STATESBORO, Ga. - A Mexican national and 17 other Statesboro-area residents indicted in a sweeping two-year, multi-agency investigation have pled guilty to a multitude of charges, and now face sentences of up to life in prison. The joint federal, state and local investigation began in 2015 after citizens complained about...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration; New York Division, and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., announced that Scott Schafer, 39, of Rochester, New York, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of...

BOSTON – A Dominican national was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with his participation in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl. Angel Milciades Santana Polanco, 31, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV to 60 months in prison and three years of supervised...

NEWARK, N.J. – In August 2018, the DEA Intelligence Program, in conjunction with the NY/NJ High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area program and the NJ State Police Regional Operations Intelligence Center’s Drug Monitoring Initiative assessed the methamphetamine drug threat in New Jersey. The results of the program show that state law...

ORLANDO, Fla. - John Dillon Williamson, 27, of Orlando, was sentenced to four years in federal prison for distributing anabolic steroids. Williamson had pleaded guilty on Nov. 13, 2018. According to court documents, Williamson conspired with others over several years to distribute hundreds of kilograms of anabolic steroids. Williamson and...

Tampa, Fla. - Roderick Lamar Duval, 39, of Bradenton, was sentenced to 15 years and 8 months in federal prison for distributing fentanyl and heroin. He had pleaded guilty on September 27, 2018. According to court documents, Duval sold fentanyl and heroin to an undercover detective on multiple occasions. During...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray announced today that Marcus Lenard Armstrong, 35, of McDonough, Ga., was sentenced to 120 months in prison and three years of supervised release on drug trafficking conspiracy charges, for buying the deadly synthetic opioid U-47700 on the dark web using cryptocurrency. “Whether you’re...

CONCORD, N.H. – Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England Division, and U.S. Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Meghan Bowers, 31, formerly of Keene, N.H., was sentenced on Thursday to 18 months in prison for participating in a conspiracy to distribute...

BOSTON – A Worcester restaurant manager pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Worcester to conspiring with the wife of a convicted drug dealer to use drug proceeds to renovate and operate a Shrewsbury Street restaurant. Joseph Herman, 37, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering, making false statements...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration; New York Division, U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., announced that Mark R. Maio, 34, Brittany L. Dellahoy, 28, both of East Randolph, NY, and Brandon Smith, 32, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy...