TRENTON, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Valerie A. Nickerson and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Craig Carpenito today announced a Union County, New Jersey man was sentenced to 121 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy...

TRENTON, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Valerie A. Nickerson and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Craig Carpenito today announced an Asbury Park, New Jersey man was arraigned before U.S. District Judge Michael A. Shipp in Trenton Federal Court...

DENVER— The Drug Enforcement Administration, in partnership with the Colorado Attorney General Cynthia H. Coffman, today announced the dismantling of an international cocaine trafficking organization headed by two Colorado residents. Operation White Whale launched in April 2017, and has resulted in 16 indictments, and the seizure of 134 kilograms of...

CAMDEN, N.J. – Valerie A. Nickerson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and Craig Carpenito, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced a New York man is scheduled to appear in court today on charges of selling dangerous designer drugs, fentanyl, and...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- A large-scale gang enforcement operation, dubbed “Operation Triple Beam Colorado,” in which a number of Colorado law enforcement agencies partnered with the U.S. Marshals Service from May 15 through August 10, led to the arrest of 156 people. OTB Colorado saw the participation of the Drug...

CAMDEN, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Valerie A. Nickerson and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Craig Carpenito today announced a Hammonton, New Jersey man was sentenced to 108 months in prison for engaging in a conspiracy to distribute...

Newark, N.J. – Valerie A. Nickerson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, has announced the official designation of the DEA Monmouth/Ocean County Post of Duty. “The creation of this new office means the permanent assignment of DEA special agents and task force officers,” said...

NEWARK, N.J. – Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division today announced the formation of the Newark/Philadelphia Regional Medicare Fraud Strike Force (Regional Strike Force), a joint law enforcement effort that brings together the resources and expertise of the Health Care Fraud Unit in the...

NEWARK, N.J. – Valerie A. Nickerson, Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA New Jersey Division, and Craig Carpenito, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, and Gregory W. Ehrie, Special Agent-in-Charge of the FBI’s Newark Field Office announced three members of the New Jersey set of the violent street gang...

PAULSBORO, N.J. – Valerie A. Nickerson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and Charles A. Fiore, Gloucester County Prosecutor, announced that 21 suspects have been charged with operating an extensive drug trafficking network in Paulsboro, New Jersey. The majority of the arrests, along with...