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DEA New Orleans Division Delivers Major Blow to CJNG; Arkansas Leads Division with 25 Arrests in Four-State Sweep

September 29, 2025
NEW ORLEANS – Today, the Drug Enforcement Administration announced the results of a week-long operational surge aimed at dismantling the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), one of the most violent and prolific drug trafficking organizations in the world. Designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization in February by the Trump Administration...
September 29, 2025
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Indiana Man Sentenced to More Than 19 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Cocaine

September 18, 2025
TEXARKANA – A South Bend, Indiana man was sentenced yesterday to 235 months in federal prison to be followed by five years of supervised release for possessing 20 kilograms of cocaine with intent to distribute it. The Honorable Chief Judge Susan O. Hickey presided over the trial and sentencing hearing...
September 18, 2025
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Clay County Pharmacy Investigation and Prosecution Ends in Guilty Pleas

September 11, 2025
NASHVILLE – Thomas K. Weir, 65, majority owner of Oakley Pharmacy d/b/a Dale Hollow Pharmacy and Clay County Xpress Pharmacy (“Xpress Pharmacy”); William L. Donaldson, 65, former owner and pharmacist of Dale Hollow Pharmacy (then known as Donaldson Pharmacy); and Pamela Spivey, 55, co-owner of Xpress Pharmacy (all of Celina...
September 11, 2025
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DEA’s Louisville Field Division Targets Sinaloa Cartel Activities; 51 Arrested Across Three States

September 02, 2025
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – After a week-long, targeted sweep across Kentucky, Tennessee, and West Virginia, the Drug Enforcement Administration, working with our federal, state, and local law enforcement counterparts, arrested 51 individuals with ties to Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel. All of those arrested are facing a wide range of criminal charges related...
September 02, 2025
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DEA New Orleans Division Delivers Major Blow to Sinaloa Cartel, Securing Dozens of Arrests and Seizures

September 02, 2025
NEW ORLEANS, La. – After a week-long, targeted operation across the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) New Orleans Division’s four-state jurisdiction of Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas, and Mississippi, the DEA – working with our federal, state, and local law enforcement partners – arrested 38 individuals with ties to Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel. All...
September 02, 2025
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Three Baton Rouge Individuals Sentenced to Federal Prison in Connection with The Department of Justice's 2024 National Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action

August 20, 2025
BATON ROUGE, LA – Acting United States Attorney Ellison C. Travis announced that U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson sentenced Kevan Andre Hills, 32, Devin Tyrone Stampley, Jr., 33, and Asia Deshan Guess, 28, all of Baton Rouge, to terms of imprisonment today. Stampley was sentenced to 104 months in...
August 20, 2025
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Justice Department Announces Results from Coordinated Operations Aimed at Reducing Violent Crime

August 20, 2025
BATON ROUGE, LA - Acting United States Attorney Ellison C. Travis, together with federal, state, and local law enforcement officials, announced the successful outcomes of recent multi-agency operations aimed at reducing violent crime in Baton Rouge and surrounding communities. Over the past several months, these coordinated efforts have resulted in...
August 20, 2025
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Putnam County Veterinarian Ordered to Pay $956,709 in Civil Penalties

August 07, 2025
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia secured a $956,709 default judgment against Clara Ann Mason, a Putnam County veterinarian, after she was unable to account for 9,796 dosage units of oxycodone HCL, hydrocodone/acetaminophen and other controlled substances, Acting United States Attorney...
August 07, 2025
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Bristol, Tennessee, Man Sentenced to Over 24 Years for Fentanyl Distribution Related to an Overdose Death

August 07, 2025
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. – On Wednesday, August 6, 2025, Nathan Hunter Whitaker, 27, of Bristol, Tennessee, was sentenced to 292 months in federal prison by the Honorable Clifton L. Corker in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Greeneville. Following his incarceration, he will be on...
August 07, 2025
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Mississippi Man Found Guilty of Drug Trafficking

August 01, 2025
Jackson, MS – A federal jury convicted a Meridian, Mississippi man today of drug trafficking offenses after four days of trial. According to court documents, Jabreon Deshon Mosley, 34, was found guilty of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl, and Possession with Intent to...
August 01, 2025
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