United States Drug Enforcement Administration

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Stuart T. Seugasala, 40, of Anchorage, was sentenced on May 18, 2015, to three terms of life imprisonment following his January 2015 convictions on drug trafficking conspiracy and two kidnapping charges. The court imposed a consecutive seven year sentence on firearms violations, as well as concurrent ten...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Today, Max Jewett, 38, of Anchorage was sentenced to 120 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute over 50 grams of methamphetamine. Jewett pleaded guilty to the charges on December 22, 2014. According to information presented to the court, Jewett admitted to distributing illegal drugs in Alaska...

FAIRBANKS, Alaska - Peter M. Thornton was sentenced on May 15, 2015, to 104 months’ imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, following his pleas of guilty to conspiracy to distribute heroin and conspiracy to commit money laundering. In addition to his prison sentence, Thornton was ordered to forfeit...

PORTLAND, Ore. - Gerardo Chalke Lopez, 41, and Sergio Quezada-Lopez, 36, of Nayarit, Mexico, appeared for sentencing on April 28 and April 29, 2015, before U.S. District Judge Michael Simon. The brothers were sentenced to 18 and 15 years prison, followed by five years of supervised release, and ordered to...

EUGENE, Ore. - Raymundo Felix-Rodriguez, 42, of Lane County, Oregon, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Ann Aiken to serve 97 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Following his release from prison, Felix-Rodriguez will be on supervised release for five...

BOISE, Idaho - Krista Federer, 46, of Twin Falls, Idaho, was sentenced today to 12 months and one day in prison for distributing a controlled substance. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Federer to serve three years of supervised release, and to pay a $1,000 fine. According to...

STATESVILLE, N.C. - Today, a federal judge sentenced Martin Martinez Saldana, 44, of West Jefferson, N.C., to life in prison on conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a short-barreled shotgun charges, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District...

YAKIMA, Wash. - Jacob Alan Seiger, 24, of Yakima, Washington, was sentenced on April 28, 2015, for distribution of heroin. Seiger was sentenced to 156 month term of imprisonment, to be followed by a three year term of court supervision upon release from Federal prison. According to information presented during...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Demetrius Duncan, aka Whirley, 34, of Clarksville, Tennessee, was sentenced today to life in prison for his role in a large cocaine distribution conspiracy, announced David Rivera, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. There is no parole from federal sentences. Duncan, along with Chris Young...

SEATTLE - The father and two sons who led a Pierce County based drug trafficking ring that distributed methamphetamine and heroin were sentenced last week in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to long prison terms. Luis Hernandez, 60, of Tacoma was sentenced to 10 years in prison. His two sons...