United States Drug Enforcement Administration

SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y. — U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division Ray Donovan, Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy D. Sini, New York State Police Superintendent Keith M. Corlett, New York City Police Department Commissioner Dermot Shea, and Suffolk County Police Commissioner Geraldine Hart today...

ST. LOUIS – Willie Bernard Hollywood, 42, of Caruthersville, Missouri, was sentenced to 262 months of incarceration on one count of conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. Hollywood appeared before U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. on August 24, in Cape Girardeau. Hollywood was ordered to...

TOPEKA, Kan. – A Kansas man was charged in a federal indictment unsealed today with growing thousands of poppy plants at his home in Clay County in an effort to manufacture heroin, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said. Matthew Pfeiffer, 43, Morganville, Kan., is charged with one count of attempting to...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – U.S. Attorney Tim Garrison announced today that 288 arrests have been made by local and federal law enforcement officers in Operation LeGend. Among those arrested since the launch of the operation, 61 are federal defendants. Among the remaining 227 arrests, 24 were homicide cases and 72...

KANSAS CITY, KAN. – A driver who was stopped on a Kansas highway with 23 pounds of methamphetamine in his car was sentenced today to 164 months in federal prison. Eduardo Garcia-Patino, 45, San Jancinto, Calif., pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy and one count of possession with intent...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – At a press conference in Kansas City, Missouri, today, Attorney General William P. Barr announced updates on Operation Legend. “Operation LeGend is working,” said U.S. Attorney Tim Garrison in introducing Attorney General Barr. “In just four weeks, it has resulted in the arrests of 18 homicide...

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 Passaic County, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a scheme to distribute heroin and fentanyl in Paterson, New...

ST. LOUIS – Reanna Danielle Campbell, 26, of Franklin County, Missouri, was sentenced to 64 months in prison for her involvement in conspiring to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine. Campbell appeared in federal court today before U.S. District Judge John A. Ross. The Drug Enforcement...

ST. LOUIS – Korey Linnell Johnson, age 36, of Hayti, Missouri, was sentenced Aug. 12 to 17 years in prison on one count of conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. With his plea Johnson admitted that he oversaw a number of individuals who were conspiring to bring...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – New billboards at several Kansas City, Missouri, locations will encourage the community to take action to reduce violent crime as part of Operation LeGend. Digital billboards at five locations starting today urge citizens to “Help Stop Violent Crime in K.C.” by calling the anonymous Tips Hotline...