MADISON, Wis. - John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Kevin Ha, 24, Madison, Wis., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William Conley to three years of probation for conspiring with others to distribute marijuana in the Madison area. Ha pleaded guilty...

DETROIT - Marcus Coates, 36, formerly of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced today to 72 months in federal prison for his role in a money laundering conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade. McQuade was joined in the announcement by Joseph P. Reagan the Special Agent in Charge of the...

MADISON, Wis. - John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Joseph Ramsey, 21 of Madison was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William Conley to three years of probation for conspiring with others to distribute marijuana in the Madison area. Ramsey pleaded guilty...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - William J. Pate, 45, of Columbus, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 15 years in prison for possessing cocaine and firearms in furtherance of distributing drugs. Carter M. Stewart, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Joseph P. Reagan, Special Agent in Charge...

MADISON, Wis. - John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Parvis Samadzada, 22, Madison, Wis., was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William Conley to one year and one day in federal prison for conspiring with others to distribute marijuana in the Madison...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Simon Velazquez-Gonzalez, 27, formerly of Hilliard, Ohio was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 170 months in prison for his role in trafficking more than nine kilograms of methamphetamine. During this investigation, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Agents seized more than 20 pounds of “ice,” a highly potent...

MADISON, Wis. - John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Haris Riza, 22, Madison, Wis., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William Conley to one year and one day in federal prison for conspiring with others to distribute marijuana in the Madison...

MARQUETTE, Mich. - Richard Jon Hill, age 39, known in the Ironwood, Michigan area as “Rock Star Rick,” was sentenced to 180 months in federal prison for his conviction on federal drug charges. The sentence represents the culmination of a two-year investigation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) and the...

CHICAGO - A southwest suburban doctor and his patient are facing federal drug charges for allegedly scheming to fraudulently prescribe and dispense thousands of Oxycodone and Adderall pills, authorities announced today. From approximately January 2010 to July 2013, Dr. William Mikaitis issued over 500 prescriptions for Oxycodone and Adderall tablets...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Richard Spriggs, Sr., 47, of Columbus, was sentenced on December 2, in U.S. District Court to 46 months in prison. Spriggs’ sentence was the result of his conviction for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute marijuana, conspiring to commit money laundering and for the unlawful possession...