SEATTLE - A Canadian truck driver who was identified as a drug smuggler for a criminal group related to the Hells Angels was convicted last week in U.S. District Court in Seattle of conspiracy to distribute marijuana. James Postlethwaite, 60, of North Vancouver, BC, Canada faces a mandatory minimum 10...

SEATTLE - A 52 year old resident of Custer, Whatcom County, Washington was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 12 years in prison and five years of supervised release for his role as a drug courier in a massive, international drug smuggling scheme. Glen Stewart was convicted...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Armando Cardona, 71, of Meriden, Conn., was sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge Alfred V...

PORTLAND, Maine - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced today that Hasan Worthy, 36, of New York, New York, was found guilty following a seven day jury trial in the U.S. District...

BURLINGTON Vt. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Tristram J. Coffin announced that, Frank Santaw, 30, of Island Pond, was sentenced to 78 months imprisonment for conspiracy to manufacture five grams or more of methamphetamine, a...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) for New England; United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island, Peter F. Neronha and Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that Adilson A. Reyes, 31, of Utah, one of three men...

MEDFORD, Ore. - Today, Donald Galvan, 48, of Central Point, Oregon, was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison for conspiracy to manufacture and distribute 100 or more kilograms of marijuana. The charge stemmed from an April 2011 traffic stop in Texas where police seized 43 pounds of marijuana. The...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Prompted by information developed by Providence Police detectives during an on-going investigation into street level drug dealing, a joint investigation by Providence Police and the Drug Enforcement (DEA) Drug Task Force, consisting of federal, state and local law enforcement agents and officers, has resulted in the seizure...

BOSTON - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration Boston Field Division and United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz, announced that a Dennis man was sentenced today for distributing heroin that resulted in the death of a 20-year-old Cape Cod woman. Joshua Johnson, 25, was...

BURLINGTON, Vt. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Tristram J. Coffin United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Jacob Berino, 19, of Hinesburg was arrested yesterday and presented today in United States District Court for an...