United States Drug Enforcement Administration

SOUTH BEND, Ind.- Robert J. Bell, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge, Chicago Division, and United States Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II announced Jamar Sims, age 27, of South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Jon E. DeGuilio upon his plea of guilty to...

SAN FRANCISCO – A complaint was unsealed today in San Jose alleging that Mario Orozco and Teodoro Ayon-Ramos distributed methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux. Both defendants were arrested at their residences, one in San Jose and...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Robert J. Bell, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge, Chicago Division, and U.S. Attorney Kirsch announced Juan M. Hernandez, age 40, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty following his plea of guilty to possession with intent to...

HAMMOND, Ind. – Robert J. Bell, Special Agent in Charge, DEA Chicago Division, and United States Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II announced that Jesus Lopez, 42 years old, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge James T. Moody after pleading guilty to possession with intent to...

CHICAGO – Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Bell, Drug Enforcement Administration, Chicago Division, announced that Michael O’Bannon, 36, and Shaun Myers, 38, both of Kokomo, Indiana, were recently sentenced for their roles in a large drug trafficking ring that operated in Kokomo, Indiana. O’Bannon and Myers were sentenced to...

MADISON, Wis. – Robert J. Bell, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Division announced today that a federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned an indictment today for Brian K. Dennis, 50, Spooner, Wisconsin. Dennis is charged with possessing 50...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — KJL Consultants Inc., doing business as Luke’s Yreka Drug, and owner Lucas Walsh have agreed to pay $200,000 to resolve allegations that the pharmacy committed multiple violations of the Controlled Substances Act’s strict recordkeeping requirements, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in...

INDIANAPOLIS — Robert J. Bell, Special Agent in Charge of DEA Chicago Division, and United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today, Reggie M. Balentine, 43, Kokomo, Ind., and Perry O. Jones, 45, Kokomo, Indiana were sentenced for their role in a large drug trafficking ring operating in Kokomo, Indiana...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Robert J. Bell, Special Agent in Charge of DEA Chicago Division and U.S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II announced that John Clark , age 53, of Fort Wayne, Indiana was charged in a criminal complaint with drug and weapon violations. According to documents in this case...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned a five-count indictment today against Steven Lawrence Robinson, 34, of Granite Bay, and Nathaniel Opondo Hubbert, 39, of Grass Valley, charging them with a conspiracy to possess and distribute fentanyl and other narcotics offenses, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Drug Enforcement...