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Man on Parole for Drug Trafficking Sentenced for Trafficking Meth

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Springfield, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Greene and Polk Counties, Mo., and illegally possessing five firearms. Jeffrey S. Durbray, 61, was sentenced July 16 to 15 years in federal prison without parole. Durbray...
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Kansas Man Sentenced to 25 Years for Trafficking Meth

TOPEKA, Kan. – A Kansas man was sentenced today to 25 years in prison for charges related to drug trafficking and illegal firearms. According to court documents, Christian Michael Woodruff, 33, of Topeka, Kansas, pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and one count of...
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Jury Convicts Fentanyl Distributor

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Columbia, Mo., man was found guilty in federal court today of possessing fentanyl that he intended to distribute in Springfield, Mo. Michael E. Hunt, Jr., 43, was found guilty of one count of possessing fentanyl with the intent to distribute. Law enforcement officers learned that Hunt...
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Mid-Level Fentanyl Distributor Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Florissant, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for providing more than 34 kilograms of fentanyl to a large-scale drug-trafficking organization in southwest Missouri. Sheron L. Loggins, also known as “Bane,” 50, was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison without parole. On Nov. 14...
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Member of Fentanyl Trafficking Ring is Sentenced for Distributing Deadly Fentanyl Pills to Members of the Lummi Nation

SEATTLE, Wash. – A Bellingham, Washington woman who was a redistributor for a fentanyl distribution ring was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Seattle. Natasha Parkhill, 38, of Bellingham pleaded guilty in March 2024 and was sentenced today to 4 years in prison. At the sentencing hearing U.S. District Judge...
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Ohio Man Sentenced to 65 Months in Prison for Swapping Fentanyl, Cash for Counterfeit Pills

ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig on Thursday sentenced an Ohio man who arranged to buy 200,000 counterfeit pills to five years and five months in prison. On June 27, 2021, Matthew Prunty, 31, of the Dayton area, sent another man to exchange $46,000 and 2,000 pills...
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Seven Southwest Missouri Residents, Mexican Nationals Indicted for Meth Conspiracy

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Seven defendants who are either southwest Missouri residents or Mexican nationals have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Wilbert Pacheco-Salazar, 36, a citizen of Mexico residing in Springfield, Mo., Frank Lee Chapman, 35, and Omar Rosales-Olmos, 51...
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First of Six-Member Drug Trafficking Ring Bringing Hundreds of Pounds of Narcotics to Western Washington Sentenced to 8.5 Years in Prison

SEATTLE, Wash. –The first of six defendants tied to a significant drug trafficking ring that used recreational vehicles to transport massive quantities of methamphetamine, fentanyl pills, cocaine and heroin was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 102 months in prison. Ernesto Casillas, 48, has been in custody...
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Man Who Attempted to Shoot and Kill a Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug and Firearm Charges

SPOKANE, Wash. - Ray Anthony Wynecoop pleaded guilty on June 26, 2024, to one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl, one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute 40 Grams or More of Fentanyl, one count of Discharge of a Firearm During and in Relation to a Drug...
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Jefferson County Doctor, Staffers Accused of Conspiracy, Health Care Fraud

ST. LOUIS – A doctor with an office in St. Louis and two employees have been indicted in U.S. District Court and accused of illegally prescribing controlled substances and health care fraud. Dr. David A. Parks, 66, James M. Bilderback, 58, both of Jefferson County, Missouri, and Michelle J. Scheer...