United States Drug Enforcement Administration

MCALLEN, TX - A federal jury in McAllen, Texas, has convicted Edgar Hinojosa, aka EWOK, of Brownsville, Texas, on both counts as charged in relation to a cocaine trafficking conspiracy, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Javier F. Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. After three...

DENVER, CO. - National Jewish Health’s Dr. John Martyny has announced the results of a study designed to determine the health effects from indoor marijuana grow operations. The study was conducted in conjunction with the Colorado Drug Investigators (CDIA), Colorado Association of Chiefs of (CACP), and County Sheriffs of (CSOC)...

NEW ORLEANS, LA - Steven Weathersby, 31, a resident of Kenner, Louisiana, was sentenced yesterday by U. S. District Judge Sarah S. Vance to over 21 (262 months) imprisonment after pleading guilty to cocaine distribution charges. In addition to the term of imprisonment, Judge Vance imposed eight years of supervisory...

LAREDO, TX - Four people have been handed sentences for their roles in a conspiracy to transport cocaine from Laredo, Texas, to Philadelphia, Pa., and Camden, N.J., Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Javier F. Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Terril Monteiz Duckett, 34, of...

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) and federal prosecutors today announced that Horacio Hernandez-Saenz, 46, a Mexican citizen most recently residing in El Paso, Texas, pled guilty on September 6, 2012, to Possession with the Intent to Distribute Five Kilograms or More of Cocaine. Hernandez-Saenz was indicted...

MIAMI, FL. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Michael B. Steinbach, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of (FBI), Miami Field Office, and J.D. Patterson, Acting Director, Miami-Dade Police...

LAREDO, TX - Two separate indictments have been partially unsealed following the arrest of seven Texas residents on charges of conspiracy to possess cocaine and marijuana with the intent to distribute, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Javier F. Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Two...

INDIANAPOLIS, IN. - Jack Riley, Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), and Joseph H. Hogsett, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana announced today that Timothy Cheatham, 47, of Clay County, Indiana has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge William...

ST. LOUIS - The Drug Enforcement Administration today announced that a St. Louis County woman, convicted of distribution of heroin, was sentenced to over 7 years in federal prison. Shirl Driver, 55, of St. Louis County, Mo., received an 87 month sentence for two counts of distribution of heroin, which...

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - The Drug Enforcement Administration today announced that Rickey Salmond, 26, of Madison, IL, was sentenced on September 5, 2012, in District Court in East St. Louis, IL, on one count of possession with intent to distribute over five grams of crack cocaine. Salmond was sentenced...