United States Drug Enforcement Administration

ST. LOUIS - James Shroba, Special Agent in Charge of the St. Louis Division Office, today announced that Summer Kirby, 28, of Johnston City, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court, Southern District of Illinois, after having previously pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and...

SEATTLE - Three Snohomish County residents were arrested on February 14, 2018, in connection with a two year investigation into a money laundering scheme tied to multiple drug trafficking organizations. Maria Angelica Maldonado, 55 and her husband Ismael Garcia SR, 49, were arrested at their Marysville home. Anthony Bustos, 20...

SEATTLE - Three Seattle men are in custody, and two are being sought by law enforcement in connection with a 6-month investigation by the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and the Seattle Police Department of significant drug trafficking in Seattle’s Pioneer Square neighborhood. Patrick Tables, 53 and Michael Turner, 49, were taken...

DALLAS - Jose Humberto Solis, 39, of Farmers Branch, Texas, was sentenced last week by U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle to serve a total of 128 months in federal prison following his guilty pleas in January 2016 and September 2017 to drug offenses as charged in two Northern District...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Eight members of a large methamphetamine and heroin drug trafficking organization were sentenced today for crimes involving conspiracy to distribute those drugs. Michael T. Hixson, Acting Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Kansas City District Office announced the sentences that were handed down by United...

OMAHA - Matt Barden, Associate Special Agent in Charge of the Omaha District Office, today announced that Daniel Hodges, 35, from Sioux City, Iowa, and Stephen S. Smith, 30, from Austin, Texas, were both sentenced to multiple years in federal prison following their convictions for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Hodges...

OMAHA - Matt Barden, Associate Special Agent in Charge of the Omaha District Office, today announced that Richard L. Parker, 47, from Dubuque, Iowa, was convicted by a jury on the crimes of distribution of heroin within 1000 feet of an elementary school and a playground, resulting in death, and...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Today, Wilton Eugene Toney, 62, and Denita Ann Love, a/k/a Denita Ann Solitaire, 58, both of Anchorage, Alaska, were named in a federal indictment charging them with drug conspiracy. According to the charging documents, on Jan. 12, 2018, law enforcement officers seized two FedEx parcels located at...

ST. LOUIS - James Shroba, Special Agent in Charge of the St. Louis Division Office, today announced that fentanyl dealer, and manufacturer, Andre Walker, 22, of St. Louis, Missouri, was sentenced to 108 months in prison following his conviction of delivery of fentanyl. Walker was sentenced in the United States...

SEATTLE - Three key players in a drug distribution ring that spanned seven counties in Washington State were sentenced late Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Seattle to long prison terms. The leader of the drug distribution ring Baltazar Reyes-Garcia 45, of Camano Island, WA, was sentenced to 18 years...