TAMPA , Fla . – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Ubertino Zavala-Perez (58, Plant City) today pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Zavala-Perez faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been scheduled. According to the plea agreement, Zavala-Perez...

SEATTLE, Wash. – One of the leaders of a violent international drug trafficking organization that distributed heroin, fentanyl, and methamphetamine in the Puget Sound region pleaded guilty Monday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Seattle. Jose Elias Barbosa, 37, of Kent, Washington, faces a mandatory minimum ten years in prison...

OMAHA, Neb. – A Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Omaha Division investigation led to the arrest of 23 year old Jesse Neri who was sentenced August 25, to 17 and-a-half years in federal prison for distribution of methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and conspiracy to distribute and possess with...

ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge E. Richard Webber sentenced on Thursday a doctor from Town and Country, Missouri, to a year in prison for a health care fraud scheme and ordered him and his wife to repay $235,977. On over 1,000 occasions spanning nearly a decade, Dr. Abdul Naushad...

PEORIA, Ill. – Todd C. Smith, Assistant Special Agent in Charge at U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Chicago Division, and U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Harris for the Central District of Illinois announced that Assante Bangmon, 31, of Peoria, Illinois, has been sentenced to 87 months in federal prison for possession with intent...

MADISON, Wis. – John G. McGarry, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Wisconsin, and U.S. Attorney Timothy M. O’Shea for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Adam Beliveau, 42, Downing, Wisconsin, was sentence by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 12 ½ years in prison...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Alfred A. Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, Indiana, and U.S. Attorney Clifford D. Johnson for the Northern District of Indiana announced that Sterling Bastin, 56, of Wawaka, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Holly A. Brady on his...

MADISON, Wis. – John G. McGarry, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Wisconsin, and U.S. Attorney Timothy M. O’Shea for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Chai Vang, 40, St. Paul, Minnesota, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 8 ½ years...

INDIANAPOLIS – Michael J. Gannon, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Indianapolis, and U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Myers for the Southern District of Indiana announced that Julius Johnson, 44, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with the intent...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A former Springfield woman pleaded guilty in federal court today to her role in a conspiracy to transport tens of thousands of stolen catalytic converters across state lines as part of a multi-million-dollar business. Danielle Ice, 34, of Columbia, Mo., pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge...