Seventeen San Antonio-based members of the Texas (TS) have been charged by federal grand jury indictment with conspiring to violate the Racketeering Influenced Corrupt (RICO) statute. The announcement was made today by United States Attorney Robert Pitman, DEA Special Agent in Charge Javier Pena, U.S. Marshal Robert Almonte, ATF Special...

MIAMI, FL. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, John V. Gillies, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau...

WESTON, FL. - During the third Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) National Prescription Drug Take-Back Initiative on October 29, 2011, Floridians turned in approximately 10,205 (4 ½ tons) of unwanted or expired prescription drugs. DEA’s Miami Field Division partnered with its state and local counterparts to establish 129 collection sites across the...

BALTIMORE, MD. - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett, sentenced Kambreh Jones, age 35, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, late yesterday to 15 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute heroin. The sentence was announced by Special Agent in...

GREENBELT, MD. - U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte sentenced James Walter Ball, Jr. a/k/a Pooh Ball, age 36, of Great Mills, Maryland, today to 10 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine base, commonly known...

GREENBELT, MD. - U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Jimmy Reed Davis, Jr., age 29, of Mitchellville, Maryland, today to 10 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug...

MIAMI, FL. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Michael Shea, Acting Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security (ICE-HSI), and Al Lamberti, Sheriff, Broward County...

BALTIMORE, MD. - U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. sentenced Ray Olivis, a/k/a Ronnie Hargrove, Uncle Ray, Unc and Ray Ray, age 57, of Baltimore, Maryland, yesterday to 11 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy to conduct and participate in the activities of...

ALEXANDRIA, VA. - Twelve individuals have been indicted as members of a Virginia-based international drug trafficking organization that has utilized a distribution network to smuggle cocaine from Mexico to northern Virginia. This indictment was the latest in an ongoing investigation that has previously led to the conviction of 41 individuals...

MIAMI, FL. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Christopher B. Dennis, Special Agent in Charge, Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector (HHS-OIG), José A. Gonzalez, IRS Special Agent in Charge, Director James...