SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Joplin, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and for illegally possessing firearms. Dustin L. Holden, 34, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann A. Ketchmark on Friday, Aug. 23, to 22 years and nine months...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Nevada, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for leading a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Trenton D. Wallace, 28, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann A. Ketchmark to 20 years in federal prison without parole. On Dec. 14, 2023, Wallace pleaded guilty to one...

ST. LOUIS – Residents of metro St. Louis can apply to be part of the DEA St. Louis Division’s first Citizens Academy. The deadline to submit an application is Sept. 20. The DEA Citizens Academy allows community leaders to gain an understanding of DEA’s mission and community awareness of the...

FRESNO, Calif. — An investigation into the death of a correctional officer led to the arrests of three defendants today who are charged by criminal complaint with conspiring to distribute controlled substances and introducing narcotic drugs to an inmate at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atwater, California. According to court documents...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp on Tuesday sentenced a man who sold fentanyl to someone who later suffered a fatal overdose to 10 years in prison. Dylan C. McMikle, 22, of Jackson, Missouri, provided several lines of powdered fentanyl that the 25-year-old victim snorted early...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – An Akron, Ohio, man was sentenced in federal court today for transporting more than 27 kilograms of methamphetamine through Kansas City, Mo., aboard a bus. Rogeric Romone Clark, 40, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Howard F. Sachs to 12 years in federal prison without parole...

ST. LOUIS – A western Missouri man on Monday admitted being caught with nearly three pounds of methamphetamine after a high-speed police chase that started and ended on Interstate 44 in Franklin County, Missouri. Antonio D. Braxton, 49, of Lee’s Summit, Missouri, pleaded guilty to one count of possession with...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Florissant, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for providing more than 34 kilograms of fentanyl to a large-scale drug-trafficking organization in southwest Missouri. Sheron L. Loggins, also known as “Bane,” 50, was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison without parole. On Nov. 14...

TOPEKA, Kan. – A Kansas man was sentenced today to 25 years in prison for charges related to drug trafficking and illegal firearms. According to court documents, Christian Michael Woodruff, 33, of Topeka, Kansas, pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and one count of...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Springfield, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Greene and Polk Counties, Mo., and illegally possessing five firearms. Jeffrey S. Durbray, 61, was sentenced July 16 to 15 years in federal prison without parole. Durbray...