SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Springfield man pled guilty in federal court today to his role in a conspiracy that distributed at least 15 kilograms of methamphetamine in a three-county area. Jason L. Thomas, 42, pled guilty before U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool to participating in a conspiracy to distribute...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Jordan H. Williamson, 31, of Springfield, Missouri pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a conspiracy that distributed at least 15 kilograms of methamphetamine in a three-county area. The case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division, along with the Springfield...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Chicago man, who was arrested while driving through northern Missouri, was sentenced in federal court today for possessing nearly a kilogram of methamphetamine to distribute. The case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division and the Missouri Highway Patrol. Kevin M. Phyfiher...

WASHINGTON – A Mexican national will have his initial appearance in federal court in the District of Columbia later today on charges related to his alleged involvement in a criminal conspiracy to distribute cocaine and methamphetamine. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Acting...

ST. LOUIS – Gerald Fitzgerald Hunter, 54, a fugitive in a fentanyl and cocaine distribution conspiracy in St. Louis was arrested in Los Angeles this week. A federal complaint filed in April 2017 alleges that the Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division was conducting an active investigation of a fentanyl...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Steven Gonzalez, a/k/a Unc, 44, of Buffalo, NY, with distribution of heroin, fentanyl, and acetyl fentanyl causing death...

NEW YORK – U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget G. Brennan, New York City Police Commissioner Dermot F. Shea, New York State Police Superintendent Keith M. Corlett and Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced the...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Jamie Lynn Lantz, 39, of Fort Wayne, Indiana was sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Holly A. Brady for distribution of fifty grams or more of methamphetamine, announced Assistant Special Agent in Charge J. Michael Gannon and U.S. Attorney Thomas Kirsch. Lantz was sentenced to 70...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced today that 17 defendants were arrested and charged in two criminal complaints for their roles in a large and long standing illegal narcotics ring operating in Western New York...

OMAHA, Neb. – Between March 2015 and September 2018, the DEA Omaha Division office in cooperation with the Douglas and Sarpy County Sheriff’s Offices, Omaha Police Department and U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Nebraska, conducted a complex, multi-jurisdictional investigation into a methamphetamine distribution organization with direct links to...