BENTON, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that a Marion, IL, man pled guilty on July 7, 2011, in Federal District Court in Benton, IL, to Conspiracy to Distribute Crack Cocaine. Melvin Willis, a/k/a “Snobs,” 35, of Marion, pled guilty...

MANHATTAN, NY. - John P. Gilbride, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that David Eduardo Helmut Murcia Guzmán, the founder of the Colombian marketing giant D.M.G. ("DMG")...

WICHITA, KS. - Barry Grissom, United States Attorney for the District of Kansas, announced that twelve people have been indicted on heroin trafficking charges in an indictment unsealed in Wichita on July 7, 2011. The indictment alleges defendant Jermaine Ward, age 28, of Wichita, established a heroin distribution organization in...

BENTON, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that on July 7, 2011, a federal grand jury sitting in Benton, IL, returned an indictment charging Antwon Lasean Brooks, 32, of Chicago, IL, with a single count of possession with the intent...

MIAMI, FL. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Albert Lamberti, Sheriff, Broward County, announce the indictment of seven South Florida residents for their participation in the illegal distribution of...

DETROIT, MI - An indictment charging six defendants with mortgage fraud, arson, marijuana trafficking and money laundering was unsealed today after many of those charged were arrested, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. Ms. McQuade was joined in the announcement by U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in...

HARTFORD, CT. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Tomas Ocasio, 50, of Park Street, Hartford, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Christopher F. Droney...

DETROIT, MI - An indictment charging six defendants with mortgage fraud, arson, marijuana trafficking and money laundering was unsealed today after many of those charged were arrested, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. Ms. McQuade was joined in the announcement by U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in...

KANSAS CITY, KS. - Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri announced that two Kansas City, Missouri men and a St. Paul, Minnesota man were convicted by a federal jury for their roles in one of the largest cocaine trafficking rings in the Kansas City area...

PHILADELPHIA, PA - Lawrence Young, 70, formerly a licensed Philadelphia pharmacy owner from Cherry Hill, New Jersey, was sentenced this afternoon to 120 months in prison for a drug conspiracy and drug distribution involving Young's Pharmacy at 1306 South Street in Philadelphia, announced United States Attorney in the Eastern District...