United States Drug Enforcement Administration

Seventeen San Antonio-based members of the Texas (TS) have been charged by federal grand jury indictment with conspiring to violate the Racketeering Influenced Corrupt (RICO) statute. The announcement was made today by United States Attorney Robert Pitman, DEA Special Agent in Charge Javier Pena, U.S. Marshal Robert Almonte, ATF Special...

BALTIMORE, MD. - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett, sentenced Kambreh Jones, age 35, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, late yesterday to 15 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute heroin. The sentence was announced by Special Agent in...

GREENBELT, MD. - U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte sentenced James Walter Ball, Jr. a/k/a Pooh Ball, age 36, of Great Mills, Maryland, today to 10 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine base, commonly known...

GREENBELT, MD. - U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Jimmy Reed Davis, Jr., age 29, of Mitchellville, Maryland, today to 10 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug...

BALTIMORE, MD. - U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. sentenced Ray Olivis, a/k/a Ronnie Hargrove, Uncle Ray, Unc and Ray Ray, age 57, of Baltimore, Maryland, yesterday to 11 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy to conduct and participate in the activities of...

ALEXANDRIA, VA. - Twelve individuals have been indicted as members of a Virginia-based international drug trafficking organization that has utilized a distribution network to smuggle cocaine from Mexico to northern Virginia. This indictment was the latest in an ongoing investigation that has previously led to the conviction of 41 individuals...

BALTIMORE, MD. - U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Raymond Eggleston, 51, of Hanover, Maryland, to 151 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base. The sentence was announced by Special Agent in...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A former captain in the U.S. Army Reserve stationed in Afghanistan was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for soliciting $1.3 million in bribes from contractors involved in U.S.-funded reconstruction efforts and participating in a conspiracy to traffic heroin from Southeast Asia. The sentence was announced...

GREENBELT, MD. - On September 1, 2011, Stanley Needleman, age 68, of Pikesville, Maryland, pled guilty to tax evasion and structuring financial transactions to avoid reporting large cash receipts and deposits. The guilty plea was announced by Special Agent in Charge Ava Cooper-Davis of the Drug Enforcement Administration Washington Field...

GREENBELT, MD. - U.S. District Judge Alexander Williams, Jr. sentenced Wilson Lee Garrett, age 37, of Waldorf, Maryland, who was a legal assistant at the Department of Justice when he was arrested in 2009, to serve 248 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to...