FRESNO, Calif. — Justin Damonte Mitchell, 32, of Los Angeles, pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl, two counts of distributing methamphetamine, and one count of distributing fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Bob...

NEW ORLEANS, La. – After a week-long, targeted operation across the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) New Orleans Division’s four-state jurisdiction of Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas, and Mississippi, the DEA – working with our federal, state, and local law enforcement partners – arrested 38 individuals with ties to Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel. All...

SPOKANE, Wash. – On August 29, 2025, United States District Judge Thomas O. Rice sentenced Jaskaran Singh, 31, of Punjab, India, to more than 17 years in federal prison for possessing with intent to distribute almost $8 million worth of the drug MDMA, commonly known as “Molly.” Singh was in...

ROCKFORD, Ill. — Shane R. Catone, Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration - Chicago Field Division, and U.S. Attorney Andrew S. Boutros for the Northern District of Illinois announced that Thomas Dugger, 55, Rock Falls, Illinois, has been sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Alfred A. Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, Indiana, and Acting U.S. Attorney M. Scott Proctor for the Northern District of Indiana announced that Kevin Ellis, 41, of Mishawaka, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Cristal C. Brisco after...

EVANSVILLE, Ind. - Daniel Schmidt, Acting Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Indianapolis, and U.S. Attorney Tom Wheeler for the Southern District of Indiana announced that three Evansville individuals have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a methamphetamine trafficking operation. Patrick L. Adams, 60...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Alfred A. Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, Indiana, and Acting U.S. Attorney M. Scott Proctor for the Northern District of Indiana announced that Martel Scott, 35, of South Bend, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty after...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Brayan Missael Nunez-Mendoza, 24, of Sacramento, was sentenced on Aug. 18, 2025, by U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb to four years and three months in prison for distribution of fentanyl and para-fluorofentanyl, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant and DEA Special Agent in Charge Bob P. Beris announced...

HOUSTON – A 41-year-old Mexican national has been ordered federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute 116 kilograms of methamphetamine and for unlawfully possessing ammunition and multiple weapons, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge of the Houston Division Jonathan C. Pullen and U.S. Attorney...

HARTFORD, Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that CHRISTIAN ANDRES TEJADA SEGURA, 26, a citizen of the Dominican Republic residing in West Hazelton, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Vernon D. Oliver in Hartford to 36 months of imprisonment...