United States Drug Enforcement Administration

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A federal grand jury in Nashville, Tenn. returned a 23-count indictment on June 25, 2014, charging 22 individuals with various offenses relating to a conspiracy to distribute large amounts of heroin and fentanyl in the Middle Tennessee area, Northern Alabama and St. Louis, Missouri, announced David Rivera...

ATLANTA - Jason Elledge, who schemed to obtain controlled substances from local pharmacies, has pleaded guilty to impersonating a federal officer, making false statements to law enforcement, and attempting to obtain fraudulent prescriptions. Harry S. Sommers, the Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Atlanta Field Division commented, “DEA is...

GREENVILLE, S.C. - Charles Anderson, an attorney in Anderson, S.C. and a former Anderson city council member, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michelle Childs to serve five months in prison on obstruction charges, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. In addition...

NEW HAVEN, 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 Tylon Vaughn, also known as “Bucky B,” 36, of New Haven, was sentenced today by Senior...

ATLANTA - Jason Cole Votrobek and Roland Rafael Castellanos, owners of the “Atlanta Medical Group,” have been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison, respectively. Both Votrobek and Castellanos were convicted on March 26, 2014, after a month-long jury trial on federal drug and money laundering charges for owning and...

BOSTON - Twenty-two Springfield men were charged today in federal and state court with either distributing a controlled substance or unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition. Separate federal indictments alleging the distribution of crack cocaine were returned against Alberto Correa-Martinez, 27, andStephen Tavernier 28 SheradTherrien, 24; David Faust, 26; Richard...

NEW HAVEN, 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, today announced that Michael Thompson, 35, of New Haven, was sentenced yesterday by Senior U.S. District Judge Ellen...

BANGOR, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Jennifer Dowling, 33, of Pittston, Maine, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to...

BANGOR, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Jennifer Dowling, 33, of Pittston, Maine, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to...

(COLUMBIA, S.C - .) - Joenathan Shelly Chaplin, an attorney in Columbia, S.C. appeared in federal court today before U.S. District Judge Margaret B. Seymour and pleaded guilty to making a false statement to a federal agent, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina...