United States Drug Enforcement Administration

ASHLAND, KY - A father and his two sons received federal prison sentences today for their roles in a scheme which involved importing kilograms of a drug comparable to methamphetamine from overseas and selling it in Eastern Kentucky and West Virginia. U.S. District Court Judge David L. Bunning sentenced 59-year-old...

INDIANAPOLIS, IN. - Danny Harmon, 56, of New Castle, Indiana was convicted on August 26 on drug conspiracy charges following a jury trial before United States District Court Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson in Indianapolis. A cooperative effort by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigations Division...

BOWLING GREEN, KY - Two Mexican Nationals pled guilty in United States District Court on August 26 to charges of possession and conspiracy to possess five kilograms or more of cocaine, announced David J. Hale, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky. Dagoberto Garcia-Guillen, age 21, and his...

INDIANAPOLIS, IN. - Joseph H. Hogsett, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, and Jack Riley, Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration, announced the sentencing of the last defendant in a federal cocaine trafficking conspiracy in United States District Court...

MADISON, WI. - - John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that six men have been charged today in a complaint filed in U.S. District Court with manufacturing marijuana. The criminal complaint alleges that the defendants cultivated a large marijuana grow operation in the...

HAMMOND, IN. - The owner of a weight loss clinic with three locations in northwest Indiana and south suburban Chicago and his wife were indicted for allegedly illegally dispensing amphetamine-based controlled substances to patients and engaging in illegal monetary transactions and tax fraud. The defendants, Rakesh Anand and Meena Anand...

CHICAGO, IL. - The former head of the Chicago distribution network of a Mexican drug-trafficking cartel was sentenced today to serve 40 years in federal prison for his participation in a narcotics conspiracy after pleading guilty earlier this year to orchestrating the distribution of more than 420 kilograms of cocaine...

An indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Detroit was unsealed today, charging 26 individuals for their participation in a large-scale health care fraud and drug distribution scheme, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. McQuade was joined in her announcement by Special Agent in Charge Robert L...

URBANA, IL. - A Chicago man serving a 25 year federal prison term for his role in a cocaine and crack cocaine distribution conspiracy is now facing murder charges. A federal grand jury has charged Freddell Bryant, age 33, also known as “Freddy Moe,” of Chicago, with three counts of...

LOUISVILLE, KY - David J. Hale, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky, and Robert L. Corso, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Detroit Field Division announced today that a member of the “Black Mafia Family” has been convicted of possession and distribution of...