LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Following an approximately two-month-long, ATF-led operation involving multiple state and federal agencies, dozens of defendants were recently arrested on federal and state charges. In addition, significant amounts of narcotics and numbers of firearms were seized and taken off the streets of Louisville. U.S. Attorney Kyle G. Bumgarner...

The FBI and DEA announced major progress in the fight against violent crime in Louisiana, providing results from Operation Summer Heat 2.0. The agencies partnered with more than two dozen local, state, and federal law enforcement between June 1, 2026 and August 31, 2026, using intelligence-based investigations to target and...

SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jerrod Curtis, age 42, Paul Daniel Chavis, a/k/a “Payne,” age 56, and Reneard Harris, age 68, all of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, were convicted on September 10, 2026, for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and other drug...

SAN FRANCISCO- In June, DEA San Francisco Field Division and detectives with Marin County Sheriff’s Department Specialized Investigative Unit (SIU), began a narcotics investigation into Ian Howerton, 31, of San Francisco. During the investigation, undercover detectives conducted controlled purchases which included the sale of Cocaine and Ketamine from Howerton in...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration commemorated the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks with a ceremony at DEA Headquarters honoring those killed that day and those who later died from 9/11-related illnesses. The ceremony also marked the opening of Never Forget: 25 Years After...

Orlando, Florida – U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza has sentenced the last of nine co-defendants for charges related to an Orlando Drug Trafficking Organization. Each of the defendants previously pleaded guilty. U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe made the announcement. See details below: Name (Age, Residence) Charges Sentencing Date Sentence...

LITTLE ROCK—Tyjuan Townsend, a multi-convicted felon who has previously served time in federal prison three separate times, was sentenced to serve 120 months’ incarceration for being a felon in possession of multiple firearms. Jonathan D. Ross, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced the sentence, which was...

FRANKLINTON, La. – Louisiana 22nd Judicial District Attorney J. Collin Sims and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John P. Scott announced today that District Judge Martin Coady sentenced 43-year-old Derrick Fairley of Angie, Louisiana, to life imprisonment without the benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence. Judge...

Tampa, Fla. – Celso Navarro Diaz (65, Colombia) has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for conspiring to traffic more than five kilograms of cocaine on vessels subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and conspiring to import more than five kilograms of cocaine into the United...

COVINGTON, La. – Louisiana 22nd Judicial District Attorney Collin J. Sims and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John P. Scott announced a St. Tammany Parish Grand Jury returned true bills on Wednesday, September 2, 2026, indicting two individuals on serious felony charges, including second degree murder, and fentanyl...