LEXINGTON, Ky. - A federal judge has sentenced a Lexington man to life in prison, for illegally distributing drugs that caused an overdose death in Lexington. Senior U.S. District Judge Joseph M. Hood formally sentenced 28 year-old Joshua Donald Ewing for distribution of fentanyl and heroin resulting in the death...

TYLER, Texas - Jeremy Chad Tidwell, 41, of Gilmer, Texas has been sentenced to federal prison following a lengthy investigation into a synthetic drug operation in the Eastern District of Texas. Clyde E. Shelley, Jr., Special Agent in Charge of the Dallas Drug Enforcement Administration and Acting U.S. Attorney Brit...

DALLAS - Candis O’Shaea Lewis, 30, of Dallas has been sentenced 24 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater, following her guilty plea in March 2016 to one count of unlawful use of a communication device. Fitzwater ordered Lewis to surrender to the Bureau of Prisons...

CINCINNATI - Margaret Temponeras, 52, of Portsmouth, Ohio, pled guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. Temponeras owned the Unique Pain Management Clinic in Wheelersburg, Ohio. Benjamin C. Glassman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Timothy J. Plancon, Special Agent-in-Charge of the...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal grand jury has charged 17 individuals with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin and/or methamphetamine in a superseding indictment. Benjamin C. Glassman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Timothy J. Plancon, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement...

PIKEVILLE, Ky. - A Knott County man has been sentenced to four consecutive life sentences, for drug trafficking and sexually abusing the young children of parents he encountered during his drug trafficking operations. On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Amul Thapar sentenced Freddie Kennedy, Jr., on one count of conspiracy to...

AMARILLO, Texas - Jose Emmanuel Morales Rittingger, 29, appeared today before U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater and pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin. The plea was announced by Clyde E. Shelley, Jr., Special Agent in Charge of DEA’s Dallas Division and...

AMARILLO, Texas - Francisco Javier Gutierrez-Alvarez, 33, Octavio Cabrera-Mayorquin, 28, and Guillermo Urenda-Bustos, 31 were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater following their guilty pleas in December 2016 to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine...

DALLAS, Texas - Ivery Myers, 64, and Cornelius Delshun Robinson, a/k/a “Tadow,” 37, both of Houston, Texas were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater stemming from their involvement in a “pill mill” operation, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas. Judge Fitzwater sentenced Myers...

(LUBBOCK, - Texas - Christopher David Gonzales, aka “Chris,” 41, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to 121 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in December 2016 to his role in a methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana distribution conspiracy. The sentencing was jointly announced...