OAKLAND, Calif. – Joel Salcedo was sentenced to 151 months in prison for drug and gun charges, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge William C. Fallin. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr., U.S. District...

NEWARK, N.J. – A California man has been charged with conspiring to distribute approximately 114 kilograms of cocaine in Hunterdon County, N.J., U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today. Angel Alfonso Maldonado, 25, of Long Beach, Calif., is charged by complaint with one count of conspiring to distribute and possessing with...

PORTLAND , Maine – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that a Peabody, Mass., man was sentenced today in federal court in Portland for possessing fentanyl with the intent to distribute. U.S. District Court Judge George Z. Singal...

CONCORD, N.H. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Derek Rand, 31, of Rochester, was sentenced to 90 months in federal prison for participating in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy. According to court documents and statements made...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Brandon Edelman, 33, of South Bend, was sentenced before South Bend District Court Judge Robert L. Miller, Jr., for armed drug trafficking, announced U.S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II. Mr. Edelman was sentenced to 408 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. Mr...

BALTIMORE – Davon Nelson, age 34, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty today to federal charges of distribution of fentanyl and conspiracy to distribute fentanyl. As part of his plea agreement, Nelson also admitted that he attempted to obstruct justice during the investigation of his case. This case is part of a...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – A Newport News couple has been sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison for their respective roles in manufacturing and trafficking narcotics in Hampton Roads. According to court documents, Dynetta R. Littlejohn, 30, pleaded guilty earlier this year to possession with intent to distribute cocaine base...

OCALA, Fla. - Deandre Amaad Williams, 29 of Ocala, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute cocaine, heroin and fentanyl. Williams had pleaded guilty on July 19, 2019. According to court documents, between January 2012 and May 2019, Williams was a member of a conspiracy...

TAMPA, Fla. – A federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment charging David Burkes, 51, of Safety Harbor, with conspiring to distribute a substance that contained a mixture of fentanyl, and acetyl fentanyl, causing the death of one individual and the serious injury to another. If convicted, Burkes faces a...

TAMPA, Fla. - An indictment charging 11 individuals with federal drug trafficking offenses was unsealed today. The 11 indicted are charged with conspiracy to distribute heroin, fentanyl and cocaine. If convicted, each faces a maximum penalty of 40 years in federal prison. They are as follows: Ahmad Rashad Weston, aka...