United States Drug Enforcement Administration

CRYSTAL CITY, TX -- - The Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge, Thomas E. Hinojosa and United States Attorney John E. Murphy announced that federal, state and local authorities have arrested 10 individuals in the Crystal City area on federal drug trafficking charges. Those arrested yesterday include: 24-year-old...

Acting Special Agent In Charge Thomas Hinojosa will be participating in a National Prescription Take Back Press Conference, April 27, 2011 at 2:30 p.m., at the DEA Houston Field Office, located at 1433 West Loop South, in the 1 st floor training room. He, along with invited guest Harris County...

SULLIVAN CITY, TX - Former Sullivan City Police Chief Hernan Guerra has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison without parole for drug-trafficking, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Acting Special Agent in Charge, Thomas Hinojosa and United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today. United States District Judge Randy Crane sentenced...

BENTON, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that two men and one woman from Centralia, Illinois, were indicted on heroin and crack cocaine charges on March 8, 2011. Toriano A. Bohanna, Sr., age 38, Angela N. Hill, age 28, and...

BENTON, IL. - Stephen R Wigginton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that two women and one man from Mt. Vernon, Illinois, were indicted on crack cocaine charges on March 8, 2011. Rebecca A. Phillips, 43, Tammy R. Thomas, 47, and Jamel K. Sandifer, 34...

MINNEAPOLIS, MN. - March 7, 2011 - The second of two men from the small northeastern Minnesota community of Hermantown was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Minneapolis for growing marijuana in his home. United States District Court Judge David S. Doty sentenced Matthew Daniel Blank, age 23, to 18...

MINNEAPOLIS, MN. - March 7, 2011 - A year-long federal drug investigation, “Operation Pitchfork”, resulted in three federal indictments recently filed against a total of 15 alleged members of a drug trafficking organization. Following the initial court appearances of several of the defendants last week, the indictments were unsealed. The...

INDIANAPOLIS, IN. - - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Jack Riley and United States Attorney Joseph H. Hogsett announced today the sentencing of Juan Antonio Corona-Gonzalez, 28, Jalisco, Mexico, to 24 years in prison. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals (sitting by designation) David F. Hamilton sentenced Corona-Gonzalez following...

INDIANAPOLIS, IN. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Jack Riley and United States Attorney Joseph H. Hogsett announced today the sentencing of Juan Antonio Corona-Gonzalez, 28, Jalisco, Mexico, to 24 years in prison. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals (sitting by designation) David F. Hamilton sentenced Corona-Gonzalez following his...

INDIANAPOLIS, IN. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Jack Riley and United States Attorney Joseph H. Hogsett announced the sentencing of Alberto Santana-Cabrera, 31, to 75 years in prison last week. U.S. District Judge William T. Lawrence sentenced Santana-Cabrera following his convictions for conspiracy to distribute 50 grams...