ALBANY, Ga. –A Southwest Georgia resident with a lengthy criminal history who distributed kilograms of fentanyl and other deadly drugs while in possession of firearms and ammunition was sentenced to serve 40 years in federal prison for his crimes. Larry Roger Sparks, Jr., 46, of Albany, was sentenced to serve...

ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk on Thursday sentenced a man who sold the fentanyl that killed one woman and sent another to the hospital in one day in 2019 to 14 years in prison. Zachary Hovis, 24, provided fentanyl to an 18-year-old woman in the parking...

PROVIDENCE, RI - Rite Aid has agreed to pay a $300,000 penalty for filling prescriptions at Rhode Island pharmacies of Schedule III controlled substances in excess of statutory maximums announced Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England Division, and Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F...

BOSTON – Two Dominican nationals were arrested yesterday and charged with heroin trafficking. Angel Martinez-Peguero, 27, and his brother Alexander Martinez-Peguero, 38, both of whom resided in Lawrence, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances. Angel Martinez-Peguero...

CONCORD, N.H – Brian D. Boyle Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England Division and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today that 15 individuals were arrested on federal drug trafficking and firearm offenses. The arrests are the culmination of a year-long investigation into drug trafficking in...

BOSTON – A New Jersey firefighter and a Puerto Rican man were convicted by a federal jury in Worcester yesterday in connection with a heroin conspiracy. Ivan Cruz-Rivera, 50, of Dorado, P.R., and Carlos Jimenez, 52, of Englishtown, N.J., were each convicted after a 12-day trial of one count of...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A nine-count indictment was unsealed today after the arrests of Heidi Phong, 36, of Elk Grove, and Zhen Shang Lin, 37, of Riverside. The indictment, brought by a federal grand jury on Dec. 13, 2018, charged Phong, Lin, Li Juan Wang, 37, of Riverside, and Feng Li...

OAKLAND, Calif. – David Lague was sentenced to 10 years in prison, and ordered to pay a $5,000 fine and for unlawfully distributing prescription drugs, announced United States Attorney Alex G. Tse, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Chris Nielsen, and Health & Human Services, Office of Inspector General...

NEW YORK – Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration; New York Division, and Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the filing of a complaint charging Darrell Jones with possessing a firearm subsequent to having been convicted...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. --A criminal complaint was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Douglas Marra, also known as “Dougie,” and Joseph McClean, also known as “Max B,” with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin and fentanyl in Queens between January 2018 and September 2018. McClean...