OMAHA, Neb. –The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), in partnership with more than 4,200 law enforcement agencies, collected 645,636 pounds of unused medications October 24, as part of ongoing efforts to prevent drug misuse. This event marked DEA’s 31st National Prescription Drug Take Back Day with 4,212 collection sites nationwide...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A federal jury has convicted Renford Stephenson Williams of being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition and possession of a machinegun. The trial, which spanned three days, ended on Thursday, October 29, 2026, with guilty verdicts on all counts for Williams, 36, of Jacksonville...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A federal jury has convicted Elbert Nichols of drug trafficking, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and assault on a federal law enforcement officer. The trial, which spanned four days, ended on Thursday, October 29, 2026, with guilty verdicts on all...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Drug Enforcement Administration’s Caribbean Division joins the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Puerto Rico and its Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) partners in announcing three guilty pleas and two sentences in federal cases during the week of October 26–30, 2026. The...

NEW ORLEANS – United States Attorney David I. Courcelle announced that IVORY CARTER (“CARTER”) age 44 , DONNISHA BROWN (“BROWN”) age 42 , AND CHRISTOPHER LEHMANN (“LEHMANN”) age 30, were charged in a recently unsealed four-count indictment on October 1, 2026. Count One charged CARTER, BROWN, and LEHMANN with conspiracy...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Drug Enforcement Administration’s Caribbean Division joins its Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) partners in announcing the sentencing of Luis N. Isaac-Sánchez, also known as “Chimbo,” “CDobleta,” and “Dobleta,” to 45 years in federal prison for drug trafficking and firearm offenses related to his participation...

ALBUQUERQUE – An Albuquerque drug trafficker who amassed an arsenal of firearms, including machinegun conversion devices, and hundreds of grams of methamphetamine and fentanyl has been sentenced to nearly 29 years in federal prison. According to court documents, on July 6, 2024, Deundalas Gales, 37, was driving at a high...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Drug Enforcement Administration’s Caribbean Division announced federal charges against 17 alleged members of a drug trafficking organization operating in Aguadilla following Operation Los Tíos, an investigation conducted through the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) initiative. The DEA and the Puerto Rico Police Bureau’s Aguadilla...

OAKLAND, Calif.– Mario Sevilla Artiaga and Danexi Mendoza Licona were each sentenced to seven years in federal prison on Friday, October 23, for conspiring to and selling fentanyl. U.S. District Judge Jon S. Tigar handed down the sentence. Mario Sevilla Artiaga, 23, and Danexi Mendoza Licona, 22, both nationals of...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – A federal judge in Montgomery has sentenced a Georgia woman for distributing controlled substances and unlawfully using the United States mail to facilitate the distribution of synthetic cannabinoids into Alabama correctional facilities. Last week, Jinna Candice Moore, 44, of Fairburn, Georgia, received a sentence of 78 months...