DEA Archived Press Releases

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Fentanyl, Cocaine and a Weapon Earns Man 11 Years in Prison

East St. Louis, Ill. – Anthony Wisham, 60, of East St. Louis, Illinois, was sentenced to 135 months imprisonment in federal court in East St. Louis, Illinois, on Tuesday, January 25, 2022. Wisham previously pled guilty to two counts of distribution of fentanyl, one count of possession with intent to...
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DEA St. Louis Division Breaks Fentanyl Seizure Record in 2021

ST. LOUIS – The Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division broke a fentanyl seizure record for 2021 with nearly 188 kilograms seized through Missouri, Kansas and southern Illinois. In addition, agents and task force officers seized 1,848 kilograms of methamphetamine and 73 kilograms of heroin. The meth seizure amount was...
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Palm Bay Man Sentenced to Six Years for Distributing Fentanyl

ORLANDO , F la. –Davel Theodore Spady (35, Palm Bay) was sentenced to six years in federal prison for distributing fentanyl and possessing with the intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl. A federal jury had found Spady guilty on October 21, 2021. According to evidence presented during...
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Kansas City Woman Sentenced For Illegal Firearm

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Kansas City, Missouri, woman who was arrested with 19 firearms and quantities of illegal drugs in her home was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm. Robin A. Graham, 38, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Greg Kays to nine years in...
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KC Man Sentenced to 21 Years for Meth Trafficking at Camdenton Hotel

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A Kansas City, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for possessing methamphetamine to distribute when officers found large amounts of illegal drugs in his room at a Camdenton, Mo., hotel. Anthony Martinez Harris, 49, was sentenced to 21 years and 10 months in federal...
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13-Year Sentence for Meth Trafficking, Illegal Firearm

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Springfield, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for methamphetamine trafficking and illegally possessing a firearm. Jason A. Hamann, 48, was sentenced to 13 years and five months in federal prison without parole. On June 23, 2020, Hamann pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy...
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Heroin Conspiracy Results in 12-Year Sentence

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Kansas City, Kansas, man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a heroin trafficking conspiracy. Solomon B. Hawthorne, 31, was sentenced to 12 years and one month in federal prison without parole. Today’s sentence includes a term of two years for violating...
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Colombian National Extradited to the United States Pleads Guilty to Drug Conspiracy

TAMPA, Fla. – Oscar Marsiglia Barrios (54, Colombia) pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute cocaine knowing and intending it to be imported into the United States (U.S.). Marsiglia Barrios faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set. According to court...
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Fentanyl Dealers Sentenced to 12 and 8 Years in Federal Prison

ORLANDO, Fla . –Bolivar Anibal Cordova, Jr. (42, Windermere) and Luis Manuel Cordero (40, Orlando) were sentenced to 12 years and 7 months and 8 years and 6 months in federal prison, respectively, for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl-laced heroin. Cordova and Cordero had pleaded guilty in...
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Loose Creek Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Meth Trafficking, Illegal Firearm

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A Loose Creek, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing methamphetamine and a firearm. Leif Christopher Haslag, 39, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough to 15 years in federal prison without parole. On July 1, 2021, Haslag pleaded guilty...