(WESTON, Fla.) - Dr. Andres Mencia, 60, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida was arrested on February 6, 2018 at his clinic, the A.G.I. Medical and Dental Center located at 1608 E. Commercial Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on federal charges of Conspiracy to Dispense Controlled Substances, Conspiracy to Commit Health Care Fraud...

NEWARK, 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 that federal law enforcement authorities today took custody of the last of seven members of a drug trafficking organization that...

NEWARK, 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 s man and woman from Hazleton, Pennsylvania, were charged today with conspiring to distribute heroin pills that were made to...

(WESTON, Fla.) - On February 1, 2018, Gustavo Falcon, of Miami, member of the Falcon-Magluta organization, pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute cocaine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 846, an offense punishable by up to 20...

TRENTON, 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 Bronx, New York, man pleaded guilty today for transporting 15 kilograms of heroin on Christmas Eve in 2014. Vionel...

(WESTON, Fla.) - A federal jury today found Jeremy (43, of Bethlehem, PA) guilty of conspiracy to distribute and distribution of controlled substance analogues. He faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 20 years up to life in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for April 13, 2018. Achey was...

NEWARK, 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 California man who swallowed plastic bags containing approximately 600 grams of heroin and later admitted that he possessed the drug with...

CAMDEN, N.J. - The United States Drug Enforcement Administration today announced that southern New Jersey has been designated as part of a comprehensive law enforcement, diversion control, and prevention effort called the “360 Strategy” to help cities dealing with the heroin and prescription drug abuse epidemic, and its associated violent...

NEWARK, N.J. - On October 30, 2017, new Special Agent in (SAC) of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, Valerie A. Nickerson, reported for duty. SAC Nickerson is replacing former SAC Carl J. Kotowski, who retired on October 27. SAC Kotowski oversaw the DEA’s New Jersey Division since April...

TRENTON, N.J. - Valerie A. Nickerson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and William E. Fitzpatrick, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced an Anaheim, California, man was sentenced today to 46 months in prison for laundering money on behalf of...