EAST ST. LOUIS, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that on July 15, 2011, Raymond Woods, a 47 year-old Cahokia, Illinois man, pled guilty to one count of possessing in excess of five grams of crack cocaine. Sentencing is set...

BENTON, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that a Marion, IL, man pled guilty on July 7, 2011, in Federal District Court in Benton, IL, to Conspiracy to Distribute Crack Cocaine. Melvin Willis, a/k/a “Snobs,” 35, of Marion, pled guilty...

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that on July 11, 2011, Corey King, a 34-year old Crestwood, Missouri man, pled guilty to one count of Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with the Intent to Distribute 50 grams...

BENTON, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that on July 7, 2011, a federal grand jury sitting in Benton, IL, returned an indictment charging Antwon Lasean Brooks, 32, of Chicago, IL, with a single count of possession with the intent...

WICHITA, KS. - Barry Grissom, United States Attorney for the District of Kansas, announced that twelve people have been indicted on heroin trafficking charges in an indictment unsealed in Wichita on July 7, 2011. The indictment alleges defendant Jermaine Ward, age 28, of Wichita, established a heroin distribution organization in...

KANSAS CITY, KS. - Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri announced that two Kansas City, Missouri men and a St. Paul, Minnesota man were convicted by a federal jury for their roles in one of the largest cocaine trafficking rings in the Kansas City area...

KANSAS CITY, KS. - Barry Grissom, the United States Attorney for the District of Kansas, announced that a Shawnee auto dealer has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for helping drug dealers buy vehicles used for drug trafficking without attracting the attention of law enforcement. Jon Lenie, 39...

SAN JUAN, P.R. - A federal grand jury indicted 114 individuals on June 27 as a result of an investigation lead by the Drug Enforcement (DEA), with the collaboration of Immigration and Customs Enforcement-Homeland Security (ICE), Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Puerto Rico Police (PRPD), United States...

ST. THOMAS, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS - The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’(ICE) Office Homeland Security (HSI), the Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Virgin Islands Police Department seized on Monday 532 kilograms of cocaine with an approximate street value of $16 million from a St. Thomas residence. The seizure was...

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that a Granite City man, Oscar Valle, who was indicted along with twenty-two other individuals and charged with being members of a large cocaine distribution organization, has pled guilty. Ortiz...