J NEW HAVEN, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Joseph Jackson, also known as “Mighty” and “M.I.,” 37, of New Haven, was sentenced today...

BALTIMORE - David Russo, 62, of Hagerstown, Maryland pleaded guilty today to health care fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud Medicare and Medicaid by billing for prescriptions that Russo knew were not written for a legitimate medical purpose. The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney for...

MADISON, Wis. - Jack Riley, Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration and John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Pedro Flores Cruz, 53, Huntington Park, Calif., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William Conley...

BALTIMORE - A federal grand jury today has indicted the following 10 defendants for conspiring to distribute cocaine and cocaine base in Baltimore: Shawn Malone, a/k/a “Studder,” and “Snaps,” age 32, of Baltimore; Howard McCray, a/k/a “Pooh,” age 33, of Baltimore; Antoine Bolden, a/k/a “Demo,” age 36, of Baltimore and...

BALTIMORE - David Russo, age 62, of Hagerstown, Maryland pleaded guilty today to health care fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud Medicare and Medicaid by billing for prescriptions that Russo knew were not written for a legitimate medical purpose. The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney...

PASCO, Wash. - Early this morning, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and the Tri-Cities Metro Drug Task (MDTF) executed three federal search warrants in Pasco, Washington. The enforcement action stems from a federal investigation targeting a methamphetamine drug trafficking organization. As a result, four people were taken into custody and will...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - - Brian R. Crowell, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Division and U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced yesterday that John Anthony Barton, 33, of Dix, N.Y., was convicted of conspiracy to manufacture 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, possession...

LAREDO, Texas - Marcus Mickle, 21, of Columbia, S.C., has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for a conspiracy related to cocaine and marijuana trafficking and for possessing a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña...

JUNE 14, (ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.) - Seven individuals were arrested this morning on federal narcotics trafficking charges as a result of a multi-agency investigation targeting heroin traffickers operating in the Northeast Height of Albuquerque, N.M., announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales and Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit of the...

ALPINE, Texas - Two men face federal drug trafficking charges related to the discovery of more than 480 pounds of marijuana on a Van Horn Independent School (ISD) school bus last year announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and DEA-El Paso Division Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit. A...