United States Drug Enforcement Administration

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL. - Abdu Newby, 29, from Belleville, IL, was sentenced on December 19, 2011 in District Court in East St. Louis, IL, on one count of Possession with the Intent to Distribute Crack Cocaine, the DEA announced today. Newby was sentenced to 24 months in prison, 2...

ST. LOUIS, MO. - The DEA and The United States Attorney’s Office in St. Louis announced today that Gregory L. Loomans pled guilty to one charge of conspiracy to possess and distribute human growth hormone drugs. According to court documents, Loomans was a body-builder who frequented gyms in St. Charles...

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL. - Luis Gonzalos Hernandez-Barahono, 23, a citizen of Honduras, who is currently in the United States illegally, was sentenced in federal district court in East St. Louis today for his role in an organization responsible for distributing multiple kilogram quantities of cocaine in the Metro-East area...

GREENBELT , MD - . - U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Stanley Needleman, 69, of Pikesville, Maryland, to a year and a day in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for tax evasion and structuring financial transactions to avoid reporting large cash receipts and deposits. Needleman...

BALTIMORE, MD. - U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. sentenced Clevon “Ty” Johnson, age 38, of Cambridge, Maryland, to 11 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, after Johnson pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and to violating his...

ALEXANDRIA, VA. - DEA and the US Attorneys Office in the Eastern District of Virginia today announced charges against the alleged leader of an international drug trafficking and money laundering network for coordinating multi-ton shipments of cocaine from Colombia to Los Zetas Mexican drug cartel destined for the United States...

Seventeen San Antonio-based members of the Texas (TS) have been charged by federal grand jury indictment with conspiring to violate the Racketeering Influenced Corrupt (RICO) statute. The announcement was made today by United States Attorney Robert Pitman, DEA Special Agent in Charge Javier Pena, U.S. Marshal Robert Almonte, ATF Special...

BALTIMORE, MD. - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett, sentenced Kambreh Jones, age 35, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, late yesterday to 15 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute heroin. The sentence was announced by Special Agent in...

GREENBELT, MD. - U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Jimmy Reed Davis, Jr., age 29, of Mitchellville, Maryland, today to 10 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug...

GREENBELT, MD. - U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte sentenced James Walter Ball, Jr. a/k/a Pooh Ball, age 36, of Great Mills, Maryland, today to 10 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine base, commonly known...