CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Five men and three women have been arrested today as a result of the efforts of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task (OCDETF) investigation dubbed “Operation Prototype,” announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. The four-count...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Carlos Jesus Carrasco, 24, of El Paso, Texas, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to a methamphetamine trafficking charge under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Carlos Carrasco and his co-defendant and cousin, Bernabe Carrasco, 34, also of El Paso...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, announced the indictment and arrest of 24 defendants charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances. The Drug Enforcement (DEA) the Puerto Rico Police (PRPD) are the agencies in charge of...

NEW YORK - Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, James J. Hunt, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York (DEA), New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton and Joseph A. D’Amico, Superintendent of the New York State Police, announced the...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Kyle Alifom, 20, of Vienna, Va., was sentenced today to 80 months in prison for tampering with evidence by hiding the body of Emylee Lonczak, a 16-year-old girl from McLean, Va. who died after a heroin overdose. Karl C. Colder, Special Agent in Charge for the Drug...

EL PASO, Texas - Rigoberto Ruiz-Alatorre, 32, a Mexican citizen living in Denver, CO, faces a maximum of 28 years in federal prison after pleading guilty this afternoon to murdering a member of his drug trafficking organization announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in...

INDIANAPOLIS - On Tuesday, Indianapolis physician Dr. Robert C. Ash surrendered to authorities after learning that a warrant had been issued for his arrest. The warrant, which was issued on May 9th in Hamilton County, charged Dr. Ash with 16 counts of dealing in a narcotic drug, a Class B...

FRESNO, Calif. - Victor Anthony Nottoli, 51, of Hillsborough, Calif., pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and one count of causing at least 24 tons of misbranded smokable synthetic (SSC) to be introduced into interstate commerce. Four defendants arrested last week for manufacturing...

JACKSON, Miss. - Kelvin Robinson, 46, of Bolton, Mississippi, was sentenced in U.S. District Court on May 15, 2014 to 172 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute over 1,000 kilograms of marijuana, and 120 months in prison for money laundering, announced DEA Assistant Special Agent in Charge Floyd H...

LOS ANGELES - Anthony D. Williams, Special Agent in Charge of the Los Angeles Field Division, announced today that area residents turned in more than 35,(17.5 tons) of medication as part of the 8th DEA National Prescription Drug Take-Back Program. This event was held on Saturday, April 26th, and provided...