TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich yesterday sentenced Alex Gonzalez-(39, Buenaventura, Colombia) to 19 years and 7 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine while onboard a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Gonzalez-Arango pleaded guilty on...

MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Ryan P. Lynch, Acting Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector (HHS-OIG), and George L. Piro...

June 12, 2014 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: 954-660-4602 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and United States Attorney for the Middle District A. Lee Bentley, III announced earlier this week, Arnold (42, Sanderson) pleaded guilty to distribution of cocaine...

June 02, 2014 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: 954-660-4602 MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Office of Statewide Prosecution, announced last week that Dr. Thomas James Rodenberg was sentenced before Broward Circuit Court Judge Jeffrey R...

May 30, 2014 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: 954-660-4602 MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division; Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Amos Rojas, Jr., United States Marshal, U.S. Marshals (USMS); Noel Manheimer, Director of Marine...

May 30, 2014 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: 954-660-4602 ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III for the Middle District of Florida, announces the arrest and unsealing of a criminal complaint charging Matthew...

May 28, 2014 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: 954-660-4602 WASHINGTON - DEA Administrator Michele M. Leonhart and United States Attorney Preet Bharara of the Southern District of New York today announced that 21 citizens of the Dominican Republic have been charged with conspiring to impersonate United States law enforcement officers...

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 Juan Alberto Ortiz-Lopez, a/k/a “Chamale,” a/k/a “Juanito,” (43, San Marcos, Guatemala) has been extradited to the Middle District...

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, today announced the unsealing of a federal indictment charging four individuals with crimes relating to the distribution of synthetic cannabinoids...

PENSACOLA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced that Ricky L. Blankenship,(43, of Pensacola), was sentenced today on federal charges related to a multi-year conspiracy to distribute cocaine...