United States Drug Enforcement Administration

TOPEKA, Kansas - - James Shroba, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, announced today that a drug courier who was trying to outrun the Kansas Highway Patrol, driving at 111 miles per hour, was sentenced Monday to 47 months in federal prison. Miguel Torres, 22, Kansas City...

ST. LOUIS - - James Shroba, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, announced that on its 10th National Drug Take-Bake Day, DEA and its local partners collected 22,321 pounds of unused prescription drugs in the St. Louis metropolitan and southern Illinois area. Further, the nationwide event, with...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - -James Shroba, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration announced today that a man who distributed crack cocaine for nearly a decade was sentenced to more than 20 years in federal prison. Albert Allen, Jr., 30, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the prison term...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - - James Shroba, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, announced today that two California men have been sentenced in federal court for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute large amounts of methamphetamine in southwest Missouri. Jaime Gonzalez-Alvarado, 33, a citizen of Mexico residing...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. - -James Shroba, Special Agent in Charge for the Drug Enforcement Administration announced today that a California man who was arrested in Kansas with 15 pounds of heroin was sentenced Monday to 46 months in federal prison. Juan Carlos Ahumada, 21, San Fernando, Calif., pleaded guilty to...

SIOUX CITY, Neb. - -James Shroba, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, announced today that a man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine was sentenced September 24, 2015, to six years in federal prison. Jose William Orellana, 42, from South Sioux City, Nebraska, received the prison term after...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - -DEA Special Agent in Charge James Shroba announced today that DeShaun Anderson, age 43, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids for conspiring to distribute heroin and fentanyl that led to several overdoses and deaths. At the plea hearing, Anderson...

ST. LOUIS - James P. Shroba, Special Agent in Charge for the Drug Enforcement Administration, announced today Steven Syms, 41, of St. Louis, Missouri, and Antoine Jenkins, 27, of Cahokia, Illinois, were sentenced for their involvement in a drug distribution organization that funneled cocaine from Houston, Texas, to the St...

SIOUX CITY, Iowa - DEA Special Agent in Charges James Shroba announced today that Chrishirwn West, was sentenced to five years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine. West, 27, from Sioux City, Iowa, received the prison term after a May 12, 2015 guilty plea to one count of...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - James Shroba, Special Agent in Charge of the St. Louis Division Drug Enforcement Administration announced today that Travis Ybarra was convicted in federal court today for his role in conspiracies to distribute methamphetamine in Jackson County, Mo., and to engage in money laundering. Ybarra, also known...