KANSAS CITY, Mo. – U.S. Attorney Tim Garrison announced today that 97 arrests have been made by local and federal law enforcement officers in less than two weeks since the launch of Operation LeGend. “This is the impact of a targeted initiative to reduce violent crime, carried out by local...

ST. LOUIS – Richard L. Treis, 46, was charged by a federal complaint today with possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. According to the complaint, on July 15, 2020, an Undercover Agent (UCA) with Department of Homeland Security received a phone call from Richard Treis...

MADISON, Wis. – Robert J. Bell, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Division announced today that a federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned an indictment today for Brian K. Dennis, 50, Spooner, Wisconsin. Dennis is charged with possessing 50...

SEATTLE - Fifteen people were arrested today throughout the Puget Sound region and in California following an 18-month investigation of a drug trafficking organization tied to the CJNG cartel in Mexico. Defendants arrested today made their initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Seattle. The South Sound Streets are safer...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Kansas City, Missouri, man was charged in federal court today with illegally possessing methamphetamine to distribute and two firearms. Steven L. Younce, 38, was charged with one count of possessing methamphetamine to distribute, one count of possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime, and...

OCALA, Fla. - Anthony Michele DeCotis, Jr. (32, Eustis) was sentenced to 18 years in federal prison for possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possessing of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. DeCotis had pleaded guilty on January 29, 2020. According to court records, on August...

KANSAS CITY, MO – A Missouri man who admitted to conspiring to launder more than $1 million in drug proceeds was sentenced Thursday to 216 months in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said. The case was investigated by Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department...

ATHENS, Ga. – A defendant charged in an ongoing, large-scale drug trafficking investigation dubbed “Operation Wu Block,” has pleaded guilty for her crime, said Charlie Peeler, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. Latasha Bishop, 33, of Athens-Clarke County, pleaded guilty to one count distribution of methamphetamine before...

ALBANY, Ga. – A prolific small-town methamphetamine dealer involved in a larger wiretap investigation into methamphetamine trafficking in South Georgia has pleaded guilty for his crime, said Charlie Peeler, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. Phil Grim, 43, of Cairo, Georgia, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Antonio Henderson, age 30, of San Bernardino, California, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Damon Leichty upon his plea of guilty to interstate transportation in aid of racketeering, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Bell of the Chicago Field Division...