Pensacola, Fla. – Douglas Lewis, Jr., 49; Kenneth Savage, 47; and Emmit Crum, 48; of Pensacola, have been arrested on federal charges related to a multi-year conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, using telephone facilities to carry out the drug conspiracy, and maintaining a drug premises. John P. Heekin, United States Attorney...

ALBANY, NEW YORK – On November 4, 2026, Eric Hines, age 28, of Watervliet, New York, was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for possessing fentanyl with the intention to distribute. U.S. District Judge Anne M. Nardacci also imposed an 8-year term of supervised release to follow his release...

EUGENE, Ore.— A Mexican national unlawfully residing in the United States has been charged with laundering purported drug proceeds and being an alien in possession of a firearm. According to court documents, Esteban Peralta Fragozo, 50, of Springfield, Oregon, owned and operated El Kaiman Western Wear, a Springfield business that...

SEATTLE – A 46-year-old Seattle man was sentenced late yesterday in U.S. District Court in Seattle to two years in prison for his role in a drug trafficking organization that sold cocaine and fentanyl in Seattle homeless encampments and in the Chinatown International District. Sang Su has been in custody...

ALBANY, NEW YORK – On November 4, 2026, Emery Moore, age 57, of Schenectady, New York, was sentenced to 180 months in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and possession of a firearm as a felon. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) New...

NEW YORK, N.Y. – The United States Drug Enforcement Administration along with the two New York Divisions, the New York Enforcement Division and the New York Task Force Division, announce the results of DEA's Fall National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. On October 24, 2026, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration...

Tallahassee, Fla. – Frederick Allen Smith, Jr., 54, of Madison, Fla., pleaded guilty in federal court to possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and 500 grams or more of a mixture containing methamphetamine, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense, and...

ALBUQUERQUE - Angel Ramirez, from Albuquerque, New Mexico, faces federal drug trafficking and firearm offenses following her arrest during a DEA-led Homeland Security Task Force investigation. "During this operation, DEA agents working alongside our Homeland Security Task Force partners seized more than 40 kilograms of fentanyl powder, representing over 3...

BOSTON – A member of the violent Boston-based gang, H-Block, has pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to drug conspiracy charges. Robert Heckstall, a/k/a “Ribbs,” a/k/a “Buck,” a/k/a “Buck Corleone,” 43, of Roxbury, pleaded guilty on to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute PCP, MDMB-4en-PINACA...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – On Oct. 29, 2026, Leto Lorenzo Hill, 38 years old, of Michigan City, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty after pleading guilty to possessing with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of cocaine, and to being a felon in...