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DEA St. Louis Division Breaks Fentanyl Seizure Record

… partners have stepped up our efforts to stop fentanyl from reaching our communities,” said Special Agent in Charge … trafficking organizations will go to any length to profit from the misery of our citizens. We’ll continue to take down … organizations, seizing and stopping $13.7 million from reaching criminal organization leaders. Fentanyl, a …
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U.S. Attorney's Office and DEA Announce Federal Charges Against Albuquerque Based Drug Trafficking Organization

… Albuquerque Classics. Throughout 2024, undercover agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) conducted … purchases of cocaine, heroin, fentanyl, and methamphetamine from the brothers,  Gastelum , Chavey , and Vargas . In … Administration investigated this case with assistance from the Internal Revenue Service. Assistant United States …
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Indictments against 11 high level Mexican drug cartel members unsealed

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … against the CJNG is being conducted by special agents from the DEA Los Angeles Division and federal prosecutors … contact the DEA Los Angeles by calling +1-213-237-9990, via email at MENCHOTIPS@usdoj.gov , or via Twitter, …
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38 Years For Lymon On Firearms, Heroin Trafficking Charges

… the time Lymon committed the crimes, he was prohibited from possessing firearms because of his prior felony … ATF and APD investigated the firearms case, with assistance from the Albuquerque office of the FBI, the U.S. Marshals … prosecution with the goal of removing repeat offenders from communities in New Mexico for as long as possible. On …
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Husband, Wife Behind Meth Trafficking in Missouri

… that he participated in the conspiracy to distribute meth from March 9 to July 11, 2022. Sims also admitted to aiding …
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Jury Convicts Missouri Man of Meth Trafficking, Illegal Firearms

… community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and …
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Southwest Missouri Man Sentenced to 22 Years for Meth Trafficking, Illegal Firearms

… he purchased a total of 1.6 kilograms of methamphetamine from Holden. The Drug Enforcement Administration …
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Traffic Stop Results to 20 Years in Prison for Man Leading Meth Conspiracy

… Southwest Honkey’s prison gang. The methamphetamine seized from Wallace would be enough to supply two doses (.25 grams) …
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Missouri Man Admits Being Caught on Interstate 44 with Nearly 3 Pounds of Meth

… stopped on Interstate 44 and was arrested by officers from the Eureka (Mo.) Police Department. When officers …
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Jury Convicts Fentanyl Distributor

… learned that Hunt was planning to transport fentanyl from Columbia to Springfield. Hunt was driving a black Jeep …
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St. Louis County Man Admits Fatally Shooting Acquaintance Before Stealing Drugs

… Police Cooperative investigated the case, with assistance from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department and the …
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Man Likely Behind Woman's Fentanyl Poisoning Death Sentenced

… District Judge John A. Ross on Wednesday sentenced a man from St. Louis County, Missouri, who sold drugs to a woman …
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Ohio Man Caught with Meth Pills Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison

… McClendon was a passenger aboard a bus traveling from Las Vegas to Indianapolis, which stopped at a terminal …
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Meth Possession Earns Las Vegas Man 11+ Years in Prison

… in Illinois, with Hart supplying the methamphetamine from either Nevada or California. The statutory penalties …
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Man Charged with Transporting 27 Kilos of Meth on Bus

… bus station on Tuesday, Dec. 5. As passengers disembarked from a bus that originated in Los Angeles, California, …
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$100K of Cocaine in Luggage Lands Bus Rider in Prison

… drugs previously and was planning to smuggle illegal drugs from Mexico to the United States. When cocaine is broken …
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Woman Indicted for Providing Fatal Fentanyl

… phone and discovered messages between the victim and Webber from May and June. Messages between the victim and Webber …
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St. Louis County Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Dealing Fatal Dose of Fentanyl and Heroin

… informant purchase a mix of fentanyl and ketamine twice from Kinney in October 2018. A court-approved search of …
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Missouri Man Sentenced to 17 Years for Heroin Conspiracy, Illegal Firearms

… one kilogram or more of heroin in the St. Joseph area from Sept. 1, 2019, to March 26, 2021, and to possessing a …
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Leader of Murderous St. Louis Drug Organization Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison

… II, 35, obtained bulk fentanyl and crystal methamphetamine from Arizona and supplied it to his co-conspirators, who …
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Multiple People Indicted for Meth Trafficking, Money Laundering

… in the same location. This co-located model enables agents from different agencies to collaborate on …
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Member of St. Louis Drug Ring Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison

… being offered. Bost later claimed credit, received $10,000 from Lee and then paid Johnson, plea agreements by Lee and …
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St. Louis Man Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison for Assaulting Deputy U.S. Marshals, Selling Methamphetamine

… Court Judge Matthew T. Schelp on Friday sentenced a man from St. Louis who injured two deputy U.S. marshals, one …
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Final Defendant of Nine Pleads Guilty to Heroin Conspiracy

… to distribute at least 100 grams of heroin in Greene County from Oct. 2, 2015, to Nov. 13, 2017. Elbert admitted that, …
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Pennsylvania Man Indicted for Meth Trafficking, Illegal Firearm

… traffic stop. Boykin told investigators he was traveling from Phoenix, Arizona, to Erie, Pennsylvania. The charges …
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Stolen Audi Leads to Jail Time for Fentanyl Dealer

… Washington driving the stolen vehicle and making a purchase from Wal-Mart. Investigators placed Washington under …
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Five Defendants Indicted for Conspiracy to Distribute Meth in Missouri

… a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Texas County from March 9 to July 11, 2022. In addition to the …
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Meth Conspiracy Charges Land Four Men in Prison

… distribute methamphetamine in Greene and Lawrence counties from June 6, 2018, to Sept. 7, 2018. Ball, who was a leader …
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Mexican National Sentenced to 27 Years for Large-Scale Drug-Trafficking Conspiracy

… or more of cocaine, and 50 grams of more of methamphetamine from 2015 to March 18, 2020. On March 18, 2020, federal …
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Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing Fentanyl That Caused Fatal Overdose

… 20, 2021, C.L. used one of the fentanyl pills he obtained from Carder. Later that morning, C.L.’s father found him in …