United States Drug Enforcement Administration

DALLAS - Two Dallas men who were convicted on methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy charges were sentenced last week by Chief U.S. District Judge Barbara M. G. Lynn to lengthy federal prison terms, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas. Jose Mario Chavez-Bravo, a/k/a “Rafael Lua-Maguna” and “Mickey,”...

DALLAS - A Dallas woman, Manuela Esperanza Pavon, 35, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge David C. Godbey to 150 months in federal prison, following her guilty plea in April 2016 to one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Matthew L. Dailey, 45, of Howard, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to six years in prison for Hobbs Act extortion under color of official right. Benjamin C. Glassman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Timothy J. Plancon, Special Agent in Charge of...

DALLAS - Santiago Veliz, 29, of Dallas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle to 140 months in federal prison following his guilty plea in May 2016 to a felony Information charging one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney John...

DALLAS - Nancy Pineda, 27, of Farmers Branch, Texas, remains in federal custody today following her arrest late Friday evening by investigators with the Farmers Branch Police Department and special agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration on a federal criminal complaint stemming from her selling the heroin that caused a...

DALLAS - Following a law enforcement operation this morning, led by officers with the Lubbock Police Department and special agents with the Drug Enforcement (DEA), three Lubbock, Texas residents were arrested on a federal criminal complaint charging them with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, a...

NORTH TEXAS and Okla. - DEA reprises this weekend one of its most popular community programs: National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. On Saturday October 22 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. the public can dispose of their unused, unwanted prescription medications at one of 4,700 collection sites nationwide, operated...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The last of eight defendants guilty of distributing heroin, anabolic steroids and other drugs in central and southern Ohio has been sentenced in U.S. District Court, capping a two-year investigation by federal, state and local law enforcement agencies. Benjamin C. Glassman, United States Attorney for the Southern...

DETROIT - DEA reprises this weekend one of its most popular community programs: National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. On Saturday, October 22nd, 2016, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. the public can dispose of their unused, unwanted prescription medications at one of 4,700 collection sites nationwide, and over 130...

DETROIT - DEA reprises this weekend one of its most popular community programs: National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. On Saturday, October 22nd, 2016, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. the public can dispose of their unused, unwanted prescription medications at one of 4,700 collection sites nationwide, and 50 sites...