ASHEVILLE, N.C. –U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger has sentenced Frank Michael Lucas, 33, of Sylva, N.C. to 160 months in prison on drug trafficking charges, announced U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina Andrew Murray. Judge Reidinger also ordered Lucas to serve five years under court supervision and...

TAMPA, Fla. - A federal jury has found Leon Williams 30, and Reginald Jones, Jr. 25, both of Tampa, guilty of conspiring to distribute cocaine, crack cocaine, and marijuana, and discharging a firearm during and in relation to that conspiracy. Each faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 10 years, and...

INDIANAPOLIS – DEA Indianapolis Assistant Special Agent in Charge J. Michael Gannon and the United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler of the Southern District of Indiana announced today that Michael O’Bannon, 35, Michael Jones, 37, Jason Reed, 50, and Shaun Myers, 37, all from Kokomo, Indiana, were convicted on drug...

CINCINNATI – A federal grand jury has charged 36 individuals with crimes related to narcotics and money laundering conspiracies in an indictment that was unsealed today. Those charged include 22 local individuals. Law enforcement agents arrested all 36 defendants late last week and over the weekend. According to the indictment...

CINCINNATI – A federal grand jury has charged 36 individuals with crimes related to narcotics and money laundering conspiracies in an indictment that was unsealed today. Those charged include 22 local individuals. Law enforcement agents arrested all 36 defendants late last week and over the weekend. According to the indictment...

CHARLESTON, S.C. – United States Attorney Sherri Lydon announced today that James C. Edgerton, IV, 35, was sentenced in federal court in Columbia after pleading guilty to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute heroin and methamphetamine. Senior United States District Judge Joseph F. Anderson, Jr., of...

CHARLESTON, S.C. – United States Attorney Sherri Lydon announced today that Brian Dale Lee, 40, was sentenced in federal court in Charleston after pleading guilty to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute heroin and methamphetamine. United States District Judge Richard M. Gergel, of Charleston, sentenced Lee...

ATLANTA – Roberto Arroyo-Garcia has pleaded guilty to methamphetamine trafficking on premises where a minor child resides and within 1,000 feet of a school. Arroyo-Garcia and two co-defendants illegally entered the United States from Mexico and then utilized a family home across the street from an elementary school to operate...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 33-year-old Corpus Christi resident and member of the Sureno 13 gang has been ordered to federal prison following his convictions for possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine and carrying a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, announced DEA Houston Acting Special Agent in Charge...

AVON PARK, Fla. - Samuel Martinez, 41, of Avon Park, Florida, was sentenced yesterday to 18 years in prison for armed drug trafficking. Martinez previously pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking...