RICHMOND, Va. – A Richmond man who was convicted by a federal jury in March was sentenced yesterday to 12 years in prison for distributing fentanyl in the Mosby Court neighborhood. According to court records and evidence presented at trial and sentencing, Quotez Tyveck Pair, 33, was a drug trafficker...

COEUR d'ALENE, Idaho - Today, law enforcement officials from Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), U.S Attorney’s Office, Idaho State Police, Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office, Post Falls and Coeur d’Alene Police Departments are warning the public about a sharp increase in fatal overdoses connected to the highly potent and often deadly drug...

NORFOLK, Va. – A Norfolk man pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute fentanyl and heroin, and to possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. According to court documents, Christopher McKinley Barnes, 36, sold heroin and fentanyl from late 2016 until he was arrested on April 16...

Greenbelt, MD – U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm today sentenced Michael Bailey, age 32, of Winchester, Maryland, to 40 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. Bailey, a previously convicted felon, sold a firearm to a member...

EL PASO – Today the Drug Enforcement Administration announced a new initiative, Project Wave Breaker, to disrupt the flow of deadly fentanyl into the United States. Project Wave Breaker will direct interdiction, enforcement, and outreach efforts to the El Paso Division to disrupt the flow of fentanyl in and around...

Baltimore, MD – U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Desmond Ringgold, a/k/a Worm and Fool, age 32, of Baltimore, Maryland to 15 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for his role as a supervisor in a prolific drug trafficking organization (DTO) that operated in...

WASHINGTON – Christopher T. Tersigni, Special Agent in Charge of the Special Operations Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and Geoffrey S. Berman, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, today announced that Estonian residents Jevgeni Bokov, Viktor Litvintsuk, Amid Magerramov, Nikolai Niftalijev, and Vitali Voronjuk...