U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) New York Division Special Agent in Charge Frank A. Tarentino III, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget G. Brennan, and New York City Police Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch issued statements today on the resolution of charges against Jonathan HUERTAS, aka “El Don,” who is...

Two men were indicted following a long-term investigation into fentanyl/heroin packaging and distribution in New York City. During a court-authorized search of a narcotics packaging mill, located in an apartment in the Inwood neighborhood of Upper Manhattan, local, state, and federal law enforcement officers recovered thousands of glassine envelopes of...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - TRAVON JONES, also known as “Budda,” 22, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in New Haven to 270 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for his involvement in a violent Bridgeport street gang, and his role in the...

TACOMA, Wash. – A key member of a drug distribution ring selling fentanyl pills, methamphetamine, and heroin throughout the Puget Sound region was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 14 years in prison for his role in the conspiracy and for possessing firearms in furtherance of drug...

BOSTON – A repeat convicted felon has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for possessing a firearm, multiple rounds of ammunition and fentanyl intended for distribution while on federal supervised release. Francisco Gabriel Diaz, 33, of Boston, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns to 10...

TACOMA, Wash. – A 32-year-old Renton, Washington resident was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 13 years in prison for his role in a drug trafficking ring connected to Aryan prison gangs, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Teal Luthy Miller. Shawn Ellis was arrested in March 2023, when...

SPOKANE, Wash. – Today United States District Judge Thomas O. Rice sentenced Erubey Arciga Medrano, age 35, of Michoacan, Mexico, to 180 months in federal prison on drug trafficking charges. Judge Rice also imposed 5 years of supervised release. When he imposed the sentence, Judge Rice noted the large amount...

BOSTON – A member of the violent Boston-based gang, H-Block, has pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to drug conspiracy charges. Dominique Carpenter-Grady, a/k/a “8 Zipp,” a/k/a “Eight,” “a/k/a “Eighty,” 35, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute PCP, MDMB-4en-PINACA...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - KEISHAWN DONALD, 23, of Bridgeport, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in New Haven to 270 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for his involvement in a violent Bridgeport street gang and his murder of a rival gang member...

BOSTON – A Lowell man was taken into custody after he was discovered inside a Lowell residence and identified as a person wanted for his role in alleged drug trafficking conspiracy. Darasy Chhim, a/k/a “Mystickal,” a/k/a “Rizzus,” 39, is charged with conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to...