United States Drug Enforcement Administration

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Kirbyville, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine in southwest Missouri, in a case investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division, the Missouri State Highway Patrol, and the Bureau of Alcohol...

ST. LOUIS – Cody Wayne Seabaugh, 31, of Hannibal, Missouri, was sentenced to 84 months in prison for possession with the intent to distribute over 50 grams of methamphetamine. The Hannibal Police Department investigated this case, assisted by the Illinois State Police and the Drug Enforcement Administration, St. Louis Division...

ST. LOUIS – Joshua Matthew Spencer, 30, of Franklin County, Missouri, pleaded guilty to his involvement in conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Spencer appeared in federal court today before United States District Judge John R...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Jose Mendoza, 32, and Natalie Mendoza, 35, of Medanales, New Mexico, Ryan Rodriguez, 27, of Chamita, New Mexico, Andrea Rodriguez, 28, and Edvardo Carlson, 39, of Espanola, New Mexico, and Bridget Archuleta, 31, of San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico appeared in federal court today for arraignment on...

SAN FRANCISCO – Eight defendants were indicted on narcotics trafficking charges, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Tatum King. The defendants were arrested on November 6, 2019, and February...

LOS ANGELES -- On Thursday, February 20, 2020, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Riverside Office, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department and the Inland Regional Narcotics Enforcement Team (IRNET) conducted a joint operation targeting a local drug trafficking organization. During the course of their investigation the investigators developed information about...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Division Raymond Donovan, announced that Daniel Paul, 65, of Buffalo, New York, who was convicted of distribution of crack cocaine, was sentenced to serve 120 months in prison...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger sentenced Charles Michael Ledford, 50, of Conyers, Georgia today to 324 months in prison for trafficking methamphetamine, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Judge Reidinger also ordered Ledford to serve five years under court supervision. Joining...

BUFFALO, NY – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Division, Raymond Donovan, announced that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging David Washington, a/k/a Dirty Dave, a/k/a Dirt, a/k/a Wavy Davey, 39, and Eleazar Martinez...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A California man was sentenced today to 78 months in federal prison for smuggling heroin and methamphetamine to Kansas, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said. Allan Bryan DeJesus, 40, of Bakersfield, California, pled guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute heroin. In his plea...