DAVENPORT, Iowa – An Arizona man was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. According to public court documents and evidence presented at sentencing, Raul Misael Lopez Murrieta, 23, delivered approximately 30 pounds of methamphetamine in May 2025 to Richard Allen Tuan Casey, 37, of...

LOS ANGELES – A San Fernando Valley man who was actor and author Matthew Perry’s live-in personal assistant was sentenced today to 41 months in federal prison for obtaining and repeatedly injecting Perry with ketamine, including the fatal dose that ended Perry’s life in October 2023. Kenneth Iwamasa, 61, of...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Caribbean Division, in coordination with the Puerto Rico Police Bureau (PRPB), announced the indictment of Bárbaro José Del Valle-De Paula, 64, following a narcotics and firearms investigation targeting drug trafficking activity in Puerto Rico. On May 21, 2026, a federal...

PORTLAND, Ore.— Six defendants were charged for their roles in a drug trafficking organization. The six defendants below were charged by a second superseding information on April 29, 2026, with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, distribution of methamphetamine and cocaine, and possession with intent...

BEAUMONT, Texas – A Beaumont man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations following a Homeland Security Task Force investigation in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Brian C. Leardo of the Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs. James...

NEW YORK – Drug Enforcement Administration New York Enforcement Division Special Agent in Charge Farhana Islam and New York Attorney General Letitia James announced the arrests and indictments of two individuals for their roles in a drug trafficking operation that illegally trafficked cocaine in Queens. A 65-count indictment unsealed charges...

NEW ORLEANS – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) New Orleans Field Division Steven Hofer, alongside the Slidell Police Department, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and the 22nd Judicial District Attorney’s Office, today announced the successful conclusion of "Operation Clear Horizon." The multi-agency, proactive narcotics investigation spanned...

SAVANNAH, Georgia: A Chinese national has been indicted in the United States in a scheme to import hundreds of kilograms of drugs through the Port of Savannah. Wei Gong, a/k/a “David Gong,” 45, of Tianjin, China, is in custody in China since his arrest by Chinese authorities in February 2026...

An Iowa man who obtained and distributed methamphetamine was sentenced to more than 18 years in federal prison. Cody Richard Reisner, age 42, from Decorah, Iowa, received the prison term after a December 2, 2025, guilty plea to one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine after a prior...

SEATTLE – A 33-year-old Kent, Washington, resident who evidence shows participated in a drug trafficking conspiracy while armed with firearms, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to six years in prison for drug trafficking. Treyvon Mitchell pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances in March 2026...