United States Drug Enforcement Administration

SPOKANE, Wash. – Jose Luis Muniz, age 38, of Pasco, Washington, was sentenced on July 23, 2019, after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine and five kilograms of cocaine. Senior United States District Judge Wm...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration's New York Division and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced yesterday that Milton Williams, Jr., 35, of Niagara Falls, N.Y., who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute cocaine,and possession of a...

Marcus Phillips, a 32-year-old member of the East Terrace Gangsters, faces federal prison time after a jury yesterday afternoon found him guilty of drug and firearms charges, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney John Bash. A federal jury in...

CHARLESTON, S.C. – United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Dr. Ronald A. Hargrave, 60, of Mt. Pleasant, has been convicted of illegal distribution of controlled substances after a four-day jury trial in federal court in Charleston. Senior United States District Judge Margaret B. Seymour of Charleston presided...

BUFFALO, NY – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced today that Jose Garcia-Santiago, 61, of Niagara Falls, New York, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute...

CINCINNATI – A federal grand jury has charged a pharmaceutical distributor, two of its former officials and two pharmacists with conspiring to distribute controlled substances in an indictment returned here yesterday. Four individuals have been charged, including Miami-Luken’s former president and compliance officer and two West Virginia pharmacists. Those charged...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan today announced that Carlos Torres Perez, 48, of Rochester, New York, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa to possessing with intent to distribute one kilogram or more...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Marcus Sales, 29, of Syracuse, N.Y., pled guilty yesterday to a federal cocaine distribution conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith, DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and FBI Albany Field Office Special Agent in Charge James N. Hendricks. As part of...

CORONADO , Calif. – On July 11, 2019, Vice President Mike Pence, Office of National Drug Control Policy Director James W. Carroll, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Administrator Uttam Dhillon, and Vice Admiral Linda Fagan, commander of Coast Guard Pacific Area, attended a United States Coast Guard drug offload at Naval...

AUGUSTA, Ga.: A Hephzibah man has admitted owning a stash of drugs and a handgun that led to his arrest on federal charges. In United States District Court on Wednesday, July 10, Eric Bernard Ferguson, 37, of Hephzibah pled guilty to one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine...