ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Billy Cooks, 36, aka “Red Dollaz,” pleaded guilty on December 12, 2014, to conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, namely methamphetamine, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Previously, Cooks’ co-conspirator, E’lala Frank, 36, also pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering. A third conspirator, Dawud Johnson...

BOISE, Idaho - Rogelio Contreras Villasenor, 49, of Caldwell, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday to 41 months in prison for conspiracy to attempt to evade and defeat tax. United States District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Villasenor to serve three years of supervised release following his prison sentence and pay...

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...

MADISON, Wis. - ―John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced the arrests of John C. Morrison, 70, and Anna F. Novak, 57, both of Ashland, Wis. Morrison and Novak were arrested this morning in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., following their indictment on December 10, 2014...

(PORTLAND - , Maine - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Gary Prolman, Esq., 52, of Saco, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge George Z. Singal to...

GREENBELT, Md. - U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel sentenced John David White, age 42, of Waldorf, Maryland today to 248 months in prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and heroin, possession and attempt to possess with intent to...

FRESNO, Calif. - Chad Allen Riffle, 22, of Citrus Springs, Florida, pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiring to structure cash transactions. According to the plea agreement and court documents, Riffle and seven co-defendants opened and maintained bank accounts for the purpose of funneling cash proceeds of drug trafficking...

TAMPA, Fla. - A.D. Wright, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney announces that a federal jury has found Brian C. (56, Melbourne) guilty of conspiracy to distribute and dispense oxycodone outside the usual course of professional practice...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Jose Luis Zavala, a 38-year-old resident of Brownsville, has been charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 1000 kilograms of marijuana and bribery of a public official, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney...

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the conviction of Austin Romain, a New York City Correction Officer, in connection with his receipt of thousands of dollars in cash bribes to smuggle marijuana and other contraband into Rikers Island...