BOISE, Idaho - Ajellon Dedeaux, 27, of Rancho, California, and Andrew Colwell, 24, of Boise, Idaho, are the latest members of a large scale oxycodone and heroin distribution ring to be sentenced to federal prison. Dedeaux was sentenced on May 26, 2015, to 144 months in federal prison for distributing...

DETROIT - U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today that four men have been charged with distributing drugs that resulted in the overdose deaths of three people. McQuade was joined in the announcement by U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph P. Reagan, and Oakland County Sheriff Michael...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Stuart T. Seugasala, 40, of Anchorage, was sentenced on May 18, 2015, to three terms of life imprisonment following his January 2015 convictions on drug trafficking conspiracy and two kidnapping charges. The court imposed a consecutive seven year sentence on firearms violations, as well as concurrent ten...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Today, Max Jewett, 38, of Anchorage was sentenced to 120 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute over 50 grams of methamphetamine. Jewett pleaded guilty to the charges on December 22, 2014. According to information presented to the court, Jewett admitted to distributing illegal drugs in Alaska...

FAIRBANKS, Alaska - Peter M. Thornton was sentenced on May 15, 2015, to 104 months’ imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, following his pleas of guilty to conspiracy to distribute heroin and conspiracy to commit money laundering. In addition to his prison sentence, Thornton was ordered to forfeit...

PORTLAND, Ore. - Gerardo Chalke Lopez, 41, and Sergio Quezada-Lopez, 36, of Nayarit, Mexico, appeared for sentencing on April 28 and April 29, 2015, before U.S. District Judge Michael Simon. The brothers were sentenced to 18 and 15 years prison, followed by five years of supervised release, and ordered to...

EUGENE, Ore. - Raymundo Felix-Rodriguez, 42, of Lane County, Oregon, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Ann Aiken to serve 97 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Following his release from prison, Felix-Rodriguez will be on supervised release for five...

BOISE, Idaho - Krista Federer, 46, of Twin Falls, Idaho, was sentenced today to 12 months and one day in prison for distributing a controlled substance. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Federer to serve three years of supervised release, and to pay a $1,000 fine. According to...

CINCINNATI - A federal grand jury in Cincinnati has indicted Bryan Barbarawi, 35, of West Chester, Ohio, with committing money laundering and with filing a false currency transaction report. Carter M. Stewart, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Joseph P. Reagan, Special Agent in Charge of the...

COVINGTON, Ky. - A Maysville, Ky., man, who led a conspiracy that distributed cocaine in Mason County, has been sentenced to 87 months in federal prison. U.S. District Judge David L. Bunning sentenced 37 year-old Gerald Gibbs for conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Under federal law, Gibbs must serve at least...