KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A North Kansas City, Mo., man has been charged by criminal complaint for distribution and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine, possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and possession of firearms by a felon. Danny D. Garrett, Jr., 46, appeared...

KANSAS CITY, KAN. – A Kansas man was sentenced to 167 months in prison for his role in a transnational drug trafficking organization with ties to a Mexican cartel. The sentence follows a Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) investigation which has so far led to convictions of approximately a dozen...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Jacksonville, Fla. – Charles Curtis Williams (47, Jacksonville) has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jordan E. Pratt to 21 years and 10 months in federal prison for distributing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Williams pleaded guilty on February 27...

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...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Felix Ortiz-Plata, 45, a Mexican national illegally residing in Stockton, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Dena Coggins to 16 years and three months in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Bob P. Beris...

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...