ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announce today that William Benjamin (41, Orlando) pleaded guilty to impersonating a DEA agent and possession of a firearm by...

BOISE, Idaho - Ausencio Gonzalez Tovar, 48, a Mexican national living in Star, Idaho, was sentenced on February 10, 2014, to 188 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. Tovar was also ordered to forfeit...

SEATTLE - Mitchell Wright, 33, of Bothell, WA, made his initial appearance today in federal court on an indictment charging him with three counts of drug trafficking. The federal magistrate detained defendant, pending a full detention hearing scheduled on February 20, 2014. Wright was a commissioned law enforcement officer employed...

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United (US) Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announce today that Jose Samir Renteria-Cuero, a/k/a Jose (51, Cali, Colombia) pleaded guilty to conspiring with others to distribute five...

SEATTLE - A Puyallup, Washington man who shot and killed two men who had entered the garage where he was growing marijuana, was sentenced on January 31, 2014, to seven years in prison and three years of supervised release for manufacturing marijuana and possession of a firearm in relation to...

MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field (MFD); Pam Bondi, Attorney General of Florida; and Scott Israel, Sheriff, Broward County Sheriff’s (BSO) announced yesterday that Doctor Thomas (54, Ft. Lauderdale) was found guilty on all 14 charges including: Racketeering, Conspiracy, Trafficking in oxycodone...

TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore yesterday sentenced Ricky (45) to 20 years in federal prison for distribution of methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Muoio was found guilty by a jury on November 6, 2013. According to court documents, and testimony and evidence presented...

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces that Raul Eraso-(54, Cali, Colombia, South America) today pleaded guilty to an Information charging him with conspiring with others...

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District, announced today that a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Linberto Gallardo-(42); Uriel Julio (35); Miguel Vasquez-(37), all of Colombia, South...

BOISE, Idaho - Rahil Akhtar, 37, of Eagle, Idaho, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court for acquiring and obtaining a controlled substance by misrepresentation, fraud and deception. Akhtar was a dentist licensed to practice in the state of Idaho. He was sentenced to three years' probation, 300 hours of...