WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2025: Craig Eastman, 21, of Washington D.C., was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 165 months in federal prison for participating in a massive fentanyl trafficking conspiracy that distributed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycodone pills from Southern California to destinations throughout the United States, including the District. Eastman   more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Feb. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2025: A North Carolina man was sentenced today to 25 years in prison for possession with intent to distribute parafluorofentanyl and fentanyl. According to court documents, on the evening of September 17, 2023, Jaron James Starkey, 35, of Charlotte, and formerly of New Castle County, Delaware, was driving erratically southbound on I-95 in Caroline Coun  more

ROANOKE, Virginia, Feb. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia issued the following news release: A pair of Roanoke fentanyl traffickers were sentenced recently to substantial federal prison sentences. Dejuan Lemons, 35, pled guilty to possession of fentanyl with the intent to distribute and possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. He was sentenced to 195 months. Kelvin Robertson, 47, pled guilty to distribution of fentanyl. He was sen  more

BECKLEY, West Virginia, Feb. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2025: James E. Monroe Jr., 59, of Daniels, pleaded guilty today to money laundering. According to court documents and statements made in court, on February 25, 2022, Monroe filed a petition for personal bankruptcy. Monroe knew he was required to submit true and correct schedules listing his assets and a statement detailing his financial affai  more

CLARKSBURG, West Virginia, Feb. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2025: Anthony Allen, age 38, of Rosenberg, Texas, was sentenced today to 188 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. According to court documents and statements made in court, Allen was the leader of a drug trafficking conspiracy, selling methamphetamine, cocaine base, cocaine hydrochloride, fentanyl, a  more

MARTINSBURG, West Virginia, Feb. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2025: Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced today that two men were found guilty for their roles in a massive drug trafficking conspiracy that operated in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. Lance Wade Cole, Jr., 53, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, and Damian Costello, 28, of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, were fou  more

ELKINS, West Virginia, Feb. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Devonna Nicole Moul, 30, of Buckhannon, West Virginia, was sentenced to 56 months for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, Moul, also known as "Devonna Nicole Keyser," was selling methamphetamine in Elkins. Moul has prior convictions for drug violations, escape, and fleeing. Mo  more