Baltimore, Maryland – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland announced federal charges today, in connection with a large-scale, targeted law-enforcement operation, resulting in hundreds of federal and state arrests. From January 20, through January 31, federal, state, and local law enforcement partners brought dozens of federal and...

Orlando, FL. – Paul Alexander Askew (46, Jacksonville) has been charged by a federal indictment with conspiracy to influence major international sports competition by doping. If convicted, Askew faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. The indictment also notifies Askew that the United States intends to forfeit...

CONCORD, N.H. – Mark Williams, 45, plead guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute controlled substances and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan announces. According to the charging documents and statements made in court, in...

LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Los Angeles Field Division has new leadership. DEA Administrator Terrance C. Cole has appointed Anthony Chrysanthis as the Special Agent in Charge (SAC), covering Southern California, Nevada, Hawaii and the U.S. Territories of Guam and Saipan. Special Agent in Charge Chrysanthis draws...

BOSTON – An associate of the violent Boston-based gang, H-Block, pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to drug conspiracy charges. Mark Linnehan, 26, of West Roxbury, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances. U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin scheduled sentencing...

PENSACOLA, FLORIDA – Ohagee Curry, a/k/a “Gee”, 28, of Pensacola, Fla., was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and 500 grams or more of a mixture containing methamphetamine and distribution of more than 50 grams...

CHICAGO – Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator Terrance C. Cole has appointed Todd C. Smith as the new Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the DEA Chicago Field Division. SAC Smith succeeds Shane R. Catone, who was appointed by DEA Administrator Cole as the Associate Chief of Operations (ACO) for the...

PENSACOLA, FLORIDA – Thomas Zachary Breeding, 41, of Panama City, FL, was sentenced to a total of 77 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to retaliation against a federal informant, transmission of threatening communications in interstate commerce, and supervised release violations. The sentence was announced by John P. Heekin...

HOUSTON – A 45-year-old Houston man has been ordered to federal prison for possessing with the intent to distribute bulk crystal methamphetamine, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Jonathan C. Pullen of the Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei. Devon Shermaine Rhodes pleaded guilty Sept...

Baltimore, Md. – Today, State’s Attorney Ivan J. Bates announced the takedown of three Drug Trafficking Organizations operating in the West Baltimore area. An individual charged by indictment is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty at trial. “The concentration of Drug Trafficking Organizations in the Penn North Area is...