United States Drug Enforcement Administration

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Springfield, Missouri, woman pled guilty in federal court today to her role in a conspiracy that distributed at least 4.5 kilograms of pure methamphetamine in Laclede County, Missouri. Deidra C. Mathews, 44, pled guilty before U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool to participating in a conspiracy...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Mexican national pled guilty in federal court today to his role in a Daviess County, Missouri, marijuana-growing operation where law enforcement officers seized nearly $10 million worth of plants. Miguel Pulido-Maldonado, also known as “Mona,” 28, pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Greg Kays to...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Nogales, Arizona man pled guilty in federal court today to his role in a conspiracy to transport large amounts of fentanyl through Kansas City, Missouri en route to New York City aboard passenger buses, in a case investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis...

CHICAGO — A Chicago man has been arrested on a federal complaint charging him with selling fentanyl-laced heroin on the city’s Southwest Side. Charles Kindred, 33, sold approximately 2.4 grams of the fentanyl-laced heroin during a meeting last month in a retail store parking lot in Chicago’s Ashburn neighborhood, according...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Fair Grove, Missouri man who is a member of the violent Southwest Honkys prison gang pled guilty in federal court today to his role in a drug-trafficking conspiracy in which investigators intercepted a shipment of nearly 9.5 kilograms of methamphetamine. William F. Jones, 45, pleaded guilty...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Springfield man pled guilty in federal court today to his role in a conspiracy that distributed at least 15 kilograms of methamphetamine in a three-county area. Jason L. Thomas, 42, pled guilty before U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool to participating in a conspiracy to distribute...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Jordan H. Williamson, 31, of Springfield, Missouri pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a conspiracy that distributed at least 15 kilograms of methamphetamine in a three-county area. The case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division, along with the Springfield...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Chicago man, who was arrested while driving through northern Missouri, was sentenced in federal court today for possessing nearly a kilogram of methamphetamine to distribute. The case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division and the Missouri Highway Patrol. Kevin M. Phyfiher...

NEWARK, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, Susan A. Gibson, and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, announced a Newark man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute over...

ST. LOUIS – Gerald Fitzgerald Hunter, 54, a fugitive in a fentanyl and cocaine distribution conspiracy in St. Louis was arrested in Los Angeles this week. A federal complaint filed in April 2017 alleges that the Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division was conducting an active investigation of a fentanyl...