United States Drug Enforcement Administration

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Luis Carlos Vásquez-Barragán, 51, of Nicolás Bravo, Chihuahua, Mexico, was sentenced to prison for possession with intent to distribute at least 50 kilograms but less than 100 kilograms of marijuana. Vásquez-Barragán was arrested...

CONCORD, N.H. – Jared Stottlar, 43, of Tilton, pleaded guilty in federal court to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possessing a firearm in connection with a drug trafficking offense, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced today. According to court documents and statements made in court, on August...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Providence man found by law enforcement to be in possession of more than 50 grams of crystal methamphetamine and two guns was sentenced today to five years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha. Sean M. Francis, 34, pleaded guilty on February 16...

Greenbelt, Maryland – On October 28, 2022, U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Bobby Cannon, a/k/a Freaky, age 24 of Baltimore, to 29 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for participating in a violent racketeering conspiracy, specifically, the NFL Criminal Enterprise, including committing two...

TRENTON, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration Susan A. Gibson and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger announced an Ocean County, New Jersey, man was convicted on drug and weapon charges. Dyshawn Moss, 43, of Manchester, New Jersey, was convicted...

CANTERBURY, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ANDRES VASQUEZ, 35, of Canterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. Circuit Judge Sarah A.L. Merriam in Bridgeport to nine months of imprisonment, followed by 18 months of supervised release, for illegally possessing a machinegun...

BOSTON – A Braintree man was sentenced yesterday for trafficking cocaine and illegally possessing ammunition. Martin Angomas, 32, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns to four years in prison and three years of supervised release. On June 16, 2022, Angomas pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute...

PROVIDENCE – A North Providence man currently on bail while awaiting trial in Rhode Island state court on drug trafficking charges, and who is also currently on probation in four separate state court cases, has been ordered detained in federal custody as the result of an unrelated FBI Safe Street...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Dominican national previously deported in 2004 following his conviction and incarceration on drug trafficking charges was sentenced to ten years in federal prison on illegal reentry, drug trafficking, and firearm charges, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha. Stevens Morales Rivera, 47, was arrested by members...

NEWARK, N.J. – U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced criminal charges today against 42 defendants related to racketeering, violence, narcotics distribution, and federal firearms offenses. The charges stem from five separate investigations conducted by federal, state and local enforcement partners. “Keeping New Jersey safe and reducing violent crime are core...