ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O’Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced yesterday that U.S. District Judge Gregory A. Presnell sentenced Maxine (44, Orlando), Martovous (35, St. Petersburg), and Cornelius (33, St...

LAREDO, Texas - Two drug and money laundering co-conspirators are headed to federal prison as a result of a long-term Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Investigation dubbed “Operation Havoc,” Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge and Javier F. Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. One...

LAREDO, Texas - Two men have entered pleas of guilty and two more have received sentences for their roles in a money laundering investigation relating to the laundering of millions of drug proceeds by Los Zetas, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Javier F Peña and United States Attorney...

OCT (PHOENIX)- - The Drug Enforcement Administration is warning the public about criminals posing as DEA special agents or other law enforcement personnel as part of an international extortion scheme. This criminal activity has occurred in the past, but is now occurring with much more frequency. The DEA Phoenix and...

PONTIAC, Mich. - A Pontiac man was sentenced to life in prison today for his role in a 2010 murder for hire plot that began in Pontiac, Michigan, and ended with a violent shooting death in Littleton, Colorado, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. Joining McQuade in the announcement...

NEW ORLEANS - Marc Guyton and Trace Galle were indicted by a federal Grand Jury today in a superseding indictment containing thirty counts involving conspiracy to distribute or possess with the intent to distribute heroin, distribution or possession with the intent to distribute a quantity of heroin, and use of...

FRESNO, Calif. - Erik Forest Basye, aka Erik Bayse, 33, of Sanger, and Peo Xayphengsy, 51, of Alto, Ga., were indicted today for their involvement in a large marijuana cultivation operation in Sanger, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced...

LOS ANGELES - A dozen people associated with a chain of nine marijuana stores that operated across Orange and Los Angeles counties were arrested this morning on federal drug trafficking charges. The 12 arrested are among 14 people named in a 14-count indictment returned last week by a federal grand...

DENVER - The Drug Enforcement Administration is warning the public about criminals posing as DEA special agents or other law enforcement personnel as part of an international extortion scheme. This criminal activity has occurred in the Rocky Mountain region in the past, but is now occurring with much more frequency...

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Robert E. O’Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, and Chris Nocco, Sheriff, Pasco County Sheriff’s Office, announced yesterday that U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington sentenced Kathy (52, Hudson)...