United States Drug Enforcement Administration

ST. LOUIS – Korey Linnell Johnson, age 36, of Hayti, Missouri, was sentenced Aug. 12 to 17 years in prison on one count of conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. With his plea Johnson admitted that he oversaw a number of individuals who were conspiring to bring...

ST. LOUIS – Reanna Danielle Campbell, 26, of Franklin County, Missouri, was sentenced to 64 months in prison for her involvement in conspiring to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine. Campbell appeared in federal court today before U.S. District Judge John A. Ross. The Drug Enforcement...

ST. LOUIS – Michael Brooks, 55, of St. Louis, was sentenced to 60 months in prison for distribution of actual (pure) methamphetamine. The quantity of actual methamphetamine, for which Brooks is accountable, is at least 50 grams but less than 150 grams. The Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division investigated...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – U.S. Attorney Tim Garrison announced today that 59 additional arrests have been made in the past week by local and federal law enforcement officers in Operation LeGend, for a total of 156 arrests since the start of the operation. Among those arrested since Aug. 1, new...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – U.S. Attorney Tim Garrison announced today that 97 arrests have been made by local and federal law enforcement officers in less than two weeks since the launch of Operation LeGend. “This is the impact of a targeted initiative to reduce violent crime, carried out by local...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Kansas City, Missouri, man was charged in federal court today with illegally possessing methamphetamine to distribute and two firearms. Steven L. Younce, 38, was charged with one count of possessing methamphetamine to distribute, one count of possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime, and...

KANSAS CITY, MO – A Missouri man who admitted to conspiring to launder more than $1 million in drug proceeds was sentenced Thursday to 216 months in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said. The case was investigated by Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department...

TOPEKA, Kan. – A Kansas man who was arrested in Great Bend in September after fleeing from officers was indicted today on federal drug trafficking charges. Roosevelt Tyree Henderson, IV, 32, is charged with one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, one count of unlawful possession of a...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Three Mexican nationals have been sentenced in federal court this week for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine. Alfredo Soto-Contreras, also known as “Antonio,” 38, of Kansas City, Missouri, was sentenced today to 10 years and 10 months in federal prison...

WICHITA, Kan. – Four individuals in two separate investigations were indicted today in Kansas. Both cases were investigated by the Kansas Highway Patrol and the Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division. Two defendants from California were indicted on charges of smuggling more than two pounds of fentanyl to Kansas. Jorge...