MADISON, Wis. – United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin Scott C. Blader announced that Gregory Smith, 51, of Houston, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 11 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. Smith...

MADISON, Wis. – United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin Scott C. Blader announced that Joshua Clarke, 31, of Richland Center, Wis., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 90 months in federal prison, followed by a three-year term of supervised release, for possessing...

MIAMI - Tedrick “Ted” King, 45, Wilhemnia Nottage, 35, Corey Evans, 28, Christopher McCollur, a/k/a “Block,” 32, Keyon Harris, 37, and Jonis Webster, a/k/a “J.J.,” 39, all of Miami-Dade County, were arrested this morning as part of the Southern District of Florida’s Violence Reduction Initiative for their involvement in a...

MIAMI – Five Perrine residents were arrested this morning for their involvement in a drug trafficking network believed to be the largest source of narcotics supply in the neighborhood of Perrine, as part of the Southern District of Florida’s Violence Reduction Partnership initiative. The criminal complaint charges Tedrick “Ted” King...

MIAMI – Seven individuals, listed below, were arrested in Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties in connection to the operation and dismantlement of a large-scale prescription drug distribution organization: Olga Alterman, 49; Ronald Diaz, 46; Alexander Grichener, 65; Roman Grichener, 37; Vera Orenshteyn, 48; William Washington, 58; and Alberto Zisman...

MADISON, Wis. - Cortez Jackson, 39, of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, and Van Williamson, 42, of Madison, Wisconsin, are charged with conspiring to distribute a mixture of heroin and fentanyl, and cocaine. The indictment alleges that the amount of the mixture of heroin and fentanyl involved in the conspiracy that was...

MADISON, Wis. - Andrew R. Henke, 35, of La Crosse, Wisconsin, is charged with distributing methamphetamine and with possessing 500 grams or more of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. The indictment alleges that he distributed and possessed methamphetamine on March 26, 2019. If convicted, Henke faces a mandatory minimum...

HAMMOND, Ind. – Michael Henry Minix, age 44, of Knox, Ind., was charged in a six-count indictment with distribution of and possession with intent to distribute Schedule II and III narcotics, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch. The indictment alleged that, beginning in August 2017 through May 2019, Minix distributed oxycodone, a...

Jacksonville, Fla. – Lonnie Jack Trowell, 31, of Lake City, Fla., was sentenced to 10 years and 10 months in federal prison for distribution of methamphetamine and possession with the intent to distribute five grams or more of actual methamphetamine. Trowell had pleaded guilty on March 15, 2019. According to...

Tampa, Fla. – Thirteen individuals have been sentenced in connection with their involvement in an interstate cocaine distribution conspiracy. During the investigation of this case, law enforcement seized more than seven kilograms of cocaine; nine firearms, including an assault rifle and shotgun; hundreds of rounds of ammunition; approximately $40,000 in...