SAN FRANCISCO – United States Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Chris Nielsen and the U.S. Attorney David L. Anderson announce that the U.S. Attorney’s Office has charged 13 defendants with engaging in a conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. The charges were made in a complaint filed July 31...

BANGOR, Maine – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Jason Mannix, aka “Boston,” 40, of Passadumkeag, Maine, was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr., to three years in prison and three...

Hartford, Conn. - United States Drug Enforcement New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and John H. Durham, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Eddy Pena, 30, of Providence, Rhode Island, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The United States Drug Enforcement Administration would like to remind people that, aside from the obvious legal jeopardy, purchasing prescription drugs over the internet comes with inherent dangers. D. Christopher Evans, Special Agent in Charge of DEA’s Louisville Field Division, warns that a current investigation into on-line...

OCALA, Fla. – A federal jury today found Eric Pedro Valdez, 39, of Atlanta, guilty of conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 10 years, and up to life, in federal prison. Valdez was indicted on Oct. 11, 2017. According to...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Salvador Padilla III, 39, of Sacramento, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley, to 10 years in prison for distributing methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Chris Nielsen announced. On May 23, 2019, Padilla pleaded guilty...

NEWARK, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, Susan A. Gibson, and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, announced a Mexican national was sentenced today to 64 months in prison for his role in conspiring to traffic...

PORTLAND, Ore. - Yesterday, a third Portland-area man was sentenced to federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to traffic large quantities of methamphetamine into the Portland Metropolitan Area. Ulises Mayares Jr., 26, of Portland, was sentenced on July 29, 2019, to 48 months in prison and five years’...

PORTLAND, Maine - United States Drug Enforcement Administration New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Yarlin Garcia, 26, of Lowell, Massachusetts, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court by Judge D. Brock Hornby to 87 months in prison and...

A federal grand jury in Amarillo, Texas has indicted a former Mexican municipal police officer for fentanyl trafficking, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox. In a superseding indictment filed Thursday evening, Assmir Contreras-Martinez, 30, of Tucson, Arizona, was charged with conspiracy and possession with...