United States Drug Enforcement Administration

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On July 14, 2015, Desera Jade Allen, 27, and David Michael Stallard, 20, both of Kingsport, Tenn., were sentenced by the Honorable R. Leon Jordan, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 151 months and 56 months in prison respectively for their roles in an extensive a-(alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone) distribution...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Joel Perrin Robinson has been sentenced to eight years in prison for shooting a DEA special agent serving a search warrant at Robinson's house. Agents had obtained the warrant to search his home for chemicals used to manufacture PCP. “This investigation is a reminder of the dangers...

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - Michael Ray Mangum, 43, of Kingsport, Tenn., was sentenced on July 2, 2015, by the Honorable R. Leon Jordan, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 120 months in federal prison for his role in an extensive a-(alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone) distribution conspiracy centered in and around the Sullivan County area...

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - Evelyn Jean Vickers, 39, of Kingsport, Tenn., was sentenced on June 30, 2015, by the Honorable R. Leon Jordan, U.S. District Court Judge, to a federal prison term of 110 months for her role in an extensive a-(alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone) distribution conspiracy centered in and around the Sullivan County...

HARRISONBURG, Va. - Acting United States Attorney Anthony P. Giorno, along with officials from the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Northwest Virginia Regional Drug and Gang Task Force, announced today three significant case results in the ongoing effort to combat the rising use and abuse of heroin. In separate hearings...

GREENBELT, Md. - U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Raymond Bullette III, age 34, of Los Angeles, California, today to life in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute large quantities of (PCP). Bullette had previously been convicted of five felony drug offenses in...

NEW BERN, N.C. - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced Fabio Hirochi Inoue, - 40, of Anaheim, California, to 51 months in prison and five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possess five...

ATLANTA - Daniel M. Harbison has pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm when he pulled over an off-duty Doraville police officer while impersonating an armed DEA agent. Harbison had been impersonating a federal agent for several weeks before he was caught. Daniel R. Salter, the...

GREENBELT, Md. - U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Ishmael Ford-Bey, age 40, of Mitchellville, Maryland, late yesterday to 33 years in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for conspiracy, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, using a phone to facilitate drug distribution, and money laundering. Judge...

NORFOLK, Va. - German Alvarado Ponce, aka Herman Alvaniz, 37, of Chesapeake, Virginia, was sentenced today to 240 months in prison, followed by five of supervised release on a drug conspiracy charge. Ponce and five co-defendants were indicted Dec. 17, 2014, and have all pleaded guilty. According to court documents...