KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Compton, California, man was indicted by a federal grand jury today after law enforcement officers found more than 18 kilograms of methamphetamine in a suitcase he was smuggling through Kansas City, Mo., aboard a bus bound for Atlanta, Georgia. Diego Ruiz-Bibian, 19, was charged with...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A Columbia, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to possessing more than five kilograms of methamphetamine that he received in the mail while he was on bond on an earlier federal indictment that also charged him with methamphetamine trafficking. David Lee Williams, 43, pleaded...

MADISON, Wis. – John G. McGarry, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of Drug Enforcement Administration-Wisconsin, and U.S. Attorney Timothy M. O’Shea for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Richard Skramstad, 60, Prescott, Wisconsin, was sentenced March 9 by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 60 months in federal...

PEORIA, Ill. – Todd C. Smith, Assistant Special Agent in Charge at Drug Enforcement Administration-Chicago Field Division, and U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Harris for the Central District of Illinois announced that Keyshawn Q. Banks, 24, of Peoria, was sentenced on March 9, 2023, to 120 months of imprisonment, to be...

ST. LOUIS - A man from St. Louis admitted assaulting two deputy U.S. marshals in 2021 and selling methamphetamine on Monday. Emilio Justin Sandoval, 34, pleaded guilty in front of U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp to one count of possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and two counts...

NEWARK, N.J. – Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Daniel J. Kafafian and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger announced two California men admitted conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine in New...

BOSTON – Two men from the North Shore have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston in connection with a drug conspiracy involving tens of thousands of counterfeit pills containing methamphetamine and fentanyl. Charles Bates, 31, of Reading, and Aaron Lenardis, 36, of Saugus, were indicted on one...

BOSTON – A New York man was arrested yesterday in connection with allegedly trafficking drugs and firearms. Jason Lebberes, 31, of Tuckahoe, N.Y., was indicted on one count of distributing more than 50 grams of methamphetamine; one count of transferring a firearm to an out-of-state resident; and one count of...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A former Pepperell, MA, man arrested during an FBI Safe Streets Task Force drug trafficking investigation that led to the seizure of more than 461 grams of pure crystal methamphetamine pleaded guilty in federal court in Providence to conspiracy and drug trafficking charges, announced United States Attorney...

CONCORD, N.H. - Jared Stottlar, 43, of Tilton, was sentenced to 144 months of imprisonment today for possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possessing a firearm in connection with a drug trafficking offense, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced. According to court documents and statements made in court...