CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- A Cedar Rapids man who distributed a significant amount of methamphetamine and heroin was convicted on November 5, after a four‑day trial in federal court in Cedar Rapids. Henry Watkins, age 52, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was convicted of one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Christopher Robinson, 31, of Springfield, was sentenced on Nov. 5, 2026, by U.S. District Judge Colleen R. Lawless to 180 months in prison for possessing methamphetamine and fentanyl with the intent to distribute it. At the sentencing hearing, the government presented evidence that law enforcement agents found...

ATLANTA – A federal jury convicted Roderick Battle, the leader of a nationwide drug trafficking organization, of multiple drug trafficking, money laundering, and firearms-related charges. “Cases of this magnitude are not solved by one agency alone,” said Michael J. Connolly, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Atlanta Field...

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Twelve members of a Midlands drug trafficking conspiracy have now been sentenced to federal prison, totaling just over 154 years in federal prison. Overall, more than 60 kilograms of methamphetamine, 30 kilograms of cocaine, 200 grams of fentanyl, and quantities of MDMA, crack cocaine, and marijuana were...

ALBUQUERQUE - Angel Ramirez, from Albuquerque, New Mexico, faces federal drug trafficking and firearm offenses following her arrest during a DEA-led Homeland Security Task Force investigation. "During this operation, DEA agents working alongside our Homeland Security Task Force partners seized more than 40 kilograms of fentanyl powder, representing over 3...

NEW BERN, N.C. – A federal judge sentenced Alberto Alegria, 28, of Lumberton, to 12 and a half years in federal prison for selling cocaine and heroin throughout Eastern North Carolina. On June 16, 2026, Alegria pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute over 11 pounds of cocaine and over two...

OAKLAND, Calif.– Mario Sevilla Artiaga and Danexi Mendoza Licona were each sentenced to seven years in federal prison on Friday, October 23, for conspiring to and selling fentanyl. U.S. District Judge Jon S. Tigar handed down the sentence. Mario Sevilla Artiaga, 23, and Danexi Mendoza Licona, 22, both nationals of...

Sacramento, Calif.— The Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office, in partnership with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California; U.S. Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration, San Francisco Field Division’s Sacramento District Office; Federal Bureau of Investigation, Sacramento Field Office; Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office; Sacramento Police Department; Central...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - A man who distributed methamphetamine, heroin, and fentanyl on multiple occasions in 2022 was convicted by a jury after a three-day trial in federal court in Cedar Rapids. Anthony Harris, age 61, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was convicted of one count of distribution of a controlled...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Drug Enforcement Administration's New York Enforcement Division Special Agent-in-Charge Farhana Islam , U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo, and FBI Buffalo Special Agent-in-Charge Allen D. Davis II, announced today that Rodney Stanley, 58, of Greece, NY, Leonardo Gaskin, 36, of West Henrietta, NY, and Shanimba Nelson, 52, of Irondequoit...