Tag: DEA
Joshua Burton, Fentanyl Distribution, Texas 2026
⏱ 2 min read Joshua Burton, a 30-year-old Dallas man, was convicted of conspiring to distribute and personally distributing fentanyl in the Northern District of Texas. The conviction came after a three-day trial and roughly five hours of deliberation, with the jury delivering its verdict on Friday, June 18, 2026. Burton’s crimes involved the distribution…
Douglas Cline, Opioid Prescription Fraud, New York 2026
⏱ 2 min read Dr. Douglas Cline, a Warren County physician, and nurse practitioner Laurie McKenna have agreed to pay $500,000 to settle civil actions involving unlawful opioid prescribing practices and a fraudulent conveyance action in New York. The settlement stems from Cline’s cash-pay medical practice, Chronic Pain Management, where hundreds of patients received high-dose…
Matthew Robert Hudson, Methamphetamine Distribution, West Virginia 2025
⏱ 2 min read Matthew Robert Hudson, a 41-year-old from Huntington, West Virginia, was caught distributing methamphetamine after a traffic stop on September 23, 2025. Hudson had approximately 120 grams of methamphetamine in his vehicle, which he admitted to possessing and intending to sell for money. The stop was conducted by a law enforcement officer…
Angela Moss, Health Care Fraud and Controlled Substance Distribution, Tennessee 2011
⏱ 2 min read A Gordonsville, Tennessee physician has been charged with health care fraud and controlled substance distribution after prescribing over 5.6 million pills to patients over eight years. Angela Moss, 55, owned and operated the Gordonsville Clinic, where she allegedly prescribed medically unnecessary controlled substances to patients. The indictment alleges that Moss issued…
Jabreon Deshon Mosley, Fentanyl and Methamphetamine Trafficking, Alabama 2025
⏱ 2 min read Jabreon Deshon Mosley, a 35-year-old from Meridian, Mississippi, has been convicted of running a massive drug trafficking operation in Alabama. Mosley worked with co-conspirators from the Birmingham and Tuscaloosa areas to distribute counterfeit fentanyl pills. The operation involved pressing powder fentanyl and methamphetamine into pill form, which resembled prescription drugs or…
Ishmail Irving Johnson, Methamphetamine and Firearm Possession, Florida 2026
⏱ 2 min read Ishmail Irving Johnson, a 36-year-old felon from Tallahassee, Florida, has been indicted for possessing large quantities of methamphetamine, cocaine, and marijuana, as well as a firearm. The indictment, announced by United States Attorney John P. Heekin, alleges that Johnson had 50 grams or more of the controlled substances and a PVP,…
Ramon Aquino, Health Care Fraud, Tennessee 2023
⏱ 2 min read Ramon Aquino, a 77-year-old doctor from Clarksville, Tennessee, has been charged with health care fraud for prescribing over 1.08 million controlled substance pills to patients without a legitimate medical purpose. The scheme, which lasted for more than five years, resulted in losses of approximately $335,621 to health care benefit programs. Aquino…
Seann Mackey, Meth Trafficking, Iowa 2024
⏱ 2 min read Seann Mackey, a 32-year-old from Mount Pleasant, Iowa, was involved in a conspiracy that distributed at least 3000 grams of mixed methamphetamine, containing at least 150 grams of pure methamphetamine, between June 2024 and December 2024 in Sioux City. On December 20, 2024, Mackey led law enforcement on a high-speed chase…
Cesar Cervantes, Cocaine Trafficking, Ohio 2026
⏱ 2 min read Cesar Cervantes, a 52-year-old Arizona man, was found guilty of leading a massive narcotics and money laundering operation that funneled cocaine from Mexico into Cincinnati. The conspiracy, which lasted from at least July 2018 to August 2023, involved Cervantes supplying 25-50 kilograms of cocaine every two weeks to coconspirators in Cincinnati…
Bryce Garrels, Methamphetamine Distribution, Iowa 2024
⏱ 2 min read Bryce Garrels, a 32-year-old from Fort Dodge, Iowa, was involved in a meth conspiracy that distributed over 1.5 pounds of meth in the Fort Dodge area from July 2024 through August 2025. Garrels, who has a history of felony offenses, including burglary and forgery, pleaded guilty to the conspiracy and distribution…
