AUSTIN, Texas – An Austin man was sentenced to 240 months in federal prison for distribution of fentanyl resulting in death, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Miguel Madrigal of the San Antonio Division and U.S. Attorney Justin R. Simmons for the Western District of Texas. According...

SPOKANE, WASH. — First Assistant United States Attorney Pete Serrano announced that on May 20, 2026, United States District Court Judge Thomas O. Rice sentenced Robert Joseph McNabb, age 35, to 180 months in federal prison to be followed by 10 years of supervised release after pleading guilty to trafficking...

SPOKANE, WASH. — On June 23, 2026, United States District Court Judge Rebecca Pennell sentenced Jessica Demaine, age 39, to 78 months in federal prison to be followed by 3 years of supervised release for her role in a trafficking methamphetamine to the IPO Blood criminal street gang operating in...

HAMMOND, Ind. – On June 8, 2026, Nathaniel Johnson, 21, of Gary, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Philip P. Simon after pleading guilty to distribution of a schedule II-controlled substance and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Nathaniel Johnson was sentenced to 96 months...

ST. PAUL – U.S. Attorney Daniel N. Rosen announced that Denzel Christopher Meeks, 33, was sentenced, June 23, to 148 months in federal prison for his role in a fentanyl trafficking operation uncovered during a 2023 investigation. According to court documents, investigators with a drug task force identified Meeks as...

PORTLAND, Ore.—A Beaverton, Oregon, man was sentenced to federal prison last Wednesday for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and for illegally possessing a firearm as a felon. Roberto Ochoa-Vergara, 29, was sentenced to a total of 120 months in federal prison and a total of four years of supervised...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A former member of the Alaska Bar pleaded guilty on Monday to possessing drugs with intent to distribute in Alaska. On May 21, 2025, Justin Facey, 46, was arrested after a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging him with drug trafficking and firearm crimes. The indictment...

TRENTON, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of DEA's New Jersey Field Division Towanda R. Thorne-James and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Robert Frazer announced an Ocean County woman was sentenced for distributing over 1,500 pills containing methamphetamine. Denise Manco, 49, of Little Egg Harbor Township, New...

PORTLAND, Ore.—A Vancouver, Washington, woman was sentenced to federal prison last Tuesday for distributing fentanyl resulting in two overdose deaths. Alondra Stephanie Trujillo, 34, was sentenced to 100 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release. She was also ordered to pay $6,349.00 in restitution. “The tragic fentanyl...

BOSTON – A Worcester man has been sentenced in federal court in Worcester for drug offenses involving methamphetamine and materials used for pressing illicit pills. Tong Tran, 35, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Margaret R. Guzman to 138 months in prison, to be followed by five years of...