United States Drug Enforcement Administration

INDIANAPOLIS – DEA Assistant Special Agent in Charge J. Michael Gannon and United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today that two drug-trafficking organizations with fifteen total members were indicted by a grand jury for charges of drug-trafficking, unlawful use of a communication facility and being a felon in possession...

MILWAUKEE -- Attorney General William P. Barr announced the launch of Operation Relentless Pursuit, an initiative aimed at combating violent crime in seven American cities – including Milwaukee – through a surge in federal resources. Joined at a press conference in Detroit, Michigan, by ATF Acting Director Regina Lombardo, DEA...

MADISON, Wis. - United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin Scott C. Blader announced that James A. Conner III, 44, La Crosse, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 48 months in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine. Conner pleaded guilty to this charge...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Brandon Edelman, 33, of South Bend, was sentenced before South Bend District Court Judge Robert L. Miller, Jr., for armed drug trafficking, announced U.S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II. Mr. Edelman was sentenced to 408 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. Mr...

MADISON, Wis. - DEA Chicago Division Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Bell and United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin Scott C. Blader, announced that Becky L. Peterson, 64, Tomahawk, Wisconsin was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 66 months in federal prison...

CHICAGO — A former technician at a Chicago pharmacy has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for stealing thousands of pills of hydrocodone and selling them for a profit. Elizabeth Cruz worked at Allcare Discount Pharmacy, located in the 2700 block of West North Avenue in Chicago. From...

MADISON, Wis. -- A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictment today. James Britton, 31, Madison, Wisconsin, is charged with three counts of distributing heroin and one count of possessing heroin with the intent to distribute. The indictment alleges that he...

MADISON, Wis. -- A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictment today. Matthew Guirlando, 34, Madison, Wisconsin, is charged with four counts of distributing cocaine and one count of possessing cocaine with the intent to distribute. The indictment alleges that he...

INDIANAPOLIS – DEA Indianapolis Assistant Special Agent in Charge J. Michael Gannon and the United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler of the Southern District of Indiana announced today that Michael O’Bannon, 35, Michael Jones, 37, Jason Reed, 50, and Shaun Myers, 37, all from Kokomo, Indiana, were convicted on drug...

MADISON, Wis. – DEA Chicago Division Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Bell, and United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin Scott C. Blader announced that Fred McGee, 46, of Chicago, was sentenced on Nov. 8, 2019, by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 84 months in...