ATLANTA – Yadira Gomez-Gonzalez has been sentenced for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine. Gomez-Gonzalez is the last of three defendants whose drug ring was infiltrated by undercover DEA agents when they attempted to send nearly 14 kilograms of 100 percent pure methamphetamine from California to Georgia...

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...

Tallahassee, Fla. – A federal grand jury returned an indictment, unsealed today, charging eight defendants with 83 counts of federal dogfighting offenses stemming from an investigation into drug trafficking and a large-scale illegal dogfighting operation involving approximately 100 dogs. Most of the dogs used by the defendants were recovered by...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Omil Cotto, 33, of Albuquerque, pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to charges of methamphetamine possession with the intent to distribute and using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime. The evidence acquired during the investigation shows that at approximately 2:39...

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...

TAMPA, Fla. - A federal jury has found Dion Gregory Fisher (33, formerly of Seminole) guilty of conspiring to manufacture and distribute fentanyl and fentanyl analogue, and money laundering. Because Fisher was convicted of distributing more than 400 grams of fentanyl and more than 100 grams of fentanyl analogue, he...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sixteen members and associates of a prison-based gang have been charged after a long-running investigation into drug trafficking and murders inside and outside of California’s prisons. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott, and Special Agent in...

ALBANY, N.Y. – Victor M. Diaz, age 29, of Johnstown, New York, pled guilty yesterday to possessing and intending to distribute more than 100 grams of heroin mixed with fentanyl. The announcement was made by United States Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ran Donovan; U.S...

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

CONCORD, N.H. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Julio Pizzini, 25, of Lawrence, Mass., was sentenced to serve 170 months in prison for participating in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy. According to court documents and statements...