HOUSTON - Richard Garcia-Sanchez, 42, a member of a drug trafficking and money laundering organization operating out of Mexico from 2002-2008 has been ordered to federal prison, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Houston Division, Special Agent in Charge, Joseph M. Arabit and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Garcia-Sanchez, of Mexico City, Mexico...

HOUSTON - A 37-year-old resident of Sugar Land has entered a guilty plea to aiding and abetting an unlicensed money transmitting business, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Houston Division, Special Agent in Charge, Joseph M. Arabit and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Law enforcement identified Omar Al Nasser during a multi-year, multi-agency...

McALLEN, Texas - A total of nine people are in custody following law enforcement actions in multiple cities that began on Thursday involving a drug trafficking organization operating throughout South Texas, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Houston Division, Special Agent in Charge, Joseph M. Arabit and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Those...

(BROOKLYN, N.Y - - Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt of the DEA, New York Division; Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez; New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill; New York State Police Superintendent George P. Beach and Special Agent in Charge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland...

BEAUMONT, Texas - A jury has found a 43-year-old Beaumont, Texas man guilty of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced today by Drug Enforcement (DEA) Houston Division, Special Agent in Charge, Joseph M. Arabit and Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston. Donald Roy Kelly was found guilty by...

WACO, Texas - This morning, federal, state and local authorities arrested 15 individuals, including ringleaders Corey Jefferson and Talmage Sedberry, for their roles in a methamphetamine distribution ring operating in the Central Texas area announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Drug Enforcement (DEA) Houston Division, Special Agent in...

(BUFFALO, N.Y - - Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division and Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Raymond C. Hopson, Lindsay R. Carrier, Jr., and Stephanie A. Costanzo, a Niagara Falls Police Officer, who has since resigned, were...

(ALBANY, N.Y - - Justin M. Brooks, age 27, of Rensselaer, New York, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute oxycodone. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA). Brooks faces up to...

LAREDO, Texas - A 32-year-old man extradited to the U.S. and later convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin has been ordered to federal prison, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Houston Division, Special Agent in Charge, Joseph M. Arabit and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Fernando...

(NEW YORK - - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York (DEA), Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police (NYPD), and Maria T. Vullo, Superintendent...