STAMFORD, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Stephen Belleau, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, and Stamford Police Chief Timothy Shaw today announced that the following 11 individuals have been charged with federal offenses stemming from...

RUTLAND, Vt. – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont stated that on May 29, 2024 , Jashier Gillespie, 22, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford to a term of 24 months’ imprisonment to be followed by a...

BURLINGTON, Vt. – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont stated that on May 20, 2024, Anibal Castro, Jr., 35, of Springfield, Vermont, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford to a term of 72 months’ imprisonment to be followed by a 3-year...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment, which was unsealed Wednesday, charging Stockton residents Rosalva Angulo Castillo, 53, and Adan Garcia Castillo, 45, with conspiracy to traffic heroin and methamphetamine and with distributing heroin, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in...

Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JEFFREY THOMAS, also known as “Zig,” 51, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in New Haven to 125 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for trafficking fentanyl...

ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Ronnie. L. White on Wednesday sentenced a father and son who brought kilograms of cocaine to St. Louis for years to more than 10 years in prison. Judge White sentenced Gregory Dixson Jr., 53, to 15 years in prison and ordered him to pay...

SPRINGFIFELD, Mo. – Springfield, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute heroin in Greene County, Mo. James D. Elbert, 42, was sentenced by U.S. Chief District Judge Beth Phillips to 10 years in federal prison without parole. On July 5, 2023...

SAN FRANCISCO – On May 8, 2024, the government of Honduras extradited convicted felon Victor Viera-Chirinos to the United States. The extradition marks the fourth in the case against 14 defendants alleged to have been trafficking large quantities of heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine base, and cocaine in San Francisco. Information about...

TAMPA – Today, a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)-led joint task force, designed to bring justice to Tampa’s most violent drug traffickers, announced the results of a 5-month, concentrated law enforcement effort. Deanne Reuter, the DEA Miami Field Division Special Agent in Charge (SAC), and Roger Handberg, United States Attorney (USA)...

SAN FRANCISCO – Miguel Ramos was sentenced today to five years in prison for crimes including possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine base, cocaine, and heroin, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Brian M. Clark and United States Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey. The sentence was...