Greenbelt, MD – U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Marcus Gray, age 32, of Temple Hills, Maryland to 42 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for engaging in the business of dealing firearms without a license. The sentence was announced by Jarod Forget, Special...

CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson and Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey H. Sutherland announced the conclusion of "Operation Yo-Yo" a large scale narcotics investigation initiated by the DEA and Cape May County Prosecutor’s...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Acting U.S. Attorney William T. Stetzer announced today that five individuals have been sentenced to date on drug and gun charges as a result of proactive investigations led by federal and local law enforcement in Union County. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Bureau of Alcohol...

NEWARK, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Newark Division Craig B. Kailimai, and Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Rachael A. Honig...

NORFOLK, Va. – A Norfolk man pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute fentanyl and heroin, and to possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. According to court documents, Christopher McKinley Barnes, 36, sold heroin and fentanyl from late 2016 until he was arrested on April 16...

NEW YORK CITY – An indictment filed by the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor and unsealed today in Manhattan Supreme Court charges three defendants in connection with a large-scale narcotics and weapons possession conspiracy. Accused ringleader Terry Barbour faces 32 counts, including Operating as a Major Trafficker, Conspiracy in...

ABINGDON, Va. – Nancy Degollado, an Atlanta, Georgia woman and the final defendant to be sentenced in a multi-state methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy, was sentenced last week to 204 months in federal prison. According to court documents, from October 2018 through August 2019, members of a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy traveled to...

The DEA Washington Division, an agency currently working to expand partnerships to offer targeted, full-scope solutions for the drug problems in Maryland, Washington DC, and Virginia, today introduced a new webinar series, “Empowering DMV Healthcare Professionals.” The idea for this unique concept was crystalized during the pandemic, when overdose rates...

SEATTLE –Agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration, working in teams with the FBI and the Seattle Police Department, arrested 21 people yesterday, April 07, 2021, on indictments and criminal complaints charging an extensive drug conspiracy, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman and DEA Special Agent in Charge Frank Tarentino...

NEW YORK CITY – Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division, and U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss, Southern District of New York announced today the unsealing of a nine‑count superseding indictment charging Fernando Ra, Kenny Batista, Fernando Rosario Cruz, Yonathan Junior Garcia Valdez, Anttwan Crosbie...