United States Drug Enforcement Administration

ORLANDO, Fla. - U.S. District Judge G. Kendall Sharp sentenced Justin Brian (28, Orlando) yesterday to 12 years and 7 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute Methylone. He pleaded guilty on July 7, 2014. Six additional members of the drug trafficking ring previously pleaded guilty and were also...

TAMPA, Fla. - A.D. Wright, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney announces that a federal jury has found Brian C. (56, Melbourne) guilty of conspiracy to distribute and dispense oxycodone outside the usual course of professional practice...

MIAMI - The Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division working in conjunction with the Palm Beach Sheriff’s (PBSO), Broward County Sheriff’s (BSO), Hendry County Sheriff’s (HCSO), Pembroke Pines Police (PPPD), City of Miami Gardens Police (MGPD), and the Attorney General’s Office of Statewide Prosecution conducted an investigation into an organized...

MIAMI - The first Honduran national extradited to the United States for drug trafficking was sentenced yesterday to serve 20 years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for his involvement in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine in the United States. A.D. Wright, Acting Special Agent...

ORLANDO, Fla. - A.D. Wright, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Office of Statewide Prosecution’s one-and-a-half-year investigation into an illicit prescription drug trafficking ring culminated last week with the arrests of 20 individuals. These individuals participated in a prescription drug...

TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell has sentenced Jose Perez-(46, Michoacán, Mexico) to 10 years and 1 month in federal prison for conspiring with others to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. He pleaded guilty on July 29, 2014. According to court documents, Perez-Osorio worked through...

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 that Richard Mosquera (44, Colombia, South America) today pleaded guilty to conspiring with others to distribute five kilograms or...

MIAMI - A.D. Wright, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, announce the filing of a superseding indictment charging Yuri Sucart, 52, of Miami, FL, Juan Carlos Nuñez, 48, of Fort Lauderdale, FL...

ORLANDO, Fla. - Senior U.S. District Judge Gregory A. Presnell yesterday found Fortune Tyrone (33, Daytona Beach) guilty of possessing with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of cocaine base, commonly known as “crack” cocaine. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of five years, up to a maximum of...

PANAMA CITY, Fla. - A. D. Wright, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced that a federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment yesterday charging five individuals with narcotic and firearm offenses...