INDIANAPOLIS – DEA Assistant Special Agent in Charge J. Michael Gannon and United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today that two drug-trafficking organizations with fifteen total members were indicted by a grand jury for charges of drug-trafficking, unlawful use of a communication facility and being a felon in possession...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Brandon Edelman, 33, of South Bend, was sentenced before South Bend District Court Judge Robert L. Miller, Jr., for armed drug trafficking, announced U.S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II. Mr. Edelman was sentenced to 408 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. Mr...

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...

MIDLAND, Texas – Ryan David Green, 27, of Midland, faces up to life in federal prison time after pleading guilty this week to firearm and drug trafficking charges in connection with the murder of two Midland residents in July 2015, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash, Midland Police Chief Seth...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Omil Cotto, 33, of Albuquerque, pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to charges of methamphetamine possession with the intent to distribute and using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime. The evidence acquired during the investigation shows that at approximately 2:39...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Ten people are facing federal drug trafficking charges in New Mexico following an 11-month investigation led by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Lea County Drug Task Force. Teams of federal, state, county and local law enforcement officers conducted a major law enforcement operation on Thursday...