NEWARK, N.J. – DEA New Jersey Special Agent in Charge Susan A. Gibson and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, announced today a Paterson, New Jersey, man was indicted for conspiring to distribute heroin. Rolfi Ferreira-Cruz, 25, was charged by indictment with one count of conspiring...

DALLAS - The lead defendant in the Han Gil criminal case pleaded guilty today to gun and drug charges, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox. Eric Dewayne Freeman, aka “Stuff,” pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute a Schedule I...

BOSTON – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healy announced today that 14 people were arrested and arraigned in connection with a major heroin/fentanyl trafficking organization operating in Methuen and Lawrence, MA. During the investigation, authorities seized more than 25...

SACRAMENTO, Calif . – A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment today against Arturo Zavaleta, 39, of Mexico, charging him with trafficking in heroin, methamphetamine and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug crime, United States Attorney McGregor Scott announced. According to court documents, on June 3, 2019...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut John H. Durham today announced that on June 14, 2019, Samuel Cruz, 41, of New Haven, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport...

NEW YORK – DEA Special Operations Division Special Agent in Charge Christopher T. Tersigni, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey S. Berman and United States Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt announced that Moazu Kromah, aka “Ayoub,” aka “Ayuba,” aka “Kampala Man;” Amara Cherif, aka...

ATLANTA – Dr. Arnita Avery-Kelly, a licensed podiatrist, has been found guilty on federal charges of illegally prescribing opioid painkillers and other drugs at clinic locations purporting to provide podiatric care in Sandy Springs and Lithonia, Ga. “While in the midst of this country’s prescription opioid crisis, removing and ultimately...

AUGUSTA, Ga. – Five men and a woman have been indicted in federal court, charged with operating a wide-ranging drug conspiracy that included mass production of pills and possession with intent to distribute a powerful synthetic opioid. As outlined in the six-count indictment in U.S. District Court and from testimony...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – United States Drug Enforcement Administration New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle; John H. Durham, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut; and Interim Police Chief Otoniel Reyes of the New Haven Police Department today announced that a grand jury in New Haven...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut John H. Durham announced that Alex Borrero, also known as “Red,” 51, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in...