United States Drug Enforcement Administration

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Irma Matamoros-Santillan, a 30-year-old woman from Harlingen has been ordered to prison following her conviction of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced Special Agent-in-Charge of DEA’s Houston Division, Joseph M. Arabit and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Matamoros-Santillan pled guilty October 19, 2016. Today...

SHREVEPORT, La. - A man from Texas was sentenced Wednesday to over 11 years in prison for conspiring to sell methamphetamine in the Shreveport area with another Texas man, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Assistant Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley. Tares Terrell...

SHREVEPORT, La. - A Shreveport man was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Assistant Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley. Dondell Pea, 30, was sentenced by a U.S. District Judge...

SHREVEPORT, La. - A Texas man was sentenced Tuesday to more than eight and a half years in prison for distribution of methamphetamine, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finely. David Wayne Carlisle, 41, of Marshall, Texas, was...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Metin Metlu Sado, age 48, of Encinitas, California, was sentenced today to seven years in federal prison and ordered to pay a $9,900.00 fine on one count of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine, announced DEA Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge Matthew Barden and Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the...

BEAUMONT, Texas - A 27-year-old Houston man pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations today in the Eastern District of Texas. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston announced the guilty plea jointly. Hugo Alejandro Garcia pleaded guilty to...

BEAUMONT, Texas - John Nealy Holt, 44, of Houston, was sentenced to 174 months in federal prison today by U.S. District Judge Thad Heartfield. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston jointly announced the sentencing action today. Holt previously...

HOUSTON - A 72-year-old doctor has been ordered to federal prison for distributing large amounts of oxycodone and hydrocodone, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. A federal jury convicted Richard Arthur Evans, of Houston, July 27, 2016, on...

BEAUMONT, Texas - A 34-year-old Beaumont, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today. Billy Ray Joseph, Jr., pleaded guilty on Oct. 13, 2016, to conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute...

BEAUMONT, Texas - A 40-year-old Orange, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for federal violations related to the murder of a Port Acres woman in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Brit...