SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Miguel Alvarez Cervantes, 55, a Mexican national living in Los Molinos, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley, to nine years in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, United States Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Daniel C...

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Acting United States Attorney A. Lance Crick announced today that Glenn Quanta Pernell, 41, and Joseph Umphlett, Sr., 39, both inmates in the South Carolina Department of Corrections, have been sentenced in federal court for their roles in separate major drug trafficking rings run from inside prison...

Columbia, S.C. - Acting United States Attorney A. Lance Crick announced today that Glenn Quanta Pernell, 41, and Joseph Umphlett, Sr., 39, both inmates in the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC), have been sentenced in federal court for their roles in separate major drug trafficking rings run from inside...

SAN FRANCISCO – Efrain Torres was sentenced to 102 months in prison for his role in an extensive Bay Area drug trafficking network, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable William...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Kenneth Sanders, age 39, of Mishawaka, Indiana was sentenced before South Bend District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio for conspiracy to distribute over 500 grams of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine and over 100 grams of a mixture or substance containing heroin, announced U.S. Attorney...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Springfield woman was sentenced in federal court today for distributing methamphetamine and illegally possessing firearms. It was investigated by the Springfield, Mo., Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division. Natalie K. Hampton, 35, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool to...

Milwaukee, Wis. - DEA Assistant Special Agent in Charge Paul Maxwell and U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin Matthew D. Krueger, announced that five individuals received sentences after convictions for drug trafficking in the Fox Valley Region of northeastern Wisconsin. The sentences, imposed by Senior United States District...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. – A Leavenworth man was sentenced today to 192 months in federal prison on drug and firearms changes. The Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division worked with the Leavenworth Police Department on the investigation. Bryan K. Quinley, 39, Leavenworth, Kan., pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy...

WICHITA, KS – A grand jury in Wichita returned two indictments today charging federal gun crimes under the Justice Department’s new initiative called Project Guardian, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said. “We are working closely with our law enforcement partners to investigate and prosecute gun crimes as part of Project Guardian,”...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Otequise Lenard Miller, 34, of Concord, N.C. was sentenced today to 240 months in prison and five years of supervised release on drug trafficking conspiracy resulting in an overdose death and money laundering charges, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Drug...