United States Drug Enforcement Administration

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today that Anthony Trurice Grayson, 30, of Excelsior Springs, was found guilty of participating in a conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, attempting to manufacture methamphetamine, possessing pseudoephedrine to manufacture methamphetamine and maintaining a drug house. Grayson...

ST. LOUIS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today that Rodolpho Hernandez Flores, a 47-year old Mexican national, was sentenced to 50 months in federal prison for possessing with intent to distribute five or more kilograms of heroin. According to Southern District of Illinois...

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Omar Gonzalez was sentenced today to 174 months in prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce Balzano. Gonzalez previously pleaded guilty pursuant to a...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today that Ryan D. Wright, 39, and Courtnie Lea Goins, 25, both of Springfield, MO have pleaded guilty in federal court to their role in conspiracies to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine in Boone County...

MARION, Ill. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today that Sarah Lindsey, 30, of Marion, IL, was sentenced to 120 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and fined $200.00 for her involvement in a methamphetamine conspiracy. Lindsey pleaded guilty to...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Resident Agent in Charge Scott Smith announced today that Mary Ann Ramos, age 53, and her son, Earl James Ramos, age 26, both of Evansdale, Iowa were sentenced today in federal court. The mother and son were convicted of selling synthetic (commonly known...

FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment Thursday against Bakersfield residents Guillermo Magallanes, 36; Pasqual Gonzales Magallanes, 44; and Juan Lascano Jr, 32, charging them with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents, the three men conspired to distribute methamphetamine in the Bakersfield area. In...

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today that Christopher Thomas, 50, of Las Vegas, Nevada, was sentenced today for Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine in the United States District Court, Southern District of Illinois. Thomas had previously pled guilty to the...

FRESNO, Calif. - Derik Carson Kumagai, 41, and Saykham Somphoune a/k/a, “Oat,” 41, both residents of Fresno, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to commit bribery, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. According to the defendants’ plea agreements and other court documents, beginning in April of 2012, federal law enforcement...

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today that April M. Elliot, 34, of Pomona, was sentenced on a methamphetamine violation, in the Southern District of Illinois. Elliot, who had previously pled guilty to a one-count indictment charging conspiracy to manufacture...