United States Drug Enforcement Administration

BOSTON – Two Colombian nationals were sentenced today in federal court in Boston for conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Fredi Catano, a/k/a “Leonardo Favio Gonzalez-Patino,” 35, a Colombian national previously residing in Revere, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV to five years in prison and...

BOSTON – A Lawrence man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for his role in a fentanyl distribution conspiracy. Carlos Torres, 28, of Lawrence, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge Douglas P. Woodlock to 90 months in prison and three years of supervised release. On Dec...

NEW HAVEN, Conn – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Jermaine Foster, 49, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall to 20 months of imprisonment...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Edgard Martinez, 39, of Tolland, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill to 29 months of imprisonment, followed by...

NEW YORK – DEA Acting Administrator Timothy J. Shea and United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey S. Berman announced today that Adel El Zabayar was charged in Manhattan federal court with participating in a narco-terrorism conspiracy, a cocaine importation conspiracy, and related weapons offenses involving...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Gabrield Romero Escalera-Romero, 29, a citizen of Honduras, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill to 60 months of...

BURLINGTON, Vt. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Korey Stewart, aka “Skip,” “Dash,” “Slim,” “Gutta,” and “Corey Adams,” 37 years old, was sentenced last week to 110 months of...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s podcast series, Prevention Profiles: Take Five , has received a Second Place Blue Pencil & Gold Screen Award from the National Association of Government Communicators. Prevention Profiles: Take Five highlights issues related to preventing drug misuse among college students. Each podcast episode is...

WASHINGTON – Today, Attorney General William P. Barr announced the appointment of Timothy J. Shea as Acting Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration. “I am pleased to appoint Tim Shea as DEA Acting Administrator,” said Attorney General Barr. “A highly regarded public servant, Tim’s long career in both federal and...

New Haven, Conn. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MARIO LLANOS-AYALA, 45, of Deltona, Florida, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer to 60 months of imprisonment...