United States Drug Enforcement Administration

WICHITA, KS. - Barry Grissom, United States Attorney for the District of Kansas, announced that twelve people have been indicted on heroin trafficking charges in an indictment unsealed in Wichita on July 7, 2011. The indictment alleges defendant Jermaine Ward, age 28, of Wichita, established a heroin distribution organization in...

KANSAS CITY, KS. - Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri announced that two Kansas City, Missouri men and a St. Paul, Minnesota man were convicted by a federal jury for their roles in one of the largest cocaine trafficking rings in the Kansas City area...

KANSAS CITY, KS. - Barry Grissom, the United States Attorney for the District of Kansas, announced that a Shawnee auto dealer has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for helping drug dealers buy vehicles used for drug trafficking without attracting the attention of law enforcement. Jon Lenie, 39...

NEWARK, NJ. - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman, the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced a Newark grand jury returned an indictment today charging an alleged Newark-based drug dealer...

WASHINGTON, DC - Gil Kerlikowske, Director of National Drug Control Policy, presented the New York/New Jersey High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) a national award at the 2011 National HIDTA Conference in Washington, D.C. The Toatley Award for the Outstanding Task Force was presented to the New Jersey Drug Trafficking...

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that a Granite City man, Oscar Valle, who was indicted along with twenty-two other individuals and charged with being members of a large cocaine distribution organization, has pled guilty. Ortiz...

NEWARK, N.J. - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman, the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced federal charges were unsealed today against 15 alleged members of a drug trafficking organization...

TRENTON, N.J. - A federal grand jury has returned a second superseding Indictment against attorney Paul W. Bergrin, 55, of Nutley, N.J., and Alejandro Barraza-Castro, 34, of Newark, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. The 33-count second superseding , returned June 2, 2011: extends the time frame of the Count...

KANSAS CITY, MO. - Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Mexican national pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a conspiracy to grow thousands of marijuana plants in two large plots near Gower, Missouri. Serafin Rodriguez Gonzalez, 24, of...

BENTON, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that Jeffrey Todd Chenoweth, R.Ph., 40, of Newton, Ill., and David Sherman Lustig, R.Ph., 72, of Effingham, Illinois, have each pled guilty to an indictment charging each with felonies - illegal distribution of Schedule...