HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - Mark Hudson of Hot Springs was sentenced this week to 110 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release on each count of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine and Distribution of Methamphetamine, announced DEA Assistant Special-Agent-in-Charge Matthew Barden and Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney...

SHREVEPORT, La. - A Zwolle man was sentenced Monday to 19 years in prison for possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possessing multiple firearms, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge Brad L. Byerley and Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook. Heath Meshell, 34, of Zwolle, La., was...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal judge today sentenced three Birmingham residents for conspiring to traffic nearly $2 million worth of heroin and fentanyl, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge Bret Hamilton and Acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey. A U.S. District Court Judge sentenced Onandas Carmece Beard, 19, to...

MOBILE, Ala. - A former worker’s compensation manager, Christopher Manfuso, has been sentenced to six months of house arrest and ordered to immediately pay a $50,000 fine, for his role in the operation of the massive pill mill run by Dr. Xiulu Ruan and Dr. John Patrick Couch, announced DEA...

MOBILE, Ala. - A former nurse practitioner, Thomas “Justin” Palmer, has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for his role in the operation of a massive pill mill run by Dr. Xiulu Ruan and Dr. John Patrick Couch, announced DEA Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge Bret Hamilton and Acting United...

NEW ORLEANS - Addictive prescription drugs that are thrown away or left untended on shelves and in drawers at home are often stolen and either abused or sold by family members and visitors. That’s why the DEA and thousands of its state, local, and tribal law enforcement and community partners...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal judge this week sentenced seven people from Jefferson, Walker, Marion, and Franklin counties for conspiring to traffic methamphetamine across northwest Alabama, announced DEA Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge Bret Hamilton, and Acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey. A U.S. District Court Judge on Monday sentenced Gladys Ivette...

SHREVEPORT, La. - A Shreveport woman was sentenced Wednesday to 60 months in prison for her role in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy, announced DEA Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge Brad L. Byerley, and Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook. A United States District Judge sentenced Haylee N. Haigler, 36, on one...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - A Marianna, Arkansas man was sentenced to 100 months in federal prison today on drug trafficking charges, announced Matthew Barden, DEA Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge, and Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas. Jimmy Dale King, aka OG Zeek Woods, age 42, was sentenced...

LAFAYETTE, La. - The last defendant in an Acadiana methamphetamine conspiracy was sentenced on Monday, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley and Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook. Elton J. Scoggin, 36, of Breaux Bridge, La., and 10 other defendants conspired to distribute...