United States Drug Enforcement Administration

POCATELLO, Idaho - Kevin Ralph Nixon, 54, of Idaho Falls, entered a guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, today. Nixon was originally indicted by a federal grand jury on August 27, 2019. Sentencing is set for November 8, 2021, before Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye...

MADISON, Wis. – Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Bell, Drug Enforcement Administration-Chicago Field Division, and Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Eric G. Cooke, 51, of Ladysmith, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to nine...

CAMDEN, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson and Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Rachael A. Honig announced a leader of a drug trafficking organization operating in southern New Jersey and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was arrested after...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A federal jury in Tallahassee has convicted Daniel Gutierrez, 37, of San Luis, Arizona of possession of methamphetamine and fentanyl with the intent to distribute. The guilty verdict, returned yesterday at the conclusion of a three-day trial, was announced by Jason R. Coody, Acting United States Attorney...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – An Everton, Missouri, man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a conspiracy to distribute large amounts of methamphetamine in the Springfield area. Cheyenne W. Conn, 45, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool to one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. –Taree Lamott Armstrong, 30, of Haines City, Florida, has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to multiple drug-trafficking offenses. Jason R. Coody, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced the sentence. According to court documents, on March 25, 2020...

MADISON, Wis. – Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Bell, Drug Enforcement Administration-Chicago Field Division, and Acting U.S. Attorney Timothy M. O'Shea, Western District of Wisconsin announced that Adam Beliveau, 41, of Downing, Wisconsin, has been charged with 1 count of attempting to possess 500 grams or more of methamphetamine...

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – Lamondra Beckley, 43, of St. Louis pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense, and unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Beckley has been under federal indictment since April...

DUBLIN, GA: Thirty defendants are charged in a Laurens County methamphetamine-trafficking indictment unsealed in the Southern District of Georgia. The indictment in USA v. Monroe et. al charges 30 defendants with 56 felony counts, and includes forfeiture allegations listing 77 firearms, including a machine gun, said David H. Estes, Acting...

AUGUSTA, GA: A second Burke County man has been sentenced to federal prison after admitting to operating an illegal pill factory from a residence. U.S. District Court Chief Judge J. Randal Hall sentenced Cedrick Gabriel Brown, a/k/a “Pop,” 47, of Midville, Ga., to 60 months in prison after Brown pled...