Convictions for June 2025
Referring Agency: Drug Enforcement Administration
The latest available data from the Justice Department show that during June 2025 the government reported 669 new convictions for these matters. Those cases were referred by the Drug Enforcement Administration. According to the case-by-case information analyzed by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), this number is down 4.8 percent over the previous month.
The comparisons of the number of defendants convicted are based on case-by-case information obtained by TRAC under the Freedom of Information Act from the Executive Office for United States Attorneys (see Table 1).
When monthly 2025 convictions of this type are compared with those of the same period in the previous year, the number of convictions was only slightly down (-1.5%). Convictions over the past year are still much higher than they were five years ago. Overall, the data show that convictions of this type are up 9.4 percent from levels reported in 2020.
Figure 1. Monthly Trends in Convictions
The increase from the levels five years ago in convictions for these matters is shown more clearly in Figure 1. The vertical bars in Figure 1 represent the number of convictions of this type recorded on a month-to-month basis. Where a prosecution was initially filed in U.S. Magistrate Court and then transferred to the U.S. District Court, the magistrate filing date was used since this provides an earlier indicator of actual trends. The superimposed line on the bars plots the six-month moving average so that natural fluctuations are smoothed out. The one and five-year rates of change in Table 1 and in the sections that follow are all based upon this six-month moving average. To view trends year-by-year rather than month-by-month, see TRAC's annual report series for a broader picture.
Cases were classified by prosecutors into more specific types.
The largest number of convictions of these matters in June 2025 was for "Drugs-Drug Trafficking", accounting for 50.1 percent of convictions. Convictions were also filed for "Drugs-Organized Crime Task Force" (35.9%), "Withheld by Govt from TRAC (FOIA challen" (8.1%), "Weapons-Operation Triggerlock Major" (3.3%). See Figure 2.
Convictions in U.S. Magistrate Courts
Top Ranked Lead Charges
In June 2025, no defendants in cases for these matters were convicted in U.S. Magistrate Courts. These courts handle less serious misdemeanor cases, including what are called "petty offenses." In addition, complaints are sometimes filed in the magistrate courts before an indictment or information is entered. In these cases, the matter starts in the magistrate courts and later moves to the district court where subsequent proceedings take place.
Convictions in U.S. District Courts
In June 2025, 669 defendants in new cases for these matters were charged in the U.S. District Courts. In addition during June there were an additional 0 defendants whose cases moved from the magistrate courts to the U.S. district courts after an indictment or information was filed. The sections which follow cover both sets of cases and therefore cover all matters filed in district court during June.
Top Ranked Lead Charges
Table 2 shows the top lead charges recorded in the convictions of matters filed in U.S. District Court during June 2025 referred by the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Lead Charge Count Rank 1yr ago 5yrs ago 21 USC 841 - Drug Abuse Prevention & Control-Prohibited acts A 353 1 1 1 More 21 USC 846 - Attempt and conspiracy 178 2 2 2 More 18 USC 922 - Firearms; Unlawful acts 16 4 3 3 More 46 USC 70503 - Possession control substance on vessel subject to jurisdiction of US 11 5 8 11 More 18 USC 1956 - Laundering of monetary instruments 9 6 6 6 More 46 USC 70506 - Penalties 8 7 5 9 More 21 USC 963 - Attempt and conspiracy 6 8 7 8 More 18 USC 1343 - Fraud by wire, radio, or television 2 9 - - More 21 USC 959 - Possession, manufacture, or distribution for purpo 2 9 9 13 More Table 2. Top Charges for Convictions
"Drug Abuse Prevention & Control-Prohibited acts A" (Title 21 U.S.C Section 841) was the most frequent recorded lead charge. "Drug Abuse Prevention & Control-Prohibited acts A" (Title 21 U.S.C Section 841) was ranked 1 a year ago, while it was ranked 1 five years ago.
Ranked 2nd in frequency was the lead charge "Attempt and conspiracy" under Title 21 U.S.C Section 846. "Attempt and conspiracy" under Title 21 U.S.C Section 846 was ranked 2 a year ago, while it was ranked 2 five years ago.
Ranked 3rd was "Other US Code Section" under Title U.S.C Section. "Other US Code Section" under Title U.S.C Section was ranked 4 a year ago, while it was ranked 5 five years ago.
Among these top ten lead charges, the one showing the greatest increase in convictions — up 55.6 percent — compared to one year ago was Title U.S.C Section that involves "Other US Code Section ". This was the same statute that had the largest increase — 320 % — when compared with five years ago.
Again among the top ten lead charges, the one showing the sharpest decline in convictions compared to one year ago — down 60.5 percent — was " Penalties " (Title 46 U.S.C Section 70506 ). Compared to five years ago, the most significant decline in convictions — 16.1 percent — was for convictions where the lead charge was " Firearms; Unlawful acts " (Title 18 U.S.C Section 922 ).
Top Ranked Judicial Districts
In June 2025 the Justice Department's case-by-case records show that the government obtained 239.7 convictions for every ten million people in the United States.
Understandably, there is great variation in the per capita number of convictions in each of the nation's ninety-four federal judicial districts.
The districts registering the largest number of convictions per capita for these matters last month are shown in Table 3. Districts must have at least 5 convictions to receive a ranking.
Judicial District Percapita Count Rank 1yr ago 5yrs ago N. Y., W 1,457 34 1 57 54 More S Dakota 1,192 9 2 37 51 More Okla, N 1,083 10 3 16 60 More Ala, M 1,003 10 4 50 82 More Mo, E 948 23 5 9 25 More Miss, N 880 8 6 63 82 More La, W 807 14 7 59 74 More Texas, E 778 29 8 1 12 More W Virg, N 777 6 9 31 28 More Ken, E 697 13 10 10 8 More Table 3. Top 10 Districts (per ten million people)
The Western District of New York (Buffalo) — with 1457 convictions as compared with 239.7 convictions per ten million population in the United States — was the most active during June 2025.
The District of South Dakota ranked 2nd.
Northern District of Oklahoma (Tulsa) is now ranking 3rd.
Recent entrants to the top 10 list were Northern District of Oklahoma (Tulsa), now ranked 3rd , and Northern District of West Virginia (Wheeling) at 9th In the same order, these districts ranked 16th and 31st one year ago and 60th and 28th five years ago.
The federal judicial district which showed the greatest growth in the rate of convictions compared to one year ago — 110 percent — was Western District of New York (Buffalo). Compared to five years ago, the district with the largest growth — 266.7 percent — was Middle District of Alabama (Montgomery).
In the last year, the judicial District Court recording the largest drop in the rate of convictions — 30 percent — was South Dakota . But over the past five years, Eastern District of Kentucky (Lexington) showed the largest drop — 15.4 percent.
Top Ranked District Judges
At any one time, there are about 680 federal District Court judges working in the United States. The judges recorded with the largest number of new crime cases resulting in convictions of this type during June 2025 are shown in Table 4.
Judge Count Rank Mazzant, Amos L. Texas, E 16 1 More Hicks, S. Maurice, Jr. La, W 9 2 More Arcara, Richard Joseph N. Y., W 9 2 More Hendrix, James Wesley Texas, N 8 4 More Thurston, Jennifer L. Cal, E 7 5 More Vilardo, Lawrence Joseph N. Y., W 7 5 More Bunning, David L. Ken, E 6 7 More Autrey, Henry Edward Mo, E 6 7 More Biery, Samuel Frederick, Jr. Texas, W 6 7 More Bashant, Cynthia Ann Cal, S 5 10 More Burroughs, Allison Dale Mass 5 10 More Brown, Debra Marie Miss, N 5 10 More Limbaugh, Stephen Nathaniel, Jr. Mo, E 5 10 More Wolford, Elizabeth Ann N. Y., W 5 10 More Gaughan, Patricia Anne Ohio, N 5 10 More Schroeder, Robert William, III Texas, E 5 10 More Table 4. Top Ten Judges
A total of 10 out of the "top ten" judges were in districts which were in the top ten with the largest number of convictions per capita, while the remaining 6 judges were from other districts. (Because of ties, there were a total of 16 judges in the "top ten" rankings.)
Judge Amos L. Mazzant in the Eastern District of Texas (Tyler) ranked 1st with 16 convicted in convictions.
Judges S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. in the Western District of Louisiana (Shreveport) and Richard Joseph Arcara in the Western District of New York (Buffalo) ranked 2nd with 9 convicted in convictions.
Report Generated: July 29, 2025
