MADISON, Wis. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Timothy Hotchkiss, 30, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 10 years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. Hotchkiss pleaded...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Billy J. Moore, age 32, of Ligonier, Indiana, was sentenced before United States District Court Judge Holly A. Brady upon his plea of guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, possessing an unregistered destructive device, and distributing methamphetamine , announced the Northern District of...

MADISON, Wis. – Brian M. McKnight, Special Agent in Charge of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration's Chicago Field Division, and Scott C. Blader, U.S. Attorney for the Western Distri ct of Wisconsin, announced that Adan Ayala, 46, of Olivehurst, California, pleaded guilty and was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District...

MADISON, Wis. – United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin Scott C. Blader announced that Dustin Caya, 35, of Mount Hope, Wis., was sentenced on July 19 by U.S. District Judge William Conley to 78 months in federal prison for possessing more than 50 grams of methamphetamine with...

CHARLESTON, S.C. – United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Dr. Ronald A. Hargrave, 60, of Mt. Pleasant, has been convicted of illegal distribution of controlled substances after a four-day jury trial in federal court in Charleston. Senior United States District Judge Margaret B. Seymour of Charleston presided...

FLORENCE, S.C. – United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Leroy Anthony Griffin, 31, of Myrtle Beach, S.C., was sentenced to over nine years in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute Oxycodone. Evidence presented to the court showed that...

MADISON, Wis. – United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin Scott C. Blader announced that Thomas Strick, 60, of Wausau, Wis., pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Madison to five counts of obtaining fentanyl by use of misrepresentation and fraud. Strick faces a maximum penalty of...

MILWAUKEE – United States Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Field Division Associate Special Agent in Charge Robert A. Bell and U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin Matthew D. Krueger announced that federal, state and local law enforcement officers engaged in a significant operation in Milwaukee today that targeted a...

AUGUSTA, Ga.: A Hephzibah man has admitted owning a stash of drugs and a handgun that led to his arrest on federal charges. In United States District Court on Wednesday, July 10, Eric Bernard Ferguson, 37, of Hephzibah pled guilty to one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine...

SAVANNAH, Ga. - Two men have been charged in a four-count federal indictment for the June 2019 shipment of more than 45 pounds of cocaine through the Port of Savannah. Jimmy Alexander Pujols , aka “El Gallo,” 35, and Fausto Mendez Ramos, aka “Rudy Reyes Polanco,” 40, are charged with...