United States Drug Enforcement Administration

ST. LOUIS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today that Rodolpho Hernandez Flores, a 47-year old Mexican national, was sentenced to 50 months in federal prison for possessing with intent to distribute five or more kilograms of heroin. According to Southern District of Illinois...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today that Anthony Trurice Grayson, 30, of Excelsior Springs, was found guilty of participating in a conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, attempting to manufacture methamphetamine, possessing pseudoephedrine to manufacture methamphetamine and maintaining a drug house. Grayson...

MARION, Ill. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today that Sarah Lindsey, 30, of Marion, IL, was sentenced to 120 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and fined $200.00 for her involvement in a methamphetamine conspiracy. Lindsey pleaded guilty to...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today that Ryan D. Wright, 39, and Courtnie Lea Goins, 25, both of Springfield, MO have pleaded guilty in federal court to their role in conspiracies to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine in Boone County...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Resident Agent in Charge Scott Smith announced today that Mary Ann Ramos, age 53, and her son, Earl James Ramos, age 26, both of Evansdale, Iowa were sentenced today in federal court. The mother and son were convicted of selling synthetic (commonly known...

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today that Christopher Thomas, 50, of Las Vegas, Nevada, was sentenced today for Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine in the United States District Court, Southern District of Illinois. Thomas had previously pled guilty to the...

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today that Rusty J. Smith, 36, of Cobden, IL, was sentenced for a methamphetamine violation in the Southern District of Illinois. Smith, who had previously pled guilty to a one-count indictment charging conspiracy to...

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today that April M. Elliot, 34, of Pomona, was sentenced on a methamphetamine violation, in the Southern District of Illinois. Elliot, who had previously pled guilty to a one-count indictment charging conspiracy to manufacture...

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today that Zachary Weil, 36, of St. Louis, MO, was convicted, in the Southern District of Illinois, of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine and Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering. Weil was sentenced to 144 months...

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today that Frank R. Johnson, a/k/a “Mo,” 45, of Elkville, IL, was sentenced for his involvement in a heroin conspiracy in the Southern District of Illinois. Johnson, who had previously pled guilty to a...