United States Drug Enforcement Administration

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – A former Manito, Illinois. man, Jonathan Edward Rakestraw, 36, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison. On Feb. 28, 2020, Chief U.S. District Judge Sara Darrow sentenced Rakestraw to 15 years in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine in Schuyler County, Illinois...

SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. – Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced a Cochise County superior court judge sentenced Timothy Henry, a Sierra Vista drug distributor, to 14 years in prison. Henry’s co-defendants, Jaime Rene Leza, Jennifer Sue Phillips, and Shalmarie Tulk, were all previously convicted and sentenced for their role assisting Henry...

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...

BEAUMONT, Texas – A 38-year-old Katy, Texas man has been indicted for federal drug trafficking and firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced DEA Special Agent in Charge, Steven S. Whipple and U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today. Paul Andrew Cabiro was indicted by a federal grand jury...

ST. LOUIS – Cody Wayne Seabaugh, 31, of Hannibal, Missouri, was sentenced to 84 months in prison for possession with the intent to distribute over 50 grams of methamphetamine. The Hannibal Police Department investigated this case, assisted by the Illinois State Police and the Drug Enforcement Administration, St. Louis Division...

ST. LOUIS – Joshua Matthew Spencer, 30, of Franklin County, Missouri, pleaded guilty to his involvement in conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Spencer appeared in federal court today before United States District Judge John R...

SAN FRANCISCO – Eight defendants were indicted on narcotics trafficking charges, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Tatum King. The defendants were arrested on November 6, 2019, and February...

LOS ANGELES -- On Thursday, February 20, 2020, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Riverside Office, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department and the Inland Regional Narcotics Enforcement Team (IRNET) conducted a joint operation targeting a local drug trafficking organization. During the course of their investigation the investigators developed information about...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger sentenced Charles Michael Ledford, 50, of Conyers, Georgia today to 324 months in prison for trafficking methamphetamine, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Judge Reidinger also ordered Ledford to serve five years under court supervision. Joining...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A California man was sentenced today to 78 months in federal prison for smuggling heroin and methamphetamine to Kansas, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said. Allan Bryan DeJesus, 40, of Bakersfield, California, pled guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute heroin. In his plea...