NOV 07 - NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, New England Division and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Alejandrino DeJesus, also known as “Baby Boo,” 38, of New Haven, was sentenced today...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Matthew L. Dailey, 45, of Howard, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to six years in prison for Hobbs Act extortion under color of official right. Benjamin C. Glassman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Timothy J. Plancon, Special Agent in Charge of...

SEATTLE - Eleven people were arrested yesterday in Washington and Nevada in connection with a large drug smuggling and distribution ring operating in four western Washington counties. An additional person was already in immigration custody. The arrests coincided with the execution of 24 court-authorized search warrants for properties located in...

(NEW YORK - - Six years after the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) launched its National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, Americans continue to turn out in large numbers to rid their homes of unused medications, including controlled prescription (CPDs) such as painkillers, tranquilizers, and stimulants. On October 22, 2016, the...

OXFORD, Miss. - A member of the Aryan Brotherhood of (ABM) gang was sentenced to life in prison for his participation in a variety of violent criminal acts, including racketeering conspiracy, murder, kidnapping, methamphetamine production and trafficking and other related offenses. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice...

DEL RIO, Texas - In Del Rio, Luis Felipe (aka “Vaquero”), a 40-year-old former Eagle Pass resident and associate of the Los Zetas Drug Trafficking Organization, was sentenced yesterday afternoon to mandatory life in federal prison for his leadership role in cocaine trafficking and money laundering conspiracies announced United States...

HOUSTON - A federal jury in Houston has convicted a 44-year-old local man of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, possession with intent to distribute cocaine and conspiracy to launder money, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Houston Division, Special Agent in Charge, Joseph M. Arabit and U.S. Attorney Kenneth...

DALLAS - Santiago Veliz, 29, of Dallas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle to 140 months in federal prison following his guilty plea in May 2016 to a felony Information charging one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney John...

NOV 03 - BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that Darryck Norris, 23, of Bridgeport, was arrested yesterday on a criminal complaint charging him...

NOV 03 - BANGOR, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration New England Division and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Corey Pomerleau, 35, of Harmony, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge Jon D. Levy to...