Greeneville, TN - Johnson City Resident Sentenced to Serve Over Eight Years in Federal Prison for Methamphetamine and Firearms Offenses

Joey Edward Holmes, 39, of Johnson City, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable R. Leon Jordan, U.S. District Judge, to serve 100 months in federal prison. Upon his release from prison, he will be under the supervision of the U.S. Probation Office for ... More...   $0 (04-06-2017 - TN)

Lexington, KY - Berea Pharmacist Found Guilty of Illegally Dispensing Hundreds of Thousands of Prescription Pills and Thousands of Boxes of Pseudoephedrine and Money Laundering

A Berea pharmacist, Lonnie Hubbard, age 41, has been convicted by a federal jury of 71 counts, including fifty-six drug counts, involving the illegal dispensing of controlled substances without a legitimate medical... More...   $0 (02-19-2017 - KY)

Pursuant to a plea agreement, William Wayne Strawser pled guilty to possession of the
chemical precursor, pseudoephedrine, with the intent to manufacture methamphetamine and was
placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for a period of five years. After Strawser
pled true to the State’s motion to adjudicate guilt, which alleged he had tested positive for
methamphet... More...   $0 (01-29-2017 - TX)

A detective assigned to the St. Charles County Drug Task Force was reviewing the
National Precursor Log Exchange ("NPLEX") for suspicious pseudoephedrine purchases
when he noticed that Debra Galebach had purchased an unusually large amount of
pseudoephedrine: four purchases within 38 days, including a purchase made earlier that
day. Three task force detectives went to Galebach... More...   $0 (01-20-2017 - MO)

Buffalo, NY - Scio Woman Pleads Guilty In Meth Conspiracy

Elizabeth J. Schreiber, 37, of Scio, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to manufacture, possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Brendan T. Cullinane, who... More...   $0 (01-12-2017 - NY)

On the evening of February 18, 2014, Officer Flaude Dillon (“Dillon”) of the
Logansport Police Department (“LPD”) was speaking with Sabrina Brewer
(“Brewer”) in the lobby of the Cass County jail. Dillon had been summoned to
the jail by the Cass County sheriff, to whom Brewer had earlier reported what
she was then telling Dillon: Brewer had just been to a home on Wabash Avenue <... More...   $0 (01-01-2017 - IN)

On June 7, 2013, after a nearly month-long investigation regarding a clandestine
methamphetamine operation, a detective with the Vermont State Police applied for and obtained a
warrant to search the residence and curtilage at a specified address on Windmill Point Road in
Alburg, Vermont. The search warrant was executed three days later by the state police and
associated law en... More...   $0 (12-17-2016 - VT)

On February 20, 2011, the defendant‟s employer, John Cote, who allowed the defendant and his girlfriend to live in a camper on his rural Carter County property, -2- called 911 to report that he had discovered a methamphetamine laboratory in the camper. Mr. Cote gave investigators permission to search the property, and they discovered evidence that led the Carter County Grand Jury to ret... More...   $0 (10-29-2016 - TN)

Alexander Caes challenges his guilty plea and sentence for possession of pseudoephedrine with the intent that it be used to manufacture methamphetamine. Caes alleges defense counsel was ineffective in failing to explain the terms of the plea agreement and failing to file a motion in arrest of judgment. Because the information conveyed in the written plea agreement and plea-hearing colloquy ... More...   $0 (10-28-2016 - IA)

On April 2, 2009, Benjamin Burdick was convicted by a jury of one count of manufacture of a controlled substance; one count of possession of ephedrine; one count of possession of methamphetamine; one count of possession of marijuana; one count of possession of drug paraphernalia; one count of use of drug paraphernalia; and two counts 2 of aggravated endangering of a child. He was sentenced to 32... More...   $0 (10-24-2016 - KS)

On August 15, 2011, Michael Marshall, working as a confidential informant for
the Harrison County Sheriff’s Department, participated in a controlled buy that
was audio/video recorded. He called and arranged to purchase one gram of
methamphetamine for $100 at Fink’s home in Corydon. Jeremy Ripperdan
was Fink’s boyfriend at the time and often stayed at her home. Marshall knew ... More...   $0 (10-20-2016 - IN)

Detective Bob Zaiden of the Maury County Sheriff‟s Office, Drug Unit, testified that on July 11, 2012, he received a phone call from a Walgreen‟s pharmacist in Columbia concerning a suspicious purchase of pseudoephedrine pills. Detective Zaiden drove to the store parking lot and observed a young man fitting the suspect‟s description exit the store and get into a small truck with... More...   $0 (10-16-2016 - TN)

