Tallahassee, Fla. – Tedrick Childs, 46, of Tallahassee, has been sentenced to 21 years and six months in federal prison after pleading guilty to one count of distribution of cocaine and one count of distribution of methamphetamine. Childs, who was on supervised release for a 2018 federal drug conviction, was...

SIOUX CITY, Iowa - Shelton Lapointe, 36, from Sioux City, was sentenced October 6, to 360 months’ imprisonment. Lapointe was convicted by a jury on April 29, 2026, on one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and aiding and abetting...

MOSES LAKE, WA – Yesterday, ATF and the Moses Lake Police Department Street Crimes Unit, with assistance from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and other law enforcement partners, arrested six suspects and executed eight simultaneous search warrants between Moses Lake and Spokane, Washington. Floyd Young, Eutimio De Padua Contreras, Wilmer...

Pensacola, Fla. – Kawana D. Gamble, 46, of Fort Walton Beach, Fla., pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute and possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine and 28 grams or more of cocaine base. John...

SIOUX FALLS- A Sioux Falls woman, Regan Lehr, convicted of Distribution of a Controlled Substance Resulting in Death was sentenced October 5, to 20 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release and ordered to pay a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund. Lehr...

Tallahassee, Fla. – Maria Ysabel Mendoza, 34, of Ontario, California, and Daniel Lomeli Hernandez, 32, of Las Vegas, Nevada, were each sentenced to 30 months in federal prison after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing...

Gainesville, Fla. – Stephen Lamar Jones, 43, of Gainesville, pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, heroin, and cocaine. The plea was announced by John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. U.S. Attorney Heekin said: “I applaud...

ROANOKE, Va. – Four Maryland residents who conspired with Dr. Rotimi Iluyomade, an Annandale-based doctor convicted of distributing more than 7,000 oxycodone pills, 34,000 milliliters of hydrocodone-chlorpheniramine solution (also known as “Tussionex”), and 107,000 milliliters of promethazine-codeine solution (also known as “lean”) were sentenced today in federal court. Yared Michael...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - A Sioux Falls woman convicted of Distribution of a Controlled Substance Resulting in Death was sentenced October 5, to 20 years in federal prison. Jessi Whaley, 27, was sentenced to 20 years, followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay a $100 special...

Tallahassee, Fla. – Adolph Sutton, Jr., 65, of Malone, Fla., sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and two counts of distributing 50 grams or more methamphetamine. Michael Peak, 56, of Bascom, Fla., was...