaneda Soberanis, 25, of Chicago, Illinois, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton in Newark federal court...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Albert Veliu was sentenced by United States District Judge Kiyo A. Matsumoto to nine years’ imprisonment for his role in a money laundering scheme that resulted in the defendant’s purchase and sale of an anti-tank rocket launcher and AK-47s rifles...

NEW YORK – Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Roger Thomas Clark, aka “Plural of Mongoose,” aka “Variety Jones,” aka “VJ,” aka “cimon,” pled guilty today to conspiring to distribute massive quantities of narcotics, a charge arising out of his...

NEW YORK – DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey S. Berman announced that German Gomez-Castruita and Benjamin Contreras-Rangel were charged in a criminal complaint in Manhattan federal court with conspiring to import cocaine...

NEW YORK CITY – U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget G. Brennan, New York City Police Commissioner Dermot F. Shea, New York State Police Superintendent Keith M. Corlett and Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced...

WICHITA, KS – A grand jury in Wichita returned two indictments today charging federal gun crimes under the Justice Department’s new initiative called Project Guardian, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said. “We are working closely with our law enforcement partners to investigate and prosecute gun crimes as part of Project Guardian,”...

ST. LOUIS – Shannon Rennee Bradley, 25, of Washington, Missouri, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute, and aiding and abetting in the distribution of heroin and fentanyl, which resulted in the death of victim A.C. The Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division investigated the case, along with the Franklin...