United States Drug Enforcement Administration

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned three indictments against nine individuals on Thursday, charging the defendants with conspiring to distribute methamphetamine in Kern County, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux announced. The first indictment charges Miguel Zuniga Arteaga...

SANTA ROSA BEACH, Fla. – A total of 15 defendants have been indicted on federal drug-trafficking charges and an additional 29 co-conspirators face state drug-trafficking charges as a result of a multi-agency effort to bring down an organized drug trafficking operation in North Florida. Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for...

CHICAGO – Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Bell, Chicago Division, announced that Pierre Riley, 52, Macon, Georgia was sentenced on November 6, 2020, in the Southern District of Indiana for his role in a large drug trafficking ring that operated in Kokomo, Indiana. Mr. Riley...

AUGUSTA, GA - Two Burke County men have been indicted on federal drug trafficking charges for operating an illegal pill factory. Cedrick Gabriel Brown , a/k/a “Pop,” 47, and Telly Savalas Carswell, 46, both of Midville, Ga., are charged with Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and To Distribute...

Raleigh, N.C.- The Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Atlanta Field Division Robert J. Murphy and the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina Robert J. Hidgon, Jr. announced, a Goldsboro man was sentenced today to 204 months in prison for Possession...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Today, U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell sentenced three individuals for trafficking methamphetamine in Catawba County, announced the Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Atlanta File Division and the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina Andrew Murray. Chha Chham...

VALDOSTA, Ga. – A former Valdosta State Prison corrections officer was sentenced to federal prison today after being caught smuggling contraband cell phones and methamphetamine into the prison, said Charlie Peeler, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. Melissa Crawford, 53, of Macon, Georgia, was sentenced to serve...

DALLAS – The DEA Dallas Field Division today announced the results of two Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) operations targeting international drug and firearm trafficking between Mexico and Texas. Operations Trap Mansion and Two Birds and One Stone were a sustained state-wide effort of numerous federal, state, and...

MUSKOGEE, Okla. – The DEA Oklahoma City office announced that nineteen defendants have been indicted and arrested for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine in the Eastern District of Oklahoma and elsewhere. Federal charges for Drug Conspiracy is punishable by not...

BRUNSWICK, GA - A South Georgia man who has alternated much of his past three decades between selling illegal drugs or serving time in prison has been sentenced to spend nearly 20 years in prison for leading a drug trafficking organization centered in Coffee County. Wayne Jordan 62, of Douglas...