NEW BRITAIN, Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CHRISTOPHER PURVIS, 29, was sentenced today to 60 months of imprisonment, consecutive to federal and state sentences that he is currently serving, for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime...

CONCORD, N.H. – A Boston man has been sentenced in federal court in Concord for his key role in a large-scale drug trafficking conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and cocaine in New Hampshire, U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan announces. Flemin Soto Baez, 48, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Samantha Elliott...

BRISTOL, Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that WILFREDO ORTIZ, also known as “Will” and “P,” 45, of Bristol, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 135 months of imprisonment and five years of supervised release...

SPOKANE, Wash. – On March 3, 2026, the Drug Enforcement Administration executed federal search warrants at multiple locations in the Tri-Cities, Washington area that resulted in the largest seizure of controlled substances in EDWA history. The federal search warrants were based on an ongoing drug trafficking investigation into Amador Sanchez...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that JONATHAN GARCIA, also known as “Gordo,” 37, of Long Beach, California, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 78 months of imprisonment and four years of supervised...

PENSACOLA, FL. – Timothy Lamar McGee, 43, of Pensacola, FL., was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after previously pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, tetrahydrocannabinol, and marijuana, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense. The...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Johnny Bobby Truong, 33, of Sacramento, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Dena M. Coggins to 19 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Bob Beris announced. On Aug. 13, 2025, Truong pleaded...

BATON ROUGE, LA – United States Attorney Kurt L. Wall announced that U.S. Chief Judge Shelly D. Dick sentenced Jeremy Dewayne Hawkins, age 45, of Zachary, Louisiana, to 180 months in federal prison following his convictions for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute cocaine and heroin...

Brad D. Schimel, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Feb. 10, 2026, Joathan Colula, 33, was sentenced to 228 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and for conspiracy to commit money laundering. A jury had found Colula guilty of both charges...

INDIANAPOLIS - Ten defendants have been sentenced in federal court for their roles in a multi-county fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine trafficking operation spanning Indianapolis, Muncie, Terre Haute, and other areas throughout the Southern District of Indiana. Defendant Charge(s) Sentence Joshua Kendall, 44, of Indianapolis Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances 33...