NEW YORK – James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Division, Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James P. O’Neill, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department, announced additional charges in a...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Jesus Bernal Urena, 52, of Mexico, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller to 11 years and eight months in prison for a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Chris Nielsen announced. According to...

NEW YORK – Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Division James J. Hunt, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey S. Berman, and Commissioner of the New York City Police Department James P. O’Neill announced additional charges in a superseding...

CAMDEN, N.J. – Valerie A. Nickerson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and Craig Carpenito, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced a New York man is scheduled to appear in court today on charges of selling dangerous designer drugs, fentanyl, and...

NEW YORK – Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration James J. Hunt, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal, New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill, and Superintendent of the New York State Police George P. Beach II announced that a Philadelphia man...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Dr. Gilberto Sanchez, 56, of Montgomery, Alabama, was sentenced to serve 12 years and 1 month in prison for prescribing unnecessary controlled substances to his patients, committing health care fraud, and laundering money, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Assistant Special Agent in Charge Bret Hamilton and United States...

AKRON, Ohio – Ryan Sumlin, 29, was convicted by a jury earlier this year on charges of distribution of fentanyl and heroin that resulted in death, possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and possession with intent to distribute heroin. U.S. District Judge Donald C. Nugent sentenced Sumlin to life in...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- A large-scale gang enforcement operation, dubbed “Operation Triple Beam Colorado,” in which a number of Colorado law enforcement agencies partnered with the U.S. Marshals Service from May 15 through August 10, led to the arrest of 156 people. OTB Colorado saw the participation of the Drug...

COLUMBUS , Ohio – Chris R. Cook, 45, of Lancaster, Ohio, was arrested this morning on charges related to distributing methamphetamine. He was charged by criminal complaint with possessing and conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute in excess of 50 grams of the drug. Benjamin C. Glassman, United...

ALEXANDRIA, La. – A senior leader of the Aryan Circle (AC) and a subordinate gang member pleaded guilty today and yesterday to being an accessory-after-the-fact to racketeering murder. David Wayne Williams, 38, of Sulphur, Louisiana, a senior leader in the gang, and Leland Hamm, 43, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty...