BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Earlier today, Wendell Alomar-Cabrera, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, pled guilty at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, to the October 16, 2006, murder of Luis Sifuentes in Durham, North Carolina. The proceeding took place before United States District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis. When sentenced...

WASHINGTON - Effective today, the United States Drug Enforcement (DEA) made the synthetic phenethylamines 25I-NBOMe, 25C-NBOMe, and 25B-NBOMe Schedule I, illegal drugs under the Controlled Substances (CSA) for the next two years. These drugs are marketed online and through illicit channels as illicit hallucinogens such as LSD. They have been...

November 15, 2013 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - James D. Orr, 76, and Eugene A. Biegert, 69, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Thomas N. VerHage, 68, of Kentwood, Michigan were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Janet T. Neff to substantial fines following their guilty...

FORT WORTH, Texas - A total of 31 individuals are now in custody following an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task (OCDETF) operation yesterday, led by special agents of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and officers from the Stephenville Police Department, on conspiracy and drug trafficking charges outlined in a criminal complaint...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration in New England and Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Luis Cedillo, recently of Sylmar, Calif., has been arrested on a federal criminal complaint charging him...

BOSTON - A former Watertown Police Officer was sentenced today for passing false prescriptions, using a stolen identity. John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Boston Field Division and United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz, announced that Joseph Deignan, 58, was sentenced by U.S. District...

ATLANTA - Hugh Maddux, the former owner of a dental practice in Newnan, Ga., has been sentenced for drug distribution. Hugh Maddux, the former owner of a dental practice in Newnan, Ga., has been sentenced for drug distribution. Harry S. Sommers, the Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Atlanta...

NEWARK, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) New Jersey Division announced special agents of the DEA and FBI arrested a pharmacist early this morning in Jersey City, N.J., on federal charges alleging he assembled equipment for an illegal drug lab. Jordan Gonzalez...

HONOLULU - After a five day trial in United States District Court in Honolulu, a federal jury today found Jacob Drummondo-Farias, 30, of Waialua, guilty of conspiring to distribute and possess, with intent to distribute, 50 grams or more of methamphetamine between 2011 and January, 2012. Earlier during the trial...

McALLEN, Texas - Gelacio Cendejas-Renteria, 44, of Uruapan, Michoacan, Mexico, and Julian Martinez-Rodriguez, 44, of McAllen, have been ordered to federal prison for their respective involvement in the distribution of crystal methamphetamine from McAllen to Houston, announced Javier Peña, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) along with...