BATON ROUGE, La. - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) announced yesterday that Aaron Lambert, 33, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin and money laundering. During a September 13, 2016, hearing, Lambert entered his plea before a Chief U.S. District...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Francisco Sanchez, 37 of Rogers, Arkansas was sentenced today to 20 years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Matthew Barden and Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western...

NEWARK, N.J. - -Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, New Jersey Division, and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced a Miami man admitted that he was responsible for depositing over $4.7 million in fraudulently obtained tax refund checks...

NEWARK, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced a narcotics supplier for the New Jersey Grape Street Crips was sentenced today to 180 months in prison...

BATON ROUGE, La. - The results of another federal prosecution relating to a multi-state heroin trafficking ring were announced today by Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley and United States Attorney Walt Green. On August 24, 2016, a Chief U.S. District Judge sentenced Daryl Walker...

MONROE, La. - A Mexican citizen was sentenced Monday to 120 months in prison for conspiring to transport and distribute methamphetamine announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Stephen G. Azzam and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley. Eduardo Guerrero, 24, of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, was sentenced by a...

NEW ORLEANS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Stephen G. Azzam and U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced the unsealing of a criminal complaint against Shannon Christopher Ceasar, 43, a physician who practices in Metairie and resides in New Orleans. On Friday, July 22, 2016, Ceasar was arrested...

CAMDEN, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a Cumberland County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 121 months in prison for his role in...

BATON ROUGE, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley and United States Attorney Walt Green announced the results of another federal prosecution related to drug trafficking of heroin pills pressed to resemble Oxycodone. On Tuesday, July 12, 2016, a U.S. District Judge sentenced Brandon...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Ruben Hernandez, 39, of southern Florida, pleaded guilty on Thursday, July 7, 2016 in federal court to charges stemming from his role in the operation of a “pill mill” that existed in Opelika, Alabama between 2012 and 2013, announced Clay Morris, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of...