BOSTON – A Lynn man has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for participating in a North Shore-based drug trafficking organization (DTO) that allegedly distributed tens of thousands of counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. Christopher Tejeda, 23, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Dennis F...

CONCORD, N.H. – A Lawrence man has pleaded guilty in federal court in Concord to a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. Ronny O. Ramos, 32, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance, specifically methamphetamine. U.S...

HARTFORD, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ONIEL WILKS, 45, a citizen of Jamaica, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 384 months of imprisonment for narcotics trafficking, passport fraud, identity fraud, and money laundering...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - SAMUEL DOUGLAS, also known as “Blamm,” 25, of New Haven, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in New Haven to 84 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his participation in a violent New Haven street gang. Today’s...

BOSTON – Two men have been sentenced in federal court in Boston for participating in a North Shore-based drug trafficking organization (DTO) that allegedly distributed tens of thousands of counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. Christopher Nagle, 30, of Revere and Isaac Clayton, 77, of Lynn were sentenced by...

BOSTON – A California woman has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for her role in a money laundering conspiracy involving proceeds of methamphetamine and marijuana distribution. The defendant laundered over $200,000 of her husband’s drug proceeds. In total, over 160 pounds of pure methamphetamine, as well as an...

FRESNO, Calif. — An investigation into the death of a correctional officer led to the arrests of three defendants today who are charged by criminal complaint with conspiring to distribute controlled substances and introducing narcotic drugs to an inmate at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atwater, California. According to court documents...

ST. LOUIS – Residents of metro St. Louis can apply to be part of the DEA St. Louis Division’s first Citizens Academy. The deadline to submit an application is Sept. 20. The DEA Citizens Academy allows community leaders to gain an understanding of DEA’s mission and community awareness of the...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp on Tuesday sentenced a man who sold fentanyl to someone who later suffered a fatal overdose to 10 years in prison. Dylan C. McMikle, 22, of Jackson, Missouri, provided several lines of powdered fentanyl that the 25-year-old victim snorted early...

BOSTON – Member of a nationwide drug trafficking ring has been sentenced in federal court in Boston. Throughout the investigation over 160 pounds of pure methamphetamine, as well as an AK-47, a Glock with no serial number, two loaded Smith & Wesson handguns, and over 4,200 rounds of ammunition were...