GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that Amanda Sheridan, 38, of Hastings, Michigan, pled guilty to acquiring controlled substances by fraud. She faces up to four years in federal prison for her crime. Sheridan, who worked as a medical assistant at a doctor’s office in Grand...

BRONX, N.Y. – Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York Division, United States Drug Enforcement Administration; Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark; New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill; and Homeland Security Investigations New York Special Agent in Charge Angel M. Melendez today announced that 19 people have...

BOSTON – Two Boston men have been sentenced in federal court in Boston in connection with their roles in a large-scale methamphetamine trafficking and money laundering ring operating between Massachusetts and California. Mario Castro, 50, was sentenced yesterday to 57 months in prison by U.S. Senior District Court Judge George...

MADISON, Wis. – Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Tom Lewis, 29, De Soto, Wisconsin, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to three years in federal prison for using a telephone to facilitate the of distribution of methamphetamine...

CONCORD, N.H. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Mark T. Moore, 38, of Loudon, N.H., was sentenced in federal court to 50 months in prison for participating in a conspiracy to distribute, and possess with...

BOSTON – A California man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for distributing methamphetamine from California to Massachusetts. Christopher Halfond, 37, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge George A. O’Toole, Jr., to 140 months in federal prison and five years of supervised release. In April 2018...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Christopher Thomas Howard, a/k/a “Indy,” 33, of Fairbanks, has been federally indicted with three counts of distribution of methamphetamine. Howard was arrested on April 5, 2019, based on a criminal complaint. According to the criminal complaint, on Jan. 3, 2019, Howard allegedly negotiated to sell two ounces...

DENVER - In February of 2017, the HIDTA Southern Colorado Drug Task-Force initiated an investigation titled Operation Double Dippin. The HIDTA Southern Colorado Task-Force is comprised of members from the Pueblo Police Department, Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office, El Paso County Sheriff’s Office, Colorado Springs Police Department, Teller County Sherriff’s Office...

CONCORD, N.H. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Michael Bean, 33, of Loudon, was sentenced to 120 months in prison for conspiring with others to distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration's New York Division and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Stacie N. Yancer, 39, of Jamestown, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to conspiracy to possess with intent...