A California man was sentenced today in the Southern District of Alabama to 180 months in prison for money laundering conspiracy and providing false testimony in court. “The defendant helped launder millions of dollars for a drug trafficking organization to conceal drug sale proceeds,” said Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen...

NEW ORLEANS – A coordinated, multi-agency narcotics investigation led by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) New Orleans Field Division, alongside the Louisiana State Police High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force (LSP HIDTA), the United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), has resulted in the arrest...

NEW ORLEANS – On April 25, 2026, the DEA New Orleans Field Division joined local law enforcement partners across the Gulf Coast for the 30th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. Within the division (which covers Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama), communities successfully removed a combined 63,119 pounds of unneeded...

GREENVILLE, MS – Harold Cook, 55, of Fort Worth, Texas, pleaded guilty today after a federal jury was selected. This concludes a major Homeland Security Task Force operation involving 19 defendants, more than 25 kilograms of cocaine and $150,000 in drug proceeds and multiple vehicles seized. According to court documents...

COVINGTON, LA – On Wednesday, April 29, 2026, a federal partner investigation led to the conviction of James Spikes, Jr., 48, of Bogalusa, Louisiana, on felony charges involving the trafficking of significant quantities of fentanyl and illegal weapon possession. Following a trial in St. Tammany Parish, a jury found Spikes...

FAYETTEVILLE – Eight individual drug traffickers arrested by state, local and federal law enforcement agencies were sentenced last week to over 1200 combined months of imprisonment. All eight individuals were sentenced by the United States District Court for their roles in distributing fentanyl and methamphetamine across Benton and Washington Counties...

LITTLE ROCK—Tommy Avance, a multi-convicted felon, will spend the next 240 months in federal prison after his conviction for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Jonathan D. Ross, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced the sentence, which was handed down today by United States District Judge...

NEW ORLEANS – Following a rigorous multi-agency investigation led by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Fentanyl Overdose Response Team (FORT), two individuals have been sentenced to significant prison terms for their roles in the distribution of a lethal fentanyl mixture that claimed the life of 26-year-old Dustin Banks. On April...

LITTLE ROCK—Tracy Daniels, who had just completed a term of supervised release after serving 39 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, is heading back to prison after a second federal conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm. This time, Daniels...

NEW ORLEANS – DEA Special Agent in Charge Steven Hofer and Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill announced today the conviction of two individuals, Dennis Pleasant and Vincent Jackson, following a joint narcotics investigation that uncovered a drug distribution operation operating within a designated school zone in Algiers. The investigation, launched...