United States Drug Enforcement Administration

MINNEAPOLIS, MN. - A 32-year-old Isanti man was sentenced on October 24, 2011 for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy. United States District Court Judge John R. Tunheim sentenced Benjamin Michael Saxton to 110 months in prison on one count of conspiracy to distribute 50 or more grams of...

HOUSTON, TX - Thomas E. Hinojosa, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), along with United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today that three individuals were arrested on Thursday following the execution of search warrants at several locations and the discovery of grow operations of hydroponic marijuana...

McALLEN, TX - A San Juan, Texas, resident convicted by a federal jury of conspiring to possess marijuana and being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of federal law will be spending the next five years and 10 months in federal prison without parole, announced Drug Enforcement...

INDIANAPOLIS, MN. - A 17-year federal prison sentence for Christopher Eason, 33, of Coldwater, Mississippi, was recently announced in the Southern District of Indiana. U.S. District Judge Jane E. Magnus-Stinson sentenced Eason following his guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and related offenses. This case was the result...

MILWAUKEE, WI. - The U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) announced today the arrest of 23 defendants on both state and federal charges related to the illegal distribution of pharmaceutical controlled substances in the Milwaukee metropolitan area. The following 20 individuals were charged by the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office: Gloria Blackmon...

LAREDO, TX -- - A Webb County Constable Precinct One deputy has pleaded guilty to accepting bribes to use his official capacity to protect loads of cocaine, United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today. Eduardo Garcia, aka Eddie Garcia, pleaded guilty late this morning to count one of the...

MINNEAPOLIS, MN. - A federal indictment unsealed on September 16, 2011 charged 22 individuals with conspiring to distribute large amounts of marijuana and methamphetamine in the Twin Cities. The indictment, which was filed on September 7, 2011, charges the defendants with one count of conspiracy to distribute and possession with...

BEAUMONT, TX - A Houston man has been sentenced to federal prison for his role in a major drug trafficking conspiracy in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge, Thomas E. Hinojosa and U.S. Attorney John M. Bales. Alejandro Ortiz, 33, of Houston...

CHICAGO, IL. - A joint investigation by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration and the Cook County Sheriff’s Police Department resulted in the arrest of an employee of a Skokie, Illinois pharmacy for illegally selling millions of dollars worth of prescription controlled substances. The Office of Cook County State’s Attorney...

INDIANAPOLIS, IN. - Danny Harmon, 56, of New Castle, Indiana was convicted on August 26 on drug conspiracy charges following a jury trial before United States District Court Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson in Indianapolis. A cooperative effort by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigations Division...