United States Drug Enforcement Administration

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. - On October 14, 2014, Ernesto Matos, 33, of Belchertown, Massachusetts, was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison by Senior United States District Court Judge Thomas J. McAvoy in United States District Court in Albany, New York announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Drug Enforcement...

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. - On October 16, 2014, ROBERTO DELGADO, 35, of Ossining, New York was sentenced to 151 months in federal prison by United States District Court Judge Glenn Suddaby in Syracuse, New York announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge...

EAGLE PASS, Texas) - Federal, state and local law enforcement have arrested 24 individuals, including 35-year-old alleged ringleader George Alamillo of San Antonio, and charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine in the Crystal City, La Pryor, Carrizo Springs and San Antonio areas announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge...

NEW YORK - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Philip R. Bartlett, Inspector in Charge, United States Postal Inspection (“USPIS”), and James J. Hunt, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (“DEA”), New York Division, announced today that Yinmi Rodriguez, an employee of...

DEL RIO, Texas - A member of a drug trafficking organization with ties to the Los Zetas Cartel operating in Piedras Negras, Mexico, faces up to life in federal prison after a jury convicted him of smuggling thousands of kilograms of marijuana into the United States from Mexico announced Joseph...

AUSTIN, Texas) - Federal and state authorities have arrested 24 individuals, including Austin lawyers Richard Patrick Fagerberg, age 45, and David Ramos, age 39, for their roles in a cocaine and methamphetamine distribution operation announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and United States...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul announced today that Catherine Vitello, 41, of Elma, N.Y., pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute and distribution of hydrocodone and fentanyl before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Mario Capote-Morejon, 43, and Enrique Artiles-Mata aka Calvo, 54, both of McAllen, and Helvis Artiles, 25, of Mission, have been arrested along with two others on charges related to a cocaine trafficking and money laundering conspiracy, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M...

MANHATTAN - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Joe Fernandez was sentenced yesterday in Manhattan federal court to two consecutive terms of life in prison by U.S District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein. Fernandez was found guilty on March 7, 2013, following...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Michael Belfiore, a Merrick, New York doctor, was charged this morning pursuant to a criminal complaint with illegally distributing oxycodone, a highly addictive prescription pain medication. The defendant is scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge Gary R. Brown at the United States...