MADISON, WI. - - Jack Riley, Special Agent in Charge for the Chicago Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), and John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin announced that three men were recently sentenced for conspiring to possess marijuana with intent to distribute. U.S...

BOSTON, MA. - A Worcester man was convicted today in federal court of attempted possession with the intent to distribute cocaine. Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration - Boston Field Division and United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz announced today that EFRAIN MATIAS...

LEAVENWORTH, KS. - A Kansas City, KS, man has been sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison for his role in a heroin trafficking ring that caused the deaths of users in Wyandotte, Leavenworth and Johnson counties, according to a news release from the office of United States...

SEATTLE - - Marisol Perez-Almonte, 28, of Renton, Washington, and Joan Luis Azamar-Sanchez , 31, of Seattle, Washington, were each sentenced to 10 year prison terms today in U.S. District Court in Seattle for conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Perez-Almonte was convicted by a jury in November 2010, following the five...

BOISE, IDAHO - Mark Thomas, Acting Special Agent in Charge announced that James Toliver Latham, 23, and Ryan J. Simmons, 22, both of Twin Falls, Idaho, were sentenced this week for conspiracy to traffic oxycodone. Latham was sentenced to 48 months and Simmons to 30 months in federal prison. Both...

LOS ANGELES, CA - The leader of a South Los Angeles street gang, who was convicted of organizing and leading a wide-ranging conspiracy to manufacture and distribute large quantities of the drug phencyclidine - better known as PCP - was sentenced today to life without parole in federal prison. Alphonso...

COLUMBUS, OH - Lisette Lee, 29, of Los Angeles, California and Frank S. Edwards, 40, of Hacienda, California, each plead guilty in United States District Court today to conspiring to transport 14 separate shipments of large quantities of marijuana from Los Angeles to Columbus, Ohio on a private jet. Carter...

WAUKEGAN, IL. - The Drug Enforcement Administration and the Lake County Sheriff’s Office have arrested and charged five individuals in a drug distribution operation. The investigation began in December of 2010 with information received by the DEA that a ranch, located at 40058 Route 45 in unincorporated Lake Villa, was...

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that on January 26, 2011, BRYANT - MAYBELL - , a/k/a “B,” age 25, of Carbondale, Illinois, was convicted by a jury in East St. Louis, Illinois. MAYBELL - was convicted of...

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that on January 27, 2011 PAUL W. GOSSRAU - and CHRISTOPHER D. POLLARD - have been sentenced to federal prison terms for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine. GOSSRAU - , age 45 of...