NEW ORLEANS, La. – After a week-long, targeted operation across the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) New Orleans Division’s four-state jurisdiction of Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas, and Mississippi, the DEA – working with our federal, state, and local law enforcement partners – arrested 38 individuals with ties to Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel. All...

PENSACOLA, FLORIDA – Taj Tariq Tamboura Robinson, 35, of Fort Walton Beach, Fla., was sentenced to 13 years in federal prison after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, two counts of distribution and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. The...

LAREDO, Texas – A 37-year-old Mexican national is set to appear in federal court for a large-scale international marijuana and cocaine trafficking conspiracy, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge of the Houston Division Jonathan C. Pullen and U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei. Juan Carlos Sanchez Gaytan has...

Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KRISTEN CAROTENUTO, 35, of Pelham, New York, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Vernon D. Oliver in Hartford to five months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for tampering with vials...

SOUTHBURY, Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SEAN FALZARANO, 39, of Southbury, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Vernon D. Oliver in Hartford to 16 months of imprisonment, followed by two years of supervised release, for tampering with and stealing...

BOSTON – A Worcester psychiatrist has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for illegally prescribing controlled substances. Mohamad Och, 69, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Margaret R. Guzman to four years of probation and ordered to pay a $30,000 fine. In November 2023, Och was convicted following...

Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, has announced that ARMAND NTCHANA and his various entities have entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal and state governments and agreed to pay more than $600,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the federal...

ALBUQUERQUE – A federal jury convicted an Albuquerque man for his role in a multi-state fentanyl trafficking organization, following an operation that resulted in the largest single fentanyl pill seizure in DEA history. The verdict came after a six-day trial and approximately eight hours of deliberation. The conviction of Alex...

TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – Angela Michelle Tanner, 55, of Tavares, Florida, was sentenced to 76 months’ imprisonment in federal court for Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl, 50 grams or more of Methamphetamine, and 500 grams or more of a Mixture Containing Methamphetamine, and Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering. The sentence was announced...

LAREDO, Texas - Two people have been ordered to federal prison for their roles in a two-year, multimillion-dollar trade-based money laundering conspiracy to move drug trafficking proceeds through Texas to Mexico. Mauricio Anzures-Zarate, 53, Mexico City, Mexico, and Beatriz Salcedo-Carreon, 63, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, pleaded guilty April 15, 2024, and...