United States Drug Enforcement Administration

TAMPA, Fla. – A federal judge has sentenced Roberto Andrade-Caceres, 47, of Cali, Colombia, aka “Yiyo,” to over 24 years and 4 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine while onboard a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Andrade-Caceres was...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Patrick Lemuel Bass of Taylor County, was sentenced to eight years in prison for his part in methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy. Bass is the last of 25 defendants sentenced in a large-scale methamphetamine trafficking organization operating primarily within Taylor and Madison counties in Florida, and Colquitt County, Georgia...

TAMPA, Fla. - An indictment charging 11 individuals with federal drug trafficking offenses was unsealed today. The 11 indicted are charged with conspiracy to distribute heroin, fentanyl and cocaine. If convicted, each faces a maximum penalty of 40 years in federal prison. They are as follows: Ahmad Rashad Weston, aka...

ORLANDO, Fla. – A federal jury has found Jonathan Bohn, 35, of Orlando, aka “Jonah,” guilty of distributing a controlled substance that resulted in death. He faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for Feb. 18, 2020. Bohn was indicted on June 12...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Federal criminal complaints were unsealed today in federal court, following the arrest of eight individuals involved in a drug trafficking organization operating in and around Union County, announced U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina Andrew Murray. Agents and officers with the FBI, ATF, DEA...

MIAMI – Dr. Jeanne E. Germeil, 55, of Aventura, Fla., was sentenced today to a total of 210 months in prison after having been convicted at trial of illegally dispensing opioid pain medications and jumping bond pending sentencing. “Upon Dr. Germeil’s guilty verdict at trial, she fled to her native...

ATLANTA – Allen Ifechukwu Athan Onyema, the Chairman, CEO, and founder of Air Peace, a Nigerian airline, has been charged with bank fraud and money laundering for moving more than $20 million from Nigeria through United States bank accounts in a scheme involving false documents based on the purchase of...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. –U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger has sentenced Frank Michael Lucas, 33, of Sylva, N.C. to 160 months in prison on drug trafficking charges, announced U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina Andrew Murray. Judge Reidinger also ordered Lucas to serve five years under court supervision and...

TAMPA, Fla. - A federal jury has found Leon Williams 30, and Reginald Jones, Jr. 25, both of Tampa, guilty of conspiring to distribute cocaine, crack cocaine, and marijuana, and discharging a firearm during and in relation to that conspiracy. Each faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 10 years, and...

CHARLESTON, S.C. – United States Attorney Sherri Lydon announced today that James C. Edgerton, IV, 35, was sentenced in federal court in Columbia after pleading guilty to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute heroin and methamphetamine. Senior United States District Judge Joseph F. Anderson, Jr., of...