WASHINGTON – DEA kicked off its 2020 National Red Ribbon Campaign earlier this month with its first-ever virtual National Red Ribbon Rally . This year’s theme is “Be Happy, Be Brave, Be Drug Free” and the rally’s guest speaker was Miss America 2020 Camille Schrier. A Doctor of Pharmacy student...

OMAHA, Nebraska— The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is kicking off Red Ribbon Week, Friday, October 23, with multiple buildings and bridges across the five state Omaha Division lighting up red to recognize the nation’s oldest and largest drug misuse prevention awareness program. Red Ribbon Week began following the death of...

NEW ORLEANS – The Drug Enforcement Administration will hold its annual National Red Ribbon Rally virtually this year. Our virtual rally will premiere on https://www.dea.gov on October 1, 2020, and be available to share throughout the month of October. This year’s Red Ribbon Rally features voices from our community and...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – The former city clerk in Everton, Missouri, has been sentenced in federal court for her role in a money-laundering conspiracy related to methamphetamine trafficking. Kristy A. Conn, 46, of Everton, was sentenced on Wednesday, Sept. 23, to 10 years in federal prison without parole. Conn pleaded guilty...

INDIANAPOLIS – Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Bell of the Chicago Field Division and United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today that Michael L. Jones, 38, Kokomo, IN was sentenced to 35 years in federal prison and five years of supervised release by U.S. District...

TAMPA, Fla. - A 37-count indictment was unsealed today charging five individuals with money laundering and conspiracy to commit money laundering. If convicted, each defendant faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison per count. The indictment also notifies the defendants that the United States is seeking a...

FRESNO, Calif. — Majed Bashir Akroush, aka Magic Mike, 52, of Bakersfield, was sentenced today to two years and nine months in prison for conspiring to structure over $700,000 in cash withdrawals from four different bank accounts associated with his internet businesses that sold synthetic marijuana, U.S. Attorney McGregor W...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Otequise Lenard Miller, 34, of Concord, N.C. was sentenced today to 240 months in prison and five years of supervised release on drug trafficking conspiracy resulting in an overdose death and money laundering charges, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Drug...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Albert Veliu was sentenced by United States District Judge Kiyo A. Matsumoto to nine years’ imprisonment for his role in a money laundering scheme that resulted in the defendant’s purchase and sale of an anti-tank rocket launcher and AK-47s rifles...

DALLAS – DEA Dallas Division Special Agent in Charge Eduardo A. Chavez and United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey S. Berman announced today the unsealing of four indictments charging Miguel Cespedes, Omar Mogollon, Luis Felipe Gonzalez Arcila, Ivan Rojas Acosta, Alex Barrera Forero and David...