United States Drug Enforcement Administration

KERRVILLE, Texas - Dr. Richard B. Debenedetto, of Kerville, TX, has been sentenced to six years imprisonment in a Texas State Correctional Facility for prescribing a controlled substance with no legitimate medical purpose, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. (Houston Division), Kerr County District Attorney E...

TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. District Judge James Moody today sentenced Aaron Edwin (39, Riverview) to 10 years and one month in federal prison for conspiring to distribute and possessing with intent to distribute 100 kilograms or more of marijuana. As part of his sentence, the Court also entered a money...

LAREDO, Texas - A total of 12 drug traffickers have been handed federal prison sentences for their convictions related to a far-reaching drug trafficking conspiracy, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Edgar Loera and Miguel Angel Vives-Macias were...

TAMPA, Fla. - A.D. Wright, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces the arrest and charge by a federal complaint of Shawn Paul (41, Dade City); Vladimir (26) and Jose Edgar...

OCALA, Fla. - Senior U.S. District Judge Wm. Terrell Hodges today sentenced Rolando (46, San Benito, Texas) to 18 years and 6 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. The Court also ordered him to forfeit more than $1.2 million in property and...

FORT MYERS, Fla. - A.D. Wright, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announce that Adam (35, Naples) pleaded guilty to an Information charging him with seven counts of conspiracy to commit...

FORT MYERS, Fla. - United States District Court Judge John A. Steele has sentenced Edward (29, Cape Coral) to 60 months’ imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for one count of possession of ammunition by a convicted felon and one count of possession with intent to distribute marijuana...

LAREDO, Texas - A federal indictment has been partially unsealed following the arrest of 17 defendants in the Laredo and Dallas areas on charges related to a long-term investigation into a drug and money laundering conspiracy, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and...

BEAUMONT, Texas - A 40-year-old Nederland, Texas man has been sentenced to life in federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today. Stephen Shane Hall, also...

MIAMI - Anthony Bosch, 50, of Key Biscayne, was sentenced today to four years imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release for his role in administering testosterone and human growth hormone to underage high school and professional athletes. The court also ordered Bosch to perform 200 hours...