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Jefferson County Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Meth and Cocaine

BEAUMONT, Texas –A Groves man has been sentenced to over 17 years in federal prison for trafficking drugs in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Jonathan C. Pullen of the Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs Darrus Dugas, 42, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to...
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Florida Man Sentenced to 13 Years for Leading a Fairbanks Drug Trafficking Organization

FAIRBANKS, Alaska – A Florida man was sentenced last week to 13 years in prison for leading a conspiracy to distribute controlled substances in Fairbanks. According to court documents, Willie Lewis Wilson Jr., 41, of Madison, Florida, conspired with others to operate a drug trafficking organization in Fairbanks. Wilson was...
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High-Speed Ditching of Bulk Methamphetamine Leads to 135-month Sentence for Convicted Felon

HOUSTON – A 45-year-old Houston man has been ordered to federal prison for possessing with the intent to distribute bulk crystal methamphetamine, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Jonathan C. Pullen of the Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei. Devon Shermaine Rhodes pleaded guilty Sept...
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Spokane Physician Pays $120,000 to Resolve Allegations He Prescribed Controlled Substances Without Legitimate Medical Purpose

SPOKANE, Wash. –Dr. Duncan Lahtinen, a licensed physician, has paid $120,000.00 in penalties to resolve allegations that he wrote prescriptions for controlled substances that lacked legitimate medical purposes or were outside the usual course of his professional practice. Between 2017 and 2025, Dr. Lahtinen issued over 1,400 prescriptions for controlled...
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Mexican Felon Returns to Prison for Meth Trafficking

SAN ANTONIO – A Mexican national was sentenced in a federal court in San Antonio to 155 months in prison for trafficking methamphetamine. According to court documents, Cesar Sepulveda Esquivel aka Cesar Sepulveda Jimenez, 47, of Piedras Negras, was identified as a supplier for methamphetamine and cocaine in December 2022...
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Port Arthur Man Sentenced to Over 10 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Methamphetamine

BEAUMONT, Texas –A Port Arthur man has been sentenced to over 10 years in federal prison for trafficking methamphetamine in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge of the Houston Division Jonathan C. Pullen and U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs. Cory Donelle Williams...
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Three Defendants in Significant Gun and Drug Involved Cases in Western Washington Sentenced to Prison

SEATTLE- Three Seattle area men were sentenced in October 2025 to significant federal prison sentences due to their convictions for drug trafficking and firearms violations, announced U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Floyd. The longest sentence, ten years, was imposed on Anthony Raymond Dodd, 36, of Seattle. Dodd was convicted of possession...
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Louisiana Man Sentenced to 25 years in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking and Firearms Violations

BEAUMONT, Texas –A Shreveport, Louisiana man has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for drug trafficking and firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge of the Houston Field Division Jonathan C. Pullen and U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs...
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Galveston County man sentenced to federal prison for trafficking cocaine through the Eastern District of Texas

BEAUMONT, Texas –A Dickinson man has been sentenced to federal prison for trafficking cocaine in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge of the Houston Division Jonathan C. Pullen and U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs. Anthony Wayne Brown, 37, pleaded guilty to possession...
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Repeat Offender Sentenced to Over 21 Years in Federal Prison for Meth Trafficking with a Firearm

SAN ANTONIO – A San Antonio woman was sentenced in federal court today to 260 months in prison for one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. According to court documents, Veronica...

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