United States Drug Enforcement Administration

(FORT WORTH, - Texas - Following a four-day trial before U.S. District Judge John McBryde, late yesterday a federal jury convicted seven defendants, including members and associates of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas prison gang, for their roles in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy that operated in north Texas from approximately...

NEW YORK - - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Terrance Williams, a/k/a “TA,” pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Valerie E. Caproni to his involvement in a racketeering conspiracy for which he participated in an attempted murder, a robbery...

(FORT WORTH, - Texas - Following a one-day trial before U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor, a federal jury deliberated 90 minutes yesterday to convict Juan Pasillas, 37, of Fort Worth, Texas, and Antonio Ballesteros 26, of Terrell, Texas, for their roles in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney...

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. - - Jawan Long, 32, and Lance Harper, 24, both of Brooklyn, New York, were sentenced today for possessing crack and heroin with the intent to distribute the drugs. Senior U.S. District Judge Noman A. Mordue sentenced Long to 40 months of imprisonment, to be followed by a...

NEW YORK - - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Michael Brown, a/k/a “Mighty,” pled guilty late last Friday to engaging in a racketeering conspiracy that involved his participation in two attempted murders in connection with his membership in a racketeering...

NEW YORK - - Fernando Quiles and Jorge Ayala were arrested Tuesday in Croton-on-Hudson in northern Westchester County, New York for possession of over 65 lbs. of heroin. James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York (DEA) and Bridget G. Brennan, New York...

FORT WORTH, Texas - One of the Mexican citizens convicted for his role in the May 2013 murder of Juan Jesus Guerrero Chapa in Southlake, Texas, was sentenced today, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas. Jesus Gerardo Ledezma-Campano, 32, was sentenced by Senior U.S. District...

DALLAS - Iran Zavala, 28, of Dallas, was sentenced this afternoon by U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle to 235 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in April 2016 to a felony Information charging one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney...

SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y. - - A 29 year old alleged heroin dealer from Mastic described by law enforcement as a leader of the Heroin-Fentanyl drug ring dismantled by the Suffolk-Nassau task force last month pleaded not guilty today to a 10 count indictment that includes a charge of manslaughter in...

NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) New York Division, Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, and New York State Health Commissioner Dr. Howard A. Zucker, announced today the indictment and arrest of Steven Bernhard, a former practitioner of...