SAN DIEGO - Jose Rodrigo Arechiga-Gamboa, also known as “Chino Antrax,” pleaded guilty in federal court today. Chino Antrax admitted that as a high-level member of the Mexico-based Sinaloa Cartel he and his co-conspirators coordinated the transportation of tons of cocaine and marijuana into the United States and ordered or...

WEST NEW YORK, N.J. - - New Jersey leaders want families across the state to get cleaning this Saturday, and participate in the first ever Prescription Drug Spring Cleaning: Spring Clean Your Medicine Cabinet event. This public health initiative is designed to raise awareness about the dangers of prescription drug...

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 Lawnside, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 70 months in prison for illegally possessing firearms...

TRENTON, 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 Toms River, New Jersey, man today admitted distributing heroin and cocaine as part of a large-scale drug...

NEWARK, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement’s Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced eight people were charged today in connection with their roles in a drug trafficking organization that obtained heroin from...

SAN DIEGO - Four men appeared in federal court today and yesterday to face charges that they participated in a scheme to manufacture and traffic in firearms illegally, in some instances by assembling untraceable assault-style weapons in a defendant’s home and then selling the guns for thousands of dollars. Federal...

NEWARK, 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 former officer with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration (USCIS) today admitted coordinating shipments of crystal methamphetamine from interstate...

CAMDEN, N.J. - Two Camden men today admitted their roles in a conspiracy to sell 22 guns without a license, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Marcus Rutling, a/k/a “Fresh,” 33, of Camden, and Saluda, South Carolina, and his brother, Joseph Rutling, 24, of Camden, both pleaded guilty before U.S...

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 convicted today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine...

TRENTON, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, and Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division announced a Monmouth County, New Jersey, doctor...