United States Drug Enforcement Administration

BEAUMONT, Texas - A 37-year-old Orange County, Texas man has been sentenced to prison for federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced DEA Special Agent-in-Charge of the Houston Division, Joseph M. Arabit and Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today. Kenneth Martin, Jr., was found guilty by...

LEXINGTON, Ky. - A federal judge has sentenced a Lexington man to life in prison, for illegally distributing drugs that caused an overdose death in Lexington. Senior U.S. District Judge Joseph M. Hood formally sentenced 28 year-old Joshua Donald Ewing for distribution of fentanyl and heroin resulting in the death...

HOUSTON - A 35-year-old Magnolia resident has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine, announced DEA Special Agent-in-Charge of the Houston Division, Joseph M. Arabit and Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Jose Jaime Solis Jr. pleaded guilty Nov. 17...

BEAUMONT, Texas - Two Southeast Texas men were sentenced today to prison for federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced DEA Special Agent-in-Charge of the Houston Division, Joseph M. Arabit and Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston. Richard William Jones, 40, of Diboll, Texas pled guilty on...

BEAUMONT, Texas - A 41-year-old Houston man has been sentenced to prison for federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston. Jesus Najar Silva pleaded guilty on Nov. 29...

CINCINNATI - Margaret Temponeras, 52, of Portsmouth, Ohio, pled guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. Temponeras owned the Unique Pain Management Clinic in Wheelersburg, Ohio. Benjamin C. Glassman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Timothy J. Plancon, Special Agent-in-Charge of the...

LAREDO, Texas - The reputed leader of the Melendez Drug Trafficking Organization from South Laredo has been ordered to federal prison for life, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. A federal jury convicted Adan Melendez aka “12,”...

HOUSTON - Three Houston residents have been ordered to federal prison for their roles in an oxycodone dispensation and distribution conspiracy, announced DEA Special Agent-in-Charge of the Houston Division, Joseph M. Arabit and Acting United States Attorney Abe Martinez. Dr. Richard Williams, 77, was a physician practicing general preventive medicine...

LAREDO, Texas - A Nuevo Laredo man and a Laredo woman have entered guilty pleas for their roles in a conspiracy to traffic drugs via the World Trade Bridge, announced DEA Special Agent-in-Charge of the Houston Division, Joseph M. Arabit and Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Daniel Rodirugez Reyna, 45...

McALLEN, Texas - A 37-year-old Mercedes resident has been ordered to federal prison for possessing with the intent to distribute approximately 84 kilograms of cocaine, announced DEA Special Agent-in-Charge of the Houston Division, Joseph M. Arabit and Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Martin Perez pleaded guilty March 31, 2016. Today...