United States Drug Enforcement Administration

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - - A criminal indictment charging seven defendants with drug trafficking conspiracy and related charges was unsealed today in U.S. District court, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. The federal indictment was returned by a grand jury sitting in Asheville on...

MANHATTAN - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Rose Gill Hearn, the Commissioner of the New York City Department of (“DOI”), and Brian R. Crowell, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), today announced...

NEWARK, N.J - Robert G. Koval, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman, the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced an extradited British national today admitted his role in an organization that smuggled cocaine...

J NEW HAVEN, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Joseph Jackson, also known as “Mighty” and “M.I.,” 37, of New Haven, was sentenced today...

BALTIMORE - David Russo, 62, of Hagerstown, Maryland pleaded guilty today to health care fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud Medicare and Medicaid by billing for prescriptions that Russo knew were not written for a legitimate medical purpose. The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney for...

MADISON, Wis. - Jack Riley, Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration and John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Pedro Flores Cruz, 53, Huntington Park, Calif., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William Conley...

BALTIMORE - A federal grand jury today has indicted the following 10 defendants for conspiring to distribute cocaine and cocaine base in Baltimore: Shawn Malone, a/k/a “Studder,” and “Snaps,” age 32, of Baltimore; Howard McCray, a/k/a “Pooh,” age 33, of Baltimore; Antoine Bolden, a/k/a “Demo,” age 36, of Baltimore and...

BALTIMORE - David Russo, age 62, of Hagerstown, Maryland pleaded guilty today to health care fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud Medicare and Medicaid by billing for prescriptions that Russo knew were not written for a legitimate medical purpose. The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney...

PASCO, Wash. - Early this morning, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and the Tri-Cities Metro Drug Task (MDTF) executed three federal search warrants in Pasco, Washington. The enforcement action stems from a federal investigation targeting a methamphetamine drug trafficking organization. As a result, four people were taken into custody and will...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - - Brian R. Crowell, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Division and U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced yesterday that John Anthony Barton, 33, of Dix, N.Y., was convicted of conspiracy to manufacture 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, possession...