AUSTIN, Texas - Fifteen individuals are in custody today charged federally with participating in a methamphetamine distribution and money laundering scheme announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr. A federal grand jury indictment, returned in Austin...

ST. LOUIS - -The Karlovsky and Company Dance performed at the Ferguson Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis as a kick-off to the DEA Youth Dance Program that will be providing free 20-week dance classes at three locations in the Greater St. Louis area. The Karlovsky and Company...

WORCESTER, Mass. - An Easthampton man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Worcester, MA in connection with distributing cocaine and marijuana. David Dulchinos, 50, pleaded guilty to one count each of distribution of cocaine and distribution of marijuana. U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman scheduled sentencing for...

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Feb. 19, 2016, Joshua Lee Lindsey, 30, of Lyman, S.C., was sentenced by the Honorable Pamela L. Reeves, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 180 months in federal prison for his leadership role in an extensive a-(alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone) distribution conspiracy and an international money laundering conspiracy involving...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Alfredo De Jusus Ramirez, age 21, of Henry County, Georgia was sentenced in federal court in Columbia, South Carolina, for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine, a violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. United States District Judge J. Michelle Childs of...

MEDFORD, Ore. - Jonathan Robert Quaccia, 35, originally of Ashland, Oregon, was sentenced on February 17, 2016, to two years in federal prison for conspiracy to commit money laundering. U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken also ordered the defendant to serve three years of supervised release upon his release from prison...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division and U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr., Western District of New York, announced today that Blake Rivera, 31, of Greece, NY, his brother Chayanne Rivera, 25, of Gates, NY, and their father, Victor...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - On February 17, 2016, a Federal Grand Jury in the District of Alaska returned an indictment charging a Palmer man with multiple drug felonies, including one count of distributing heroin that led to the death of a young man who used the heroin. “Nationwide, a drug overdose...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - A Southwick man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Springfield, MA in connection with distributing marijuana. Connor Cipolla, 31, pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute marijuana involving between 100 and 400 kilograms of marijuana. U.S. District Court Judge Mark G...

ST. LOUIS - -The St. Louis DEA division and FBI offices hosted a private movie screening of the DEA/FBI produced “Chasing the Dragon” video. The invited audience consisted of over 70 school superintendents, principals and educators from both public and private schools in the greater St. Louis area, as well...