United States Drug Enforcement Administration

OCALA, Fla., - A federal jury has found Kevin Gene Hart 31, Ocala guilty of conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, one kilogram or more of heroin, and 400 grams or more of fentanyl. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 15 years, up to life, in...

HAGERSTOWN, Md. – At approximately 8:30 a.m. on Nov. 5, 2019, the Hagerstown Police Department and the Washington County Narcotics Task Force were alerted to the presence of suspected methamphetamine production in the 400 block of Guilford Ave., Hagerstown, Md. The DEA Hagerstown Resident Office Clandestine Laboratory Team (consisting of...

HOUSTON - A federal judge has sentenced a 25-year-old Houston resident to 19 years in prison following his convictions for methamphetamine distribution and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a narcotics conspiracy, announced DEA Houston Division Acting Special Agent in Charge Steven S. Whipple and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick...

CONCORD, N.H. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Edwin Martinez-Guzman, 37, of New York, was sentenced in federal court to 120 months in prison for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. According to court...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Richard Earl Carroll, 55, of Hilliard, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. Carroll had pleaded guilty on July 26, 2019. According to court documents, multiple witnesses identified Carroll as a methamphetamine supplier in Nassau County...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Richard Earl Carroll,55, of Hilliard, Fla., was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. Carroll had pleaded guilty on July 26, 2019. According to court documents, multiple witnesses identified Carroll as a methamphetamine supplier in Nassau County...

ALBANY, N.Y. – Edwin Rodriguez, aka “Chaka,” 31, of Amsterdam, was indicted on Oct. 30 on charges that he distributed heroin mixed with fentanyl on two occasions, and possessed and intended to distribute more than 100 grams of heroin mixed with fentanyl. The announcement was made by United States Attorney...

BOSTON – A Dominican national was sentenced in federal court in Springfield, Mass., for his role in a large-scale heroin trafficking organization. Mirelvy Vasquez, 29, a Dominican national who previously resided in Springfield, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Mark G. Mastroianni to 54 months in prison and three...

BURLINGTON, Vt. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney for the District of Vermont Christina E. Nolan announced that Esperanza Delarosa, 52, and her daughter Susan Mateo, 28, were both sentenced to prison terms for conspiring to distribute heroin, fentanyl and...

MADISON, Wis. – DEA Chicago Division Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Bell and United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin Scott C. Blader announced that Sylvia Erickson, 41, of Eau Claire, Wis., was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to seven and a half...