LEXINGTON, Ky. - James Allen Eapmon, 31, of Florence, Kentucky was sentenced today to life in prison without the possibility of parole by United States District Court Judge David Bunning for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Eapmon led a conspiracy responsible for distributing between 1.5 and 4.4 kilograms of actual methamphetamine...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A formerly licensed physician, Nicholas J. Capos Jr., 67, of Yuba City, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. to four years and four months in prison for selling prescriptions of controlled substances such as oxycodone and methadone, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott...

DETROIT - Three individuals were charged in a six-count indictment, unsealed today, which alleges capital murder, heroin and cocaine distribution, and related firearm offenses, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider. Joining Schneider in the announcement were Timothy Plancon, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Detroit Field Office of DEA; Jeffrey E. Peterson, Acting...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Ismael Mendoza Rodriguez was sentenced today to 200 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, announced Acting United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and DEA Special Agent-in-Charge John...

FRESNO, Calif. - Timothy Ortiz, 47, of Waukegan, Illinois, was sentenced today to three years in prison for conspiring to ship misbranded synthetic drugs in interstate commerce with intent to defraud, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin announced. On August...

SAN FRANCISCO - Candelaria Vazquez was sentenced in absentia today to over 12 years in prison for her role in a conspiracy to manufacture, distribute, and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, announced Acting United States Attorney Alex Tse and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin...

HARRISON TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Jennifer Franklin was sentenced today to 33 months’ in federal prison for writing illegal prescriptions for pain killers, U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider announced. Schneider was joined in the announcement by Special Agent in Charge Timothy Plancon, Drug Enforcement Administration and Special Agent in Charge Manny Muriel...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal jury found Donnie Phillips, 64, of Concord, and Gordon Miller, 60, of Clayton, guilty today of multiple methamphetamine-trafficking counts, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin announced. After a five-day trial, Phillips and Miller were found...

CINCINNATI, Ohio - Five Southern Ohio men and one woman have been charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to possess and distribute more than 1,000 grams of heroin. Benjamin C. Glassman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, and Timothy J. Plancon, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA...

FRESNO, Calif. - Mario Alvarez-Muniz, aka Cirilio Cardenas-Alvarez, 49, a citizen of Mexico and former resident of Taft, was sentenced on Monday to 10 years and one month in prison for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and...