HARTFORD, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging ISSACHAMIL TORRES, also known as “Chamil,” 35, of...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ANGEL CORREA-ORTIZ, 38, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 48 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for his...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A 30-year-old Providence man today admitted to a federal judge that he possessed more than 250 grams of fentanyl and a firearm, and did so less than a week after pleading guilty, in February 2021, to conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids, announced United States Attorney Zachary A...

ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Ronnie L. White on Wednesday sentenced a man from St. Louis, Missouri who participated in a 2017 murder on behalf of a drug gang to 18 years in prison. Tremayne Silas, 30, was one of four men who fired more than 100 rounds at...

TYLER, Texas – A Grapeland, Texas man, and his girlfriend, have been sentenced to federal prison for violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today. Reynaldo Campos, Jr., 45, pleaded guilty...

SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Tramond G. Wallace, Jr., 28, of Syracuse, New York, pled guilty today to possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance and possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime. United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman, Frank A. Tarentino III, Special Agent in Charge of...

Frank A. Tarentino III, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division and Rockland County District Attorney Tom Walsh announced the arrests of 2 residents from Congers, NY for possession of a controlled substance and 2 handguns. The arrests were the result of search warrants executed last week...

AUGUSTA, GA- The lead defendant in a major methamphetamine-trafficking organization has been sentenced to two decades in federal prison after admitting his participation in a conspiracy related to at least one overdose death. Jayson Dwayne Wheatley, 42, of Augusta, was sentenced to 240 months in prison after previously pleading guilty...

POCATELLO, Idaho – Jacob James Martinez, 33, of Idaho Falls, was sentenced to federal prison for attempted possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today. Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye sentenced Martinez to 188 months in federal prison. According to court records, on...

SRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Springfield, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for leading a conspiracy to distribute heroin. Dawuan White, 48, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool to 20 years in federal prison without parole. On April 26, 2022, White pleaded guilty to participating in...