United States Drug Enforcement Administration

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - The DEA today announced that a Canadian national who was involved in a large marijuana smuggling conspiracy has pleaded guilty in federal court. Jason Boyachek, age 42 from British Columbia, Canada, was convicted of conspiracy to distribute 1000 kilograms or more of marijuana from 2005 through...

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - The DEA today announced that two local residents, James C. Leming, 54, and Dawn E. Unterfer, 45, both of Carbondale, IL, were sentenced for their involvement in a methamphetamine conspiracy. Leming and Unterfer, who had previously pleaded guilty to the one-count indictment charging conspiracy to...

NEW ORLEANS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown announced that the 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine Take-Back events, sites will be set up throughout communities nationwide so local residents can...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Missouri man was sentenced in federal court for his role in a conspiracy that distributed thousands of pounds of marijuana in southwest Missouri, the DEA today announced. Sean Bond, 39, of Republic, Mo., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough to 12 years in...

SHREVEPORT, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Joseph Shepherd and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Mexican national was sentenced to 64 months in prison for possessing heroin with intent to distribute. Uriel Coria-Coria, 22, of Mexico, was sentenced on one count...

ST. LOUIS - DEA and its local partners today unveiled “Mission SAVE,” a new initiative to reduce violence in the St. Louis area. The title “Mission Save” denotes the long term commitment and SAVE is the acronym for “Strike Against Violence Early.” This initiative is an unprecedented collaboration between: the...

SHREVEPORT, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Joseph Shepherd and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that two men were sentenced for their roles in a cocaine and methamphetamine distribution ring operating in Caddo and Bossier parishes. Eugene O’Neal Cross, 40, of Marshall, Texas...

NEW ORLEANS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown and U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that Malcolm Bolden, age 20, Noel Jones, age 27, and Terrell Dyer, age 29, all of New Orleans, were sentenced today for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute at least...

JACKSON, Miss. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Daniel Comeaux and Gregory K. Davis, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, announced the sentencing of four defendants tied to a large-scale methamphetamine trafficking organization. Cliff Williams, 37, of Meridian, Mississippi, was sentenced to 133 months...

FORT SMITH, Ark. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge David Downing and Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced the final defendants tied to a large-scale drug trafficking organization that operated in the Fort Smith area were sentenced this week. “Methamphetamine has...