BANGOR, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Antonio Gordon, 32, of Bangor pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to distributing cocaine base, commonly known as “crack cocaine.” According to...

PHILADELPHIA - Special Agent in Charge Gary Tuggle of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Philadelphia Field Division announced today that the DEA will sponsor a play entitled Off-Script for the students of Mount Pleasant High School as part of the DEA’s ongoing 360 Strategy to address prescription opioid and heroin abuse...

HOUSTON - Two Houston residents and one man from Brownsville have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in the attempted smuggling of a large amount of U.S. currency announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Victor Flores...

MARION, Ohio - Two Marion, Ohio, men have pleaded guilty to selling a mixture of heroin and fentanyl that resulted in an overdose death last year, law enforcement officials said. Eric Creagh, 32, and Rashawn D. Thomas, 27, each pleaded guilty to one count of drug trafficking that resulted in...

BANGOR, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Daniel Lyons, 42, of Bangor pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to maintaining a drug involved premises. According to court records, in...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - A Holyoke man and a Chicopee man were charged in U.S. District Court in Springfield yesterday in connection with operating a scheme to transport drugs and cash between Texas and western Massachusetts that were concealed in secret compartments of vehicles. Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge...

BOISE, Idaho - Early today a federal grand jury returned an indictment against two Soldotna men, charging them with trafficking in synthetic cannabinoids, informally known as “spice.” The two men are also charged with firearms offenses, in connection with Spice trafficking. Philip Drake Kneeland, 33, of Soldotna, Alaska, allegedly doing...

EUGENE, Ore. - Nikita Rose Garcia, 28, a former resident of Douglas County, Oregon, was sentenced on March 22, 2016, to five years in prison and four years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken for aiding in the distribution of more than 50 grams of methamphetamine. Garcia...

BOISE, Idaho - Diego Alejandro Alcantar-Armenta, 29, of Elko, Nevada, was sentenced on March 21, 2016, in United States District Court to 42 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Alcantar-Armenta to forfeit $8,200 in drug proceeds. He pleaded guilty...

CALEXICO, Calif. - Federal officials seized a cross-border tunnel this morning following a lengthy multiagency investigation that resulted in the arrests of four people in Calexico, California and Arizona and the confiscation of more than a ton of marijuana. The tunnel, approximately 415 yards in length, stretches from El Sarape...