COLUMBUS, Ga. - Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that Robert Cedrick Baker III, age 37, of Gainesville, Florida, was sentenced to serve 75 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute heroin and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a...

GREENVILLE, S.C. - Charles Anderson, an attorney in Anderson, S.C., pleaded guilty to obstruction charges in federal court today before U.S. District Judge Michelle Childs in Greenville, S.C., announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Harry S. Sommers, Special Agent in Charge of the...

ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley III, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces the return of an indictment charging Valentine (52, Orlando) with one count of conspiracy to possess with intent...

ATLANTA - Jiles and Shannon Johnson, a husband and wife who owned the now closed KC Pit BBQ Restaurant in Sandy Springs, Ga., and Matthew Ware, the accountant for the restaurant, have been sentenced to federal prison. "All of the defendants in this case are deserving of the sentences handed...

MIAMI - 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; and José A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal (IRS-CI), Miami Field Office, announce that Dr. Scott Becker, 54, of...

RALEIGH, N.C. - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever, III sentenced JesusTorres Portillo, 23, of Burlington, North Carolina, to 120 months of imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release. Portillopreviously pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard sentenced Maurice (32, Middleburg) to nine years and ten months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of ammunition. Futch pled guilty to the charge on August 28, 2013. According to court documents, on July 16, 2012, the Drug...

Seven arrested during round-up; three remain fugitives ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Twelve members of a methamphetamine trafficking ring have been charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Seven of those charged were arrested on Tuesday, December 10, 2013, during an early morning round-up conducted by federal, state and...

NEW BERN, N.C. - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today that United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced Norris Willis, 42, of Bayboro, North Carolina, to 123 months of imprisonment and 10 years of supervised release. Willispreviously pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute...

COLUMBUS, Ga. - Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that Larry Eugene Yancey, aka "Ziggy", 42, of an unknown address, was sentenced on Thursday, December 19, 2013, to serve 228 months imprisonment for possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of...