BALTIMORE - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Richard Anthony Wilford, age 41, of Baltimore and Elkton, to 340 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Judge Hollander enhanced Wilford’s sentence upon determining that he is a career offender based on...

NEW YORK - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, George Venizelos, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of (FBI), James J. Hunt, the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division...

CAMDEN, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a former Richard Stockton College of New Jersey police officer today admitted selling oxycodone-based pills to an undercover officer...

MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of (FBI), Miami Field Office, announce that U.S. District Judge Patricia A. Seitz...

HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Ellis Thomas, also known as “L” and “Big Homey,” 30, of Hartford, was sentenced yesterday by U.S...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Daniel L. Mills, also known as “Boone,” 35, of Hamden, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Jorge Melendez, 42, of Buffalo, N.Y., pleaded guilty to conspiracy to manufacture more than 100 marijuana plants. The charge carries a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison, a maximum of 40, a fine of $5,000,000 or...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A federal jury returned a verdict earlier today finding Miguel Bustamante-Conchas, 39, a Mexican national with legal permanent resident status in the United States, guilty on heroin trafficking charges after a six-day trial, announced U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez and Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy...

ST.LOUIS - U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special (SA) James Terry Watson was honored by the Fraternal Order of the (FOP), Lodge 2, in Rapid City, South Dakota on August 5, 2014, during a Fallen Law Enforcement Officer memorial ride as part of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. ​ A memorial walk...

FRESNO, Calif. - Phloch Ouk, 46, of San Jose, pleaded guilty today to growing fifty or more marijuana plants. According to court documents, Ouk was arrested on August 1, 2013, in Fresno County. He was one of about 60 people found on a rural parcel of land on E. Kings...