ST. LOUIS – The leader of a large-scale distribution organization based in St. Louis has pled guilty to conspiring to distribute over five kilograms of cocaine, over one kilogram of heroin, and over 400 grams of fentanyl from March 11, 2018 to March 12, 2019. Guy R. Goolsby, aka “Ricochet,”...

HOUSTON – Two Texas men are set to appear in federal court on charges of drug distribution that resulted in an overdose, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Steven S. Whipple, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. A federal grand jury returned the nine-count superseding indictment...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Isaiah Whitmore, 27, of South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Jon E. DeGuilio upon his plea of guilty to conspiracy to distribute heroin, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Robert. J. Bell of the Chicago Field Division and...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Jerry Harris, age 39, of South Bend was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Jon E. DeGuilio after being found guilty of conspiracy to distribute heroin, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Bell of the Chicago Field Division and United...

ROCKFORD, Ill. - On Thursday July 2, 2020, Robert J. Bell, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Chicago Division and Tricia Smith, State’s Attorney for Boone County, Illinois, announced that Efren Rodriguez-Diaz (Wheaton, Illinois) pled guilty to Possession with Intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance before Judge C. Robert...

CASPER, Wyo. - Chief Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl sentenced Arnold Devonne Butler, 54, today in Casper. Butler was convicted on January 17, 2020 after a 4-day jury trial and found guilty on all counts, including possession with intent to distribute and conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Julian Rivera, 30, of Buffalo, New York, who was convicted of possessing with intent to distribute heroin, butyryl fentanyl, and U-47700, was sentenced to...

LONG ISLAND, N.Y. — U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division Ray Donovan, Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy D. Sini, US Postal Service Office of Inspector General-Northeast Area Special Agent in Charge Matthew Modafferi, and Suffolk County Police Commissioner Geraldine Hart today announced the...

CHICAGO -- Twenty-four individuals are facing federal charges following an investigation targeting two street gangs responsible for firearms offenses, narcotics trafficking, and violence on the West Side of Chicago. During the investigation, dubbed “Operation Full Circle,” federal, state, and local law enforcement officers worked together to seize 34 firearms, more...

ST. LOUIS – United States District Judge Ronnie L. White sentenced Kaylin Robinson, 22, of St. Louis, to 60 months in prison for attempting to possess with the intent to distribute in excess of 400 grams of fentanyl. According to the plea agreement, on Friday, January 18, 2019, the United...