BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – An indictment charging 14 defendants in a drug trafficking conspiracy involving fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine, marijuana, and heroin was unsealed today. Eight of the defendants were arrested today and five defendants were already in custody on other offenses, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona. A 59-count indictment filed...

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – Acting U.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson announced that on April 15, 2025, TRAVIS ENCLADE (“ENCLADE”), age 43, was sentenced to 288 months' imprisonment after previously being found guilty of conspiring to distribute, and possess with intent to distribute, 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, 40 grams...

MOBILE, AL – A Honduran national was sentenced on April 21, 2025, for illegally reentering the United States after previously having been deported. According to court documents, Saul Cruz-Argueta, 39, was encountered by agents from the United States Homeland Security Investigations and Enforcement Removal Operations during labor site inspections. The...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Four defendants have been indicted on multiple drug trafficking charges, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona, New Orleans Division Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Steven L. Hofer, and United States Postal Inspection Service Inspector in Charge Shameka Jackson. A six-count indictment filed in U.S. District...

SHREVEPORT, La. – Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that Jaworski Batton, 41, and Cody Gibson, 40, both of Heflin, Louisiana, have been found guilty by a federal jury in Shreveport of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 5 grams or more of methamphetamine. United States...

SHREVEPORT, La. – Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that Jaworski Batton, 41, and Cody Gibson, 40, both of Heflin, Louisiana, have been found guilty by a federal jury in Shreveport of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 5 grams or more of methamphetamine. United States...

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – Acting United States Attorney Michael M. Simpson announced the April 9, 2025, unsealing of an indictment against KYRIN HUDSON (“HUDSON”), age 29, of Tangipahoa Parish, charging him with distribution of a substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl, resulting in the death of a victim, in...

Jackson, Miss. – A Meridian man and woman pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute and possessing with intent to distribute cocaine. According to court documents and statements made in court, from October 2022 to August 2023, Keamber McCoy, 27, and Afrika Roshawn Seals, 42, conspired to distribute cocaine. The investigation...

MOBILE, AL – A Mobile woman was sentenced to 180 months in prison for a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime. According to court documents, Desiree Rose Carlock, 33, was surveilled by narcotics agents in January 2024 traveling from Mobile to Pensacola, Florida...

LITTLE ROCK—Dezstiny Collins will spend the next 18 months in federal prison for lying to a grand jury. Jonathan D. Ross, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced the sentence, which was handed down on April 10, 2025, by United States District Judge Brian S. Miller. A...