On June 9, 2009, Elkhart County law enforcement officers executed a search
warrant at Weaver’s home. Weaver, his wife, and their two minor children
were present in the residence at that time. Among other things, the officers
located the following items inside the home: (1) .3 grams of methamphetamine
in the pocket of Weaver’s wife; (2) sixteen blister packs of pseudoephedrin... More...   $0 (10-14-2016 - IN)

Defendant was indicted in December of 2014 for initiation of a process intended to result in the manufacture of methamphetamine, in violation of Tennessee Code Annotated section 39-17-435. The charges arose after Deputy Garcia Jordan of the Bedford County Sheriff‟s Department went to the home of Teresa Lawson Leverette to
speak with Defendant about an active warrant out of Rutherford C... More...   $0 (09-28-2016 - TN)

Leitchfield Police received complaints about high traffic volume and
unusual activity at David Hicks's home. A confidential informant told police
David Hicks sold hydrocodone and morphine pills from the home. The
informant also told police David Hicks used methamphetamine and David's
nephew, Rickey Hicks, made methamphetamine "inside of a shed outside of the
residence." Po... More...   $0 (09-27-2016 - KY)

At around 7:30 p.m. on January 9, 2014, Bryan Willis and his then
girlfriend, Sara Moran, were sitting in a parked late model SUV on the side of
the road near a gravel pit in Leitchfield. Officer Jesse Townsend noticed them
as he came from the other direction and stopped to make sure everything was
okay. Willis then drove off. In response, Officer Townsend turned on his lights <... More...   $0 (09-04-2016 - KY)

On October 9, 2012, Jayme Sue Schroeder was charged by trial information with
the crime of possession of precursors with intent to manufacture, a class “D” felony, committed as follows: . . . Schroeder on or about the 24th day of July, 2012, . . . did possess pseudoephedrine and sodium hydroxide with the intent that the products be used to manufacture a controlled substance, in violation of I... More...   $0 (08-10-2016 - IA)

On July 4, 2013, Thompson led officers on a chase—first in their squad
cars and later on foot. After he was apprehended, the officers found several
items in the trunk of Thompson’s vehicle that led them to believe he was
manufacturing methamphetamine. The items included a propane tank with
plastic tubing attached, drain cleaner, table salt, coffee filters, a plastic container... More...   $0 (08-09-2016 - IA)

East St. Louis, IL - Perry County Man Sentenced For Methamphetamine Offense

Christopher R. Pelate, 34, of Pinckneyville, was sentenced for a methamphetamine offense, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, James L. Porter, announced today.

Pelate, who had previously pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, was sentence... More...   $0 (07-14-2016 - IL)

On November 13, 2014, Freeman pleaded guilty to Level 6 felony theft. As
part of his plea agreement, Freeman received a sentence of 1 year and 183 days,
fully suspended to probation. Among the terms of Freeman’s probation was a
requirement that he “behave well and report for supervision as instructed.”
Appellant’s App. p. 25. On August 11, 2015, Freeman failed to report for... More...   $0 (07-13-2016 - IN)

Shortly after 1:00 a.m. on April 13, 2009, Officer Paul Parizek observed a
pickup truck with an equipment violation and activated his emergency lights. As
driver Michael Scopa started to pullover, Parizek observed passenger Joseph
Stephen “moving around, kind of shifting from side to side in his seat.” Because
the stop occurred in a remote, dark area, Parizek approached the t... More...   $0 (07-03-2016 - IA)

In late-October of 2014, C.C. travelled from Michigan to Indiana to visit his
son. While in Indiana, C.C. stayed at the residence of his friend, Grigsby.1
C.C. had wanted to visit Grigsby during his trip because they had gone to
school together and were “good friends.” Tr. p. 253.
[3] On or about October 25, 2014, Grigsby, C.C., and two others went to a nearby
Walmart. ... More...   $0 (06-09-2016 - IN)

On January 27, 2011, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant for a methamphetamine laboratory in Rosa's home in Leavenworth County, Kansas. The house had four long-term residents. Rosa and Maureen Evans were in a relationship at the time and lived together in the upstairs master bedroom where they were found during the raid. Randall Smith lived in a bedroom on the main floor. Smith was ... More...   $0 (05-29-2016 - KS)

On February 14, 2013, conservation officers from the Iowa Department of
Natural Resources (DNR) executed a search warrant at Schroeder’s residence.
Schroeder’s adult son, who was living in Schroeder’s home at the time, was the
subject of the investigation. The DNR officers had been told Schroeder was
believed to be involved in the manufacturing of methamphetamine in a briefin... More...   $0 (05-26-2016 - IA)