FAYETTEVILLE – A previously convicted drug trafficker was sentenced on October 7, 2026, to 270 months in federal prison without the possibility of parole to be followed by 10 years of supervised release after being convicted of Distributing More Than Fifty (50) Grams of Methamphetamine in violation of federal law...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- The two men responsible for distributing fentanyl to an individual who later died will now spend decades in federal prison. Today, Erick Williams, 49, of Pine Bluff, was sentenced to 240 months, or 20 years, in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Earlier, Cortell...

NEW ORLEANS – A recently unsealed superseding indictment charged three men, HECTOR MARQUEZ MARQUEZ (“MARQUEZ”), age 22, a resident of the Republic of Mexico, TONTA OCTAVE (“OCTAVE”), age 48, of Vacherie, Louisiana, and LAMONT WILLIAMS (“WILLIAMS”), age 50, of New Orleans, with conspiracy to distribute, and possess with intent to...

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – A Hot Springs man was sentenced on October 1, 2026, to more than 14 years in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release, for Possession with the Intent to Distribute of More Than 50 Grams of Methamphetamine. The Honorable District Judge John Thomas Shepherd...

SAN DIEGO – Geovany Andres Rojas, aka “Araña,” a Colombian national and alleged high-level narco-terrorist and prolific cocaine trafficker, was extradited from Colombia to the United States today. Rojas was ​handed over to U.S. officials this morning under heavy security at a Colombian National Police air base in Bogotá. The...

NEWARK, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration's New Jersey Field Division Towanda R. Thorne-James and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Robert Frazer announced the conviction of two brothers for conspiring to distribute and possessing with intent to distribute 49 kilograms of cocaine...

ANNISTON, Ala. – A Calhoun County man has been sentenced for trafficking methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Phillip W. Williams Jr. U.S. District Court Judge Corey L. Maze sentenced Quinton Montral Gunn aka “Poo Nanny,” 45, to 126 months in prison. In May, Gunn pleaded guilty to three counts of distribution...

BOGALUSA, La. (Sept. 17, 2026) — Ten individuals were arrested and booked into the Washington Parish Jail on Thursday morning following simultaneous arrest and search warrants executed at multiple locations in Bogalusa, Louisiana. The operation stems from an investigation into three overdose deaths in Washington Parish, which investigators treated as...

The FBI and DEA announced major progress in the fight against violent crime in Louisiana, providing results from Operation Summer Heat 2.0. The agencies partnered with more than two dozen local, state, and federal law enforcement between June 1, 2026 and August 31, 2026, using intelligence-based investigations to target and...

NEWARK, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration's New Jersey Field Division, Towanda R. Thorne-James, and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Robert Frazier, announced two men, including a Mexican national, were arraigned after being indicted for their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy...