WICHITA, KAN. – A Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) operation led to the dismantling of a drug trafficking ring in Kansas operated on behalf of a Mexican drug cartel. Ringleader, Euriel Talavera, 32, of Wichita and 14 other defendants pleaded guilty to criminal charges following a multi-agency investigation which included...

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...

FRANKLINTON, La. – Louisiana 22nd Judicial District Attorney J. Collin Sims and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John P. Scott announced today that District Judge Martin Coady sentenced 43-year-old Derrick Fairley of Angie, Louisiana, to life imprisonment without the benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence. Judge...

LITTLE ROCK—Tyjuan Townsend, a multi-convicted felon who has previously served time in federal prison three separate times, was sentenced to serve 120 months’ incarceration for being a felon in possession of multiple firearms. Jonathan D. Ross, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced the sentence, which was...

COVINGTON, La. – Louisiana 22nd Judicial District Attorney Collin J. Sims and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John P. Scott announced a St. Tammany Parish Grand Jury returned true bills on Wednesday, September 2, 2026, indicting two individuals on serious felony charges, including second degree murder, and fentanyl...

FRANKLINTON, LA – District Attorney J. Collin Sims reports that on Thursday, August 27, 2026, a Washington Parish jury returned a guilty verdict in just 30 minutes, finding Derrick Fairley, 43, of Angie, Louisiana, guilty as charged of Second Degree Murder and Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl. The verdict...

TOPEKA, KAN. – An Idaho man was sentenced to 70 months in prison after being caught with packages of fentanyl that he was transporting cross-country. According to court documents, Brian Hilario Delgado Mayorga, 24, of Burley, Idaho, pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. In...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Four Talladega men have been held accountable in federal court for their roles in a drug-trafficking conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Phillip W. Williams Jr. The four men were initially indicted together, but two previously pleaded guilty. The remaining two were set for trial last week before Chief...