United States Drug Enforcement Administration

FORT WORTH, TX - Forty-nine defendants, including two doctors and five pharmacists, have been charged with participating in an $18 million pill mill scheme, announced by the DEA Dallas Field Division. “Medical professionals hold the public’s trust to provide what is in the best interests of their patients,” said DEA...

ALBANY, N.Y. - Vivian Letizia, age 62, of Stone Ridge, New York, was arrested yesterday on a criminal complaint charging her with illegally dispensing controlled substances outside the course of professional practice and for no legitimate medical purpose. The announcement was made by Ray Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of...

CONCORD, NH – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today that Jorge Rodriguez, 23, a citizen of the Dominican Republic most recently residing in Lawrence, Massachusetts, was sentenced to 132 months in federal prison for fentanyl trafficking...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TYRELL CAMPBELL, also known as “Bricks,” 30, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New...

FRESNO , Calif. — A federal grand jury returned a five-count indictment today against Morgan Wency Ventura Sanchez, 23, of Fresno, charging him with possessing fentanyl, LSD, cocaine, and heroin with intent to distribute the controlled substances and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, U.S...

BOSTON – A Dominican national was sentenced today for possession of approximately one kilogram of fentanyl and illegal possession of a firearm. Caonabo Cruz, 54, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge Mark L. Wolf to 108 months in prison and five years of supervised release. On May 10...

ST. LOUIS – United States District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig sentenced Charles T. McRoberts to 120 months in prison. The 50-year-old Wentzville resident was charged with possession with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl. The United States Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division and the St. Louis...

FRESNO, Calif. — Jorge Luis Velasquez, 33, of Mexico, Omar Velazquez Landeros, 27, of Bakersfield, and Victor Romero Galvan, 29, of Mexico, were indicted today for conspiring and possessing with intent to distribute over 10,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl and approximately 10 pounds of methamphetamine, and for carrying...

ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig sentenced Charles T. McRoberts to 120 months in prison Sept. 10. The 50-year-old Wentzville resident was charged with possession with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl. On July 12, 2019, McRoberts and co-defendant Gernell Armour possessed with intent...

WICHITA, Kan. – Kathy De La Torre, 24, Wichita, Kan., is charged with one count of distributing fentanyl, one count of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. The crimes are alleged to have occurred in March...