United States Drug Enforcement Administration

DALLAS, TX - A Dallas drug trafficker who rammed his vehicle into a police car during his arrest has been charged with gun and drug crimes, announced Eduardo A. Chávez, Special Agent in Charge of DEA Dallas. Angel Manuel Fuentes-Melendez, 23, was indicted on Tuesday with one count of conspiracy...

Greenbelt, Md. – U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Zaid Rushdan, age 41, of Oxon Hill, Maryland, yesterday to 126 months in federal prison, followed by seven years of supervised release, on charges of conspiracy, possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, and possession of stolen firearms. The sentence...

NORFOLK, Va. – A Virginia Beach man and woman were sentenced to more than 23 years in prison combined for possessing with intent to distribute 14,000 tablets of fentanyl and possession of a firearm during a drug trafficking crime. According to court documents, Marcus Hughes, 32, and his co-conspirator Deshowna...

HAMMOND, Ind. - Alfred A. Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, Indiana, and U.S. Attorney Clifford D. Johnson for the Northern District of Indiana announced that Bruce Leipart, 39, of Hobart, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge James T. Moody on his plea...

WATERBURY, Conn. - Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LONNIE JOYNER, also known as “Flo,” 37, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 120 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ANGEL RODRIGUEZ-MENDEZ, 25, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 27 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegal possession...

WATERBURY, Conn. - Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LENWOOD GATLING, 38, of Waterbury, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to narcotics distribution and firearm possession offenses. According to court documents and statements made in court, between...

Williston, VT. - The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Gregory Lewis, 26, of Williston, Vermont, was sentenced today to serve 58 months in prison after his convictions for being a felon in possession of a firearm and distribution of cocaine base. United...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Today the U.S. Department of State and the DEA's Washington Division announced a reward of up to $5 million each for information leading to the arrest and conviction of three Honduran nationals indicted in the Eastern District of Virginia on charges stemming from their roles as leading...

WASHINGTON – The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced today that it has reached an agreement in principle to settle Garcia, et al. v. Merrick Garland, Attorney General, Dep’t of Justice, a class action lawsuit brought on behalf of female Special Agents who were not selected for overseas assignments between 1990...