EL DORADO, Ark. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Matthew Barden and Kenneth Elser, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that three men were sentenced today for the distribution of controlled substances stemming from an earlier investigation dubbed Operation Three Amigos in...

NEW ORLEANS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown and U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that a federal jury has convicted former Houston Police Officer Noe Juarez, age 47, of conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine hydrochloride and conspiracy to possess firearms in...

NEW ORLEANS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown and U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that Naser Yousef Gheith, a/k/a “Nick,” age 37, from San Francisco, California, pleaded guilty yesterday to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or...

MONROE, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Assistant Special Agent Eric Watson and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that four Ruston residents were sentenced Monday for their roles in a cocaine distribution ring operating in the Lincoln Parish, Louisiana area. A United States District Judge sentenced Ruston, Louisiana...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Clay Morris and U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama George L. Beck, Jr. announced today Dr. Francisco Huidor-Figureoa, 48, a physician currently residing in Montgomery, Alabama, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, December 29, 2015 in federal court to...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent Clay Morris and U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance announced Dec. 29th that a Jasper, Ala. pharmacist and one of his pharmacy technicians turned themselves in to DEA agents on indictments that they conspired to illegally distribute opioid painkillers and other controlled...

LAFAYETTE, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Assistant Special Agent in Charge Eric Watson and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that 12 people were indicted Wednesday in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy in Lafayette and the surrounding areas. Those named in the 15-count indictment are: Jeremy David Hamlett, 37...

BATON ROUGE, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Assistant Special Agent in Charge Eric Watson and United States Attorney Walt Green announced the unsealing of an indictment returned by a federal grand jury. The indictment is against 11 defendants in a year-long operation and investigation into a drug-trafficking conspiracy involving...

McCOMB, Miss. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Daniel Comeaux and U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis announced today Dr. Lawrence Edsel Stewart, 59, of McComb, has been charged in a 27-count federal indictment with violations of knowingly and intentionally distributing and dispensing schedule II, III, and IV...

SHREVEPORT, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Joseph Shepherd and U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Ruston man was sentenced Wednesday to 147 months in prison for his role in a cocaine conspiracy that stretched across north Louisiana and led to the seizure of...