United States Drug Enforcement Administration

JUNE 05 - ( 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 Robert Melillo, 25, of Wallingford, was sentenced today by Senior United States...

JUNE 04 - ( 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 Rao, 53, of New Haven, was sentenced today by Senior United...

MEDFORD, Ore. - Robert Hisamoto, 42, of Ashland, Oregon, was sentenced today to 48 months in federal prison for conspiracy to manufacture and distribute marijuana. Hisamoto is the owner and operator of Samurai Fighting Arts in Medford, Oregon. In August 2011, the investigation led by the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA)...

SEATTLE - A former Amanda Park, Washington resident who operated a shingle mill as a cover for distributing methamphetamine was sentenced today to ten years in prison. Jose Naur Sanchez, 35, was arrested in June 2012, following a lengthy investigation led by the Drug Enforcement Administration. Sanchez pleaded guilty in...

HARRISBURG, Pa. - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jose Cruz, 32, was sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner to 120 months’ imprisonment and three years of supervised release for distribution and possession with intent to distribute cocaine. Judge...

WASHINGTON - - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Derek Maltz, the Special Operations Division Special Agent in Charge of the United States Drug Enforcement (DEA), today announced the unsealing of charges against Samuel Antonio Pinedo-Rueda, Solomon Adelaquaye, Frank Muodum, and Celestine...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Luis Alberto Hernandez-Garcia, an undocumented alien from Nuevo Progreso, Tamaulipas, Mexico, has been ordered to federal prison following his convictions related to a large drug trafficking conspiracy, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Hernandez-Garcia, 33, pleaded...

June 3, 2013 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Four men from California and five men from West Michigan have been sentenced to federal prison for their involvement in a multi-state drug conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Patrick A. Miles, Jr. announced today. U.S. District Judge Robert...

MADISON, Wis. - Jack Riley, Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Field Division and John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin announced that Mark Balcerowski, 54, Mayville, Wis., was sentenced today for his role in a long-term investigation into cocaine trafficking in Jefferson County...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England Field Division; United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha; Eugenio A. Marquez, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Boston Field Office of ATF; Richard DesLauriers, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Boston Field Office...