United States Drug Enforcement Administration

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – An Arizona man has pleaded guilty in federal court to distributing large quantities of methamphetamine in Taney County, Missouri. Darcell M. Mills, 41, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge David P. Rush on Friday, March 13, to one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. The case was...

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration today announced the results of Project Python, a DEA-led multilateral interagency operation encompassing all global investigations and related disruption activities targeting the Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG). This announcement marks the successful conclusion of six months of investigative and...

SAN FRANCISCO – The Drug Enforcement Administration San Francisco Division urges its DEA-registered practitioners and members of the public to be cautious of telephone calls from criminals posing as DEA or other law enforcement personnel threatening arrest and prosecution for supposed violations of federal drug laws or involvement in drug-trafficking...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Springfield, Missouri man pleaded guilty in federal court today to illegally possessing firearms and methamphetamine to distribute. The Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division investigated along with the Springfield, Missouri Police Department, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Jacob Winterhawk Ryder, 38, pleaded...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Walnut Shade, Missouri, woman was sentenced in federal court today for her role in a conspiracy to distribute heroin and fentanyl in the Springfield area. Ashley A. Brott, 29, was sentenced by M. Douglas Harpool to 20 years in federal prison without parole. The case was...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Nixa, Missouri man pleaded guilty in federal court today for distributing methamphetamine he received in the mail from California, It was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and the Nixa Police Department. Jerry D. Thornton, 46, pleaded guilty...

ST. LOUIS – Michael Charles Natoli, 58, of Dixon, Missouri was sentenced to 96 months in prison for distribution of heroin which resulted in death and serious bodily injury. The charges were a result of a joint investigation between the St. James Police Department, Missouri State Highway Patrol – South...

TOPEKA, Kan. – A federal grand jury indicted an Olathe, Kansas man Wednesday on charges of drug trafficking, in a case investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division and the Kansas Highway Patrol. Dustin Schultz-Bergin, 40, Olathe, Kansas., is charged with one count of possession with intent to...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Kirbyville, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine in southwest Missouri, in a case investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division, the Missouri State Highway Patrol, and the Bureau of Alcohol...

FRESNO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against Yunquan Jiang, 48, a Chinese national residing in Fresno, charging him with cultivating and possessing with intent to distribute over 1,000 marijuana plants inside his residence, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent...