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PRESS RELEASE

“Operation Yeti Ice” Defendants Enter Guilty Pleas In Federal Court

February 02, 2015
JACKSON, Miss. - Seven individuals who were indicted as a result of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) “Operation Yeti Ice” investigation have entered guilty pleas before U.S. District Judge Dan Jordan III, DEA Assistant Special Agent in Charge Joseph W. Shepherd and U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis announced today. “Operation Yeti...
February 02, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

111 Arrests Made In Operation "Wild Wild East"

January 30, 2015
NEW ORLEANS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown, U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite, FBI Special Agent in Charge Michael Anderson, Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro, New Orleans Police Superintendent Michael Harrison, and Louisiana State Probation and Parole District Administrator Frank Palestina announce the results of...
January 30, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Three Defendants Sentenced To Over 32 Years In Prison For Drug Trafficking

January 28, 2015
(FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge David Downing and Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Leonel Padilla, Andres Diaz and Jonni Diaz were sentenced yesterday in Northwest Arkansas to a total of over 32 years in federal prison...
January 28, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Perry County Pharmacist Arrested On Federal Drug Charge

January 28, 2015
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge David Downing and Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas announced the unsealing of a Complaint and the arrest this morning of Christopher Watson, a Perry County pharmacist, charging him with illegal distribution...
January 28, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Curious Goods LLC Coconspirators Sentenced For Synthetic Marijuana Sales Scheme

December 16, 2014
LAFAYETTE, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Joseph W. Shepherd and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Curious Goods LLC and six individuals charged in a synthetic marijuana sales and money laundering scheme operated through the company’s retail stores were sentenced today. United...
December 16, 2014
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Six Sentenced To Combined Twenty-Six Years In Federal Prison For Drug Trafficking Offenses

November 21, 2014
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge David Downing and Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Suzanne Hathorn, age 54, of Siloam Springs, was sentenced to 51 months in prison and three years of supervised release for Possession of...
November 21, 2014
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Four South Arkansas Men Sentenced To A Total Of Over 31 Years For Unrelated Drug Trafficking Offenses

November 21, 2014
EL DORADO, Ark. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge David Downing and Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Ronald Brown, age 43, of Harrell, was sentenced to 130 months imprisonment for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine; Marcus Wayne, aka “Caine”, age...
November 21, 2014
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Fourteen Aryan Brotherhood Members And Associates Indicted On Federal Racketeering Charges In Mississippi

November 20, 2014
OXFORD, Miss. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown and Felicia C. Adams, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi announced today that fourteen alleged members of the Aryan Brotherhood of Mississippi, including four of its most senior leaders, have been indicted by a federal grand...
November 20, 2014
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Three Men Sentenced For Federal Drug Violations

November 19, 2014
NEW ORLEANS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown and U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that Clemmon Bridges, age 56, of Houston, Texas, and Darin Fields, age 32, of Bogalusa, Louisiana, were sentenced today after having previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and conspiracy to...
November 19, 2014
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U.S. Attorney’s Office Indicts 14 For Acadiana Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy

November 19, 2014
LAFAYETTE, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Joseph W. Shepherd and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a federal grand jury indicted 14 people in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy in Lafayette, New Iberia and the surrounding areas. “Today we have dismantled a drug...
November 19, 2014
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