ANCHORAGE, AK. - - On February 10, 2011, Ricky Alan Reese, 52, of Anchorage, Alaska, was tried before United States District Judge H. Russel Holland. After deliberating two hours, a federal jury in Anchorage found Reese guilty of one count of drug trafficking conspiracy and one count of attempting to...

BOISE, IDAHO - A federal grand jury in Boise indicted 13 people on February 8, 2011, for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, employment of people under age 18 in drug operations, distributing methamphetamine, using a telephone to commit drug trafficking crimes, possession of controlled substances with intent to distribute, possession...

NEW YORK, NY - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Administrator Michele M. Leonhart and Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the unsealing of charges against seven defendants for conspiring to provide various forms of support to DEA confidential sources whom they believed to be...

BENTON, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that LaToya M. McDaniel, 24, of Murphysboro, IL, was sentenced on February 10, 2010 in United States District Court in Benton, Illinois, to 120 months’ imprisonment, 5 years’ supervised release, and fined $150...

BENTON, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that on February 11, 2011, Eric Shafer, 36, of Lynchburg Road, Mt. Vernon, IL, plead guilty in United States District Court at Benton, Ill.-, to a one count indictment charging him with possession...

- PHOENIX, AZ. - The Honorable David G. Campbell on Monday sentenced Rosie Cruz Leivas, 33, of Parker to 57 months in federal prison after she pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Leivas, a member of the Colorado River Indian Tribes, was the third defendant sentenced as...

BROOKLYN, NY. - A superseding indictment was unsealed Wednesday, February 9, 2010, in federal court in Brooklyn charging five members of a Staten Island-based crack and powder cocaine distribution network with narcotics and firearms offenses. The defendants appeared at noon today before United States District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis at...

BUFFALO, NY - . - A federal grand jury has indicted the following five individuals for conspiring to commit an act of extortion under the pretense of being a U.S. Food and Drug (FDA) agent: Jose Miguel Mercado Garcia, 29, of the Dominican Republic; Zulai Morales, 25, of the Dominican...

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO - On February 10, 2011, a federal grand jury indicted nine individuals as a result of an investigation by the Drug Enforcement (DEA), jointly with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and (ATF) and the Puerto Rico Police (PRPD), announced today United States Attorney Rosa Emilia...

GAINESVILLE, GA. - L'Houssain Mahdioui, 37, of Amsterdam, Netherlands, was sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge William O’Kelley to federal prison on charges of conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and the importation of LSD into the United States. Mahdioui, who was extradited to the...