Cedar Rapids, IA - A man whose November 2013 attempt at cooking methamphetamine resulted in a fire that damaged several mobile homes in Hiawatha was sentenced today to 20 years in federal prison.

Michael Landon Monroe Lala, age 27, from Hiawatha, Iowa, received the prison term after a January 27, 2015 guilty plea to attempted manufacture of methamphetamine.

In a plea agreement, L... More...   $0 (06-04-2015 - IA)

GREAT FALLS, MT — Christopher Stefani, 47, of Great Falls, was sentenced for manufacturing methamphetamine in his grandfather’s garage, which led to an explosion. Great Falls United States District Court Judge Brian Morris sentenced Stefani to 144 months in prison, followed by a term of 3 supervised release.

Stefani previously pleaded guilty to manufacturing methamphetamine. In an O... More...   $0 (06-04-2015 - MT)

Edwardville, IL - James Perry Horton, 48, of Centralia, Illinois, pled guilty to an 11-count indictment returned by a Federal Grand Jury in December 2014. Horton was named in Counts 1 and 11 of the indictment. All offenses relate to the production and distribution of methamphetamine. Specifically, Horton pled guilty to Conspiracy to Manufacture and Distribute Methamphetamine from February 28, 2014... More...   $0 (04-30-2015 - IL)

GREENSBORO, NC – The four, Larry Shane King, John Monroe Wilson, Lisa Raines Tingle, and Richard Allen Mabe were sentenced by Senior United States District Court Judge James A. Beaty, Jr. A fifth co-defendant, Michael Anthony Treece will be sentenced on May 15, 2015.

The five were involved manufacture, distribution, and use of methamphetamine since sometime in 2013 until late 2014, in R... More...   $0 (04-23-2015 - NC)

MOBILE, Ala. – Crystal LaSha-Renee Grider, 24, of Gonzalez, Florida, was sentenced in federal court today on her conviction for conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine and to possess a List I chemical with knowledge it would be used to manufacture methamphetamine. Court documents showed that Grider was one of several individuals involved in methamphetamine manufacturing at a trailer on Roy Mil... More...   $0 (03-11-2015 - AL)

East St. Louis, IL - Walter James Henson, 38, of Centralia, Illinois, pled guilty to charges filed against him in an indictment returned by a Federal Grand Jury in November 2014. Henson pled guilty to Possession of Equipment, Chemicals, Products and Materials with the Intent to Manufacture Methamphetamine (on March 5, 2014), in Marion County (Count 1), and Possession of Pseudoephedrine Knowing It ... More...   $0 (03-10-2015 - IL)

Two Dubuque men who were responsible for an apartment fire caused by a failed methamphetamine cook were each sentenced today to lengthy stays in federal prison.

John Starks Sr., age 47, will spend 16 years in federal prison after his June 26, 2014 guilty plea to conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine near a school. Casey Duhme, age 25, will serve almost 9 years in federal prison after... More...   $0 (03-03-2015 - IA)

KNOXVILLE, TN - Christopher Ryan Jenkins, 28, of Rockwood, Tenn., was sentenced to serve 240 months in prison, by the Honorable Pamela Reeves, U.S. District Judge, for conspiracy to manufacture 50 grams or more of methamphetamine (meth) and possession of precursors used to manufacture meth. Upon his release from prison, he will be supervised by the U.S. Probation Office for 10 years.

Jenk... More...   $0 (01-28-2015 - TN)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that additional charges were contained in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury today against an Excelsior Springs, Mo., man related to his role in a conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine.

Anthony Trurice Grayson, 30, of Excelsior Springs, was charged in a five-count i... More...   $0 (11-19-2014 - MO)

BIRMINGHAM -- Federal prosecutors today charged a former Winston County sheriff's deputy with using his police authority to extort a woman to cook methamphetamine, and with causing her to manufacture and distribute the drug at the home where she lived with a minor child, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and FBI Special Agent in Charge Richard D. Schwein Jr.

The U.S. Attorney's Of... More...   $0 (11-10-2014 - AL)

TULSA, OK - THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA charged STACIE DIANE WALTRIP, A/K/A STACY PRICE with:

Count # 1.
Count as Filed: DU8II, UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED DRUG - 2ND OFFENSE, in violation of 63 O.S. 2-402 B 1, which provides:

"B. Any person who violates this section with respect to:

1. Any Schedule I or II substance, except marijuana or a substance included in subse... More...   $0 (10-06-2014 - OK)

Tulsa, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Levi Anthony Smith with:

Count # 1.
Count as Filed: ODO, UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED DRUG WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE, in violation of 63 O.S. 2-401 A 1, which provides:

A. Except as authorized by the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act, it shall be unlawful for any person:

1. To distribute, dispense, transport wi... More...   $0 (09-20-2014 - OK)

Robert John Mueller, age 29, from Dyersville, Iowa, has been charged with two counts of distributing methamphetamine near a playground and one count of possessing pseudoephedrine for use in the manufacture of methamphetamine.­ The charges are contained in an Indictment unsealed on September 12, 2014, in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.

The Indictment alleges that, on or abo... More...   $0 (09-12-2014 - IA)

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Erick Estrada Reyes, 31, of Guatemala, was sentenced today to 11 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiring to import several thousand pseudoephedrine pills into the United States for the production of methamphetamine.

Dana J. Boente, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; and Robert W. Patterson, Acting Special Agent in... More...   $0 (09-05-2014 - CA)

Tulsa, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Caleb Russell Klein with:

Count # 1.
Count as Filed: ODO, UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED DRUG WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE, in violation of 63 O.S. 2-401 A 1
Date of Offense: 05/06/2014

Party Name

Disposition Information

KLEIN, CALEB RUSSELL
Disposed: CONVICTION, 08/11/2014. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed:... More...   $0 (08-11-2014 - OK)

TULSA, OK - THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA charged GERALD RUSSELL LONG, A/K/A GERALD ROSCOE LONG and
JESSICA LYNN BROOKSHIRE with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: DU8I, UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED DRUG WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE *FELONY* (NOT USING MV), in violation of 63 O.S. 2-401 (A)(1)
Date of Offense: 04/16/2014

Party Name

Disposition Information

BROOKSHIR... More...   $0 (06-23-2014 - OK)

We are asked to decide today whether substantial evidence supports the defendant’s convictions for possession of marijuana and crack cocaine with intent to deliver. After police entered an apartment occupied by several individuals, the defendant and one other person ran into the bedroom. The defendant tried to hold the bedroom door shut to prevent the police from entering. Eventually, an officer... More...   $0 (05-30-2014 - IA)

Tulsa, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Janson Rae Kleiner with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: VPSA, POSSESS PRECURSOR SUBSTANCE - PSEUDOEPHEDRINE, in violation of 63 O.S. 2-328
Date of Offense: 04/23/2014

Party Name

Disposition Information

KLEINER, JANSON RAE


Count # 2. Count as Filed: DL2, DRIVING UNDER SUSPENSION / DUS, in violation of 47... More...   $0 (04-30-2014 - OK)

Benton, IL - Stephen P. Salzwedel, a/k/a “Steak,” 41, and Tony G. Carle, 27, both of Tilden, Illinois, were sentenced in United States District Court in Benton on a one-count indictment charging conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced.

Salzwedel and Carle, who had both previously pled guilty... More...   $0 (04-10-2014 - IL)

On March 21, 2014, Kyle Joseph Boileau, age 27, was sentenced by United States District Judge Stephanie M. Rose to 48 months in prison for conspiracy to manufacture and distribute a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Boileau was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release following the imprisonment and to pay $100 ... More...   $0 (03-24-2014 - IA)

The United States Attorney, Kenyen R. Brown, announces that Tony Lee Collier was sentenced to forty one months imprisonment yesterday by United States District Court Judge William H. Steele, after pleading guilty to possession of pseudoephedrine with the intent to manufacture methamphetamine in violation of Title 21 USC '841(c)(1). The case was jointly investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Toba... More...   $0 (03-21-2014 - AL)

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that LARRY EUGENE PIRPICH, JR., age 53, of McAlester was sentenced to 188 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release for Conspiracy to Possess and Distribute Pseudoephedrine, a List I Chemical, Used to Manufacture a Controlled Substance in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Secti... More...   $0 (03-20-2014 - OK)

Four individuals involved in a methamphetamine conspiracy were sentenced on Mar. 12, 2014, by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Judge. Janet L. Bunting, 45, of Mountain City, Tenn., was sentenced to serve 46 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release. Heather M. Eller, 32, of Mountain City, Tenn., was sentenced to serve 92 months in federal prison followed by... More...   $0 (03-14-2014 - OK)

Four individuals involved in a methamphetamine conspiracy were sentenced on Mar. 12, 2014, by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Judge. Janet L. Bunting, 45, of Mountain City, Tenn., was sentenced to serve 46 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release. Heather M. Eller, 32, of Mountain City, Tenn., was sentenced to serve 92 months in federal prison followed by... More...   $0 (03-14-2014 - TN)

Cole Wrage appeals his sentence imposed by the district court. He contends the district court abused its discretion by failing to recite adequate reasons and relying on improper factors in imposing sentence. He also contends counsel provided ineffective assistance at sentencing. Although the district court used strong language at sentencing, it was sufficiently supported by the record and did not ... More...   $0 (02-05-2014 - IA)