United States Drug Enforcement Administration

SHREVEPORT, La. – United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that three individuals from Shreveport have been sentenced for their involvement in a drug trafficking conspiracy which resulted in the death of a Shreveport man. United States District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote sentenced the three defendants today. Martin William Thompson...

LITTLE ROCK—Keith Brown, a multi-convicted felon, will spend the next 209 months, or nearly 17 ½ years, in federal prison for his lead role in a criminal organization that was responsible for dozens of pharmacy burglaries and stolen controlled substances worth millions of dollars. Jonathan D. Ross, United States Attorney...

MONROE, La. – Seven defendants were sentenced this week in the Monroe Division for illegal possession of firearms and narcotics, announced United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown. Chief United States District Judge Terry A. Doughty sentenced the defendants as follows: Adrien Marcel Brown, 44, of St. Joseph, Louisiana was sentenced...

LAFAYETTE, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Joseph W. Shepherd and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Curious Goods LLC and six individuals charged in a synthetic marijuana sales and money laundering scheme operated through the company’s retail stores were sentenced today. United...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge David Downing and Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Suzanne Hathorn, age 54, of Siloam Springs, was sentenced to 51 months in prison and three years of supervised release for Possession of...

EL DORADO, Ark. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge David Downing and Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Ronald Brown, age 43, of Harrell, was sentenced to 130 months imprisonment for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine; Marcus Wayne, aka “Caine”, age...

OXFORD, Miss. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown and Felicia C. Adams, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi announced today that fourteen alleged members of the Aryan Brotherhood of Mississippi, including four of its most senior leaders, have been indicted by a federal grand...

LAFAYETTE, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Joseph W. Shepherd and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a federal grand jury indicted 14 people in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy in Lafayette, New Iberia and the surrounding areas. “Today we have dismantled a drug...

NEW ORLEANS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown and U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that Clemmon Bridges, age 56, of Houston, Texas, and Darin Fields, age 32, of Bogalusa, Louisiana, were sentenced today after having previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and conspiracy to...

NEW ORLEANS - On the ninth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day held on September 27, 2014, the New Orleans Field (NOFD) and its community law enforcement partners collected 29,630 pounds of unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs at over 245 collection sites throughout the division. Over the course of four...