United States Drug Enforcement Administration

ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig sentenced Charles T. McRoberts to 120 months in prison Sept. 10. The 50-year-old Wentzville resident was charged with possession with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl. On July 12, 2019, McRoberts and co-defendant Gernell Armour possessed with intent...

WICHITA, Kan. – Kathy De La Torre, 24, Wichita, Kan., is charged with one count of distributing fentanyl, one count of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. The crimes are alleged to have occurred in March...

On September 4, 2020, Robert J. Bell, DEA Special Agent in Charge, Chicago Division, announced that on July 8, 2020, U.S. Attorney Matthew D. Krueger joined Attorney General William P. Barr in announcing the launch of Operation Legend, a sustained, systematic and coordinated law enforcement initiative in which federal law...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. –Anthony Contreras, 22, Overland Park, Kan., is charged with one count of unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, one count of distributing fentanyl and one count of possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. The crimes are alleged to have occurred July 22...

ST. LOUIS – Bruce Edward Johnson, 27, of St. Louis, was sentenced to 36 months in prison. Johnson was involved in a conspiracy to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl centered in the Clinton-Peabody housing complex on the near south side of the City of St. Louis. According to...

WICHITA, KAN. – A California man pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in Wichita to trafficking in fentanyl and heroin, in a case investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division, along with the Kansas Highway Patrol. Mauricio Canas, 24, Bermuda Dunes, Calif., pleaded guilty to one count of...

SEATTLE - Fifteen people were arrested today throughout the Puget Sound region and in California following an 18-month investigation of a drug trafficking organization tied to the CJNG cartel in Mexico. Defendants arrested today made their initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Seattle. The South Sound Streets are safer...

ST. LOUIS – Thomas John Rowland, 30, of O’Fallon, Missouri, was charged by a federal complaint today with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. According to the complaint, on July 16, 2020, officers of the O’Fallon, Missouri, Police Department were investigating a felony leaving the scene of an accident and...

ST. LOUIS – The leader of a large-scale distribution organization based in St. Louis has pled guilty to conspiring to distribute over five kilograms of cocaine, over one kilogram of heroin, and over 400 grams of fentanyl from March 11, 2018 to March 12, 2019. Guy R. Goolsby, aka “Ricochet,”...

CHICAGO -- Twenty-four individuals are facing federal charges following an investigation targeting two street gangs responsible for firearms offenses, narcotics trafficking, and violence on the West Side of Chicago. During the investigation, dubbed “Operation Full Circle,” federal, state, and local law enforcement officers worked together to seize 34 firearms, more...