United States Drug Enforcement Administration

MARQUETTE, Mich. - Richard Jon Hill, age 39, known in the Ironwood, Michigan area as “Rock Star Rick,” was sentenced to 180 months in federal prison for his conviction on federal drug charges. The sentence represents the culmination of a two-year investigation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) and the...

(FORT WORTH, - Texas - Two defendants who pleaded guilty in August to felony offenses stemming from their respective roles in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy were sentenced this morning, by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor, to lengthy federal prison sentences, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Richard Spriggs, Sr., 47, of Columbus, was sentenced on December 2, in U.S. District Court to 46 months in prison. Spriggs’ sentence was the result of his conviction for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute marijuana, conspiring to commit money laundering and for the unlawful possession...

DETROIT - A physician who practiced in Warren, Michigan, was sentenced to 84 months in prison today for writing prescriptions for oxycodone and other controlled medications without medical justification, and for health care fraud. The sentence was announced by U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent...

(FORT WORTH, - Texas - Four defendants who pleaded guilty this summer to their respective roles in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy that operated in the Dallas - Fort Worth area, and elsewhere, have been sentenced to lengthy federal prison terms, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of...

LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Lexington man and a Versailles man have both been charged with unlawfully distributing a controlled substance resulting in an overdose death. On November 5, 2015, a superseding federal indictment was returned against Luis Aguirre-Jerardo, of Lexington, and Gill Dewayne Garrett, of Versailles, charging both men with...

LORAIN COUNTY, Ohio - Several indictments regarding drug trafficking and firearms crimes in Lorain County were recently unsealed in federal court as part of an ongoing coordinated enforcement initiative, law enforcement officials said. The indictments were announced by U.S. Attorney Steven M. Dettelbach, Lorain County Prosecutor Dennis Will, U.S. Drug...

CLEVELAND - This morning, a 61-count indictment was filed in federal court charging 19 people for their roles in a drug conspiracy that brought large shipments of heroin to the Cleveland area and then distributed the drug in Ashtabula, Conneaut and Bellaire, Ohio, as well as in Wheeling, West Virginia...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Today, four Columbus men pleaded guilty to murder in connection to a racketeering case involving the organized criminal enterprise known as the Short North Posse. Carter M. Stewart, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Joseph P. Reagan, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S...

(FORT WORTH, - Texas - A defendant who pleaded guilty this summer to an indictment charging one count of distribution of methamphetamine, was sentenced on Friday by U.S. District Judge John McBryde to 360 months in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas. Jose...