KANSAS CITY, KAN. – A Kansas man was sentenced to 167 months in prison for his role in a transnational drug trafficking organization with ties to a Mexican cartel. The sentence follows a Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) investigation which has so far led to convictions of approximately a dozen...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Cleveland, Mo. man was charged by criminal complaint after investigators seized 86 pounds of methamphetamine. Russell D. Kircher, 41, was charged in a one-count criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. According to an affidavit filed in support of the criminal complaint on...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Over the past week, more than 100 federal, state, and local law enforcement officers worked together with prosecutors to arrest and charge 101 individuals in federal investigations for violent crimes. Today, the Justice Department announced the results of “Operation Spring Cleaning”, a multi-agency law enforcement operation conducted...