United States Drug Enforcement Administration

TOPEKA, Kans. – For 10 days in March, the U.S. Marshals and Topeka Police, working with multiple federal, state and local law enforcement partners, conducted an operation designed to reduce violent crime and drug activity in and around Topeka, resulting in 258 arrests. Operation Frontier Justice was conducted in partnership...

MACON, Ga.– A Macon, Georgia, resident pleaded guilty this week to conspiring to distribute methamphetamine after being arrested in an extensive drug trafficking wiretap investigation led by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), said Peter D. Leary, the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. Joshua Noojin, 40, of...

ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Ronnie L. White sentenced Sherod Tucker to 80 months in prison today. The 32-year-old St. Louis resident pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl. Beginning in 2016, the Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division and St. Louis...

FRESNO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against Alfredo Garcia Jr., 27; Eva Romero, 53; and Leo Torres, 30, of Fresno, charging them with conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin and at least five grams of methamphetamine. Drug Enforcement Administration Acting...

BOSTON – Eight people were charged in federal court in Boston in connection with an investigation into a Boston-based fentanyl and cocaine trafficking and money laundering organization. According to charging documents, a year-long wiretap investigation revealed that the defendants, who were directly connected to a poly-drug trafficking organization operating in...

HOUSTON – A former officer with the Houston Police Department (HPD) has been ordered to prison after admitting her guilt in a Houston-area cocaine conspiracy, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux and Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Julissa Diaz, 41, of Houston, pleaded...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Springfield man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute large amounts of methamphetamine. Richard G. Wacker, 61, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough to 20 years in federal prison without parole. On Jan. 10, 2020, Wacker...

ORLANDO, Fla. - Freddie Miguel Velez-Gonzalez 53, of Orlando, has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute more than 40 grams of fentanyl and more than 100 grams of heroin, and to six counts of distribution and possession with the intent to distribute...

Greenbelt, MD. – U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel sentenced Douglas Brian Quander, age 39, of Bowie, Maryland to 100 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine, and for distribution of crack...

TAMPA, Fla. - Jason A. Crowder (42, Zephyrhills) was sentenced to 10 years and 1 month in federal prison for possession with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Crowder had pleaded guilty on December 8, 2020. According to court documents, on January 17, 2020, deputies from...