United States Drug Enforcement Administration

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On March 14, 2016, Tito Charles, 30, of Greeneville, Tenn., was sentenced to serve 15 years in federal prison by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Judge. Upon his release from prison, Charles will be supervised for 10 years by U.S. Probation. Charles pleaded guilty to...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr. today sentenced Jamie Lynn Swartz, 36, formerly of Sylva, N.C. to serve 70 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release on drug conspiracy charges, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr. today sentenced four men to prison terms ranging from 63 months to 39 months for their involvement in a methamphetamine trafficking ring operating in the Henderson county area, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Alfredo De Jusus Ramirez, age 21, of Henry County, Georgia was sentenced in federal court in Columbia, South Carolina, for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine, a violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. United States District Judge J. Michelle Childs of...

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Feb. 19, 2016, Joshua Lee Lindsey, 30, of Lyman, S.C., was sentenced by the Honorable Pamela L. Reeves, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 180 months in federal prison for his leadership role in an extensive a-(alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone) distribution conspiracy and an international money laundering conspiracy involving...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Today, U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr. ordered Mateo Meraz, 42, of Rockford, Illinois and leader of a drug ring responsible for trafficking cocaine to the Charlotte area to serve 97 months in prison and three years of supervised release, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney...

INDIANAPOLIS - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) today announced 10 arrests for drug trafficking charges related to Opana and methamphetamine in southern Indiana. Launched last year, this operation involved state, local and federal law enforcement in attacking the opioid and recent HIV epidemic Scott and Clark Counties. In April of 2015...

MADISON, Wis. - John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Yotam Israeli,23, Madison, Wis., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William Conley to one year and one day in federal prison for conspiring with others to distribute marijuana in the Madison area...

- MADISON, Wis. - John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Amadou Camara,Sun Prairie, Wis., was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 30 months in prison for conspiring with others to import and distribute marijuana in the Madison...

MADISON, Wis. - John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Kevin Ha, 24, Madison, Wis., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William Conley to three years of probation for conspiring with others to distribute marijuana in the Madison area. Ha pleaded guilty...