RUTLAND, Vt. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Charles Hercules, 23, of New York, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Christina Reiss...

BOISE, Idaho - Tyler Goodwin, 28, of Shelton, Washington, pleaded guilty on August 25, 2014, in federal court to distributing oxycodone. According to court documents, the defendant admitted to distributing approximately 100, 30 mg oxycodone pills from January 2014 to March 2014 in the Treasure Valley. Goodwin also agreed to...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Earlier today at the Brooklyn federal courthouse, Dontae Sebbern and Dexter Waiters were sentenced to life in prison for, among other crimes, the racketeering-related murder of gang leader Jermaine Dickersen, also known as “Big Den.” The defendants, members of a set of the Bloods known by various...

RUTLAND, Vt. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Evan Murphy, 23, of Rutland, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Christina Reiss to...

FRESNO, Calif. - Gustavo Angel Salinas, 26, of Bakersfield, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to manufacture, to distribute, and to possess with the intent to distribute marijuana. According to court documents and proceedings, Salinas worked as a “bud tender” for ANP Collective in Bakersfield. The store came to the attention...

BOISE, Idaho - - Troy Palmer, 43, of Boise, Idaho, was sentenced today to 40 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for conspiring to launder money. Palmer was ordered by the court to pay a $2,000 fine, and a $100 special assessment. He pleaded guilty on...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Antowan Thorne, also known as “Smooth,” 37, of Washington, D.C., was convicted yesterday of conspiracy to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin following a bench trial before U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema. At least one individual died in Fairfax County, Virginia after using heroin provided...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge David Downing and Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that three men were sentenced today in Northwest Arkansas to a total of 31 ½ years in federal prison for distribution of methamphetamine. United...

ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division and United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III, for the Middle District of Florida, announces the unsealing of six separate indictments charging Rodney (33, Orlando), Felix (40, Orlando), Dave Stephen (27, Orlando), Junior Jeffrey...

ORLANDO, Fla. - U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron sentenced Luis Alberto Marulanda-(55, Colombia) to 80 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit money laundering. As part of his sentence, the court also entered a money judgment in the amount of $969,130 reflecting the proceeds of the charged criminal...