United States Drug Enforcement Administration

BUFFALO, N.Y. – DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., announced that Armando Ernesto Abarca, 22, of Modesto, Calif., who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, five kilograms or more of cocaine, was...

BOSTON – A Boston man was sentenced today for federal drug and firearm charges arising out of a large-scale seizure of fentanyl and other contraband. Edgar Belis, 34, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton to 19 years in prison and five years of supervised release. In...

DENVER - During the morning of Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018, investigators from the Drug Enforcement Administration and the CATPA Metropolitan Auto Theft Task Force executed eight search warrants on suspected illegal marijuana grow houses and locations where stolen vehicles were located in the Denver Metropolitan Area. The search warrants were...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A total of 16 South Texas residents have been convicted of charges, including conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity, involving the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas (ABT) which also involved methamphetamine distribution, announced DEA Houston Division Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy and U.S. Attorney Ryan K...

BANGOR, Maine – Brian D. Boyle Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England Division and United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Deborah Toothaker, 55, of Pittsfield, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to 46 months in prison and...

CONCORD, N.H. – Brian D. Boyle Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England Division and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Alicia Morin, 31, of Northfield, New Hampshire, was sentenced to serve 37 months in prison for participating in a conspiracy to distribute, and possession with...

CONCORD, N.H. – Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England Field Division and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Albert Gordon, 45, of Manchester, was sentenced to serve 30 months in prison for participating in a conspiracy to distribute, and possession with intent...

BANGOR, Maine – Brian D. Boyle Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England Division and United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Nicole Truman, 36, of Gardiner, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to 70 months in prison and...

ST. LOUIS – Dr. Philip Dean, 62, a resident of Warren County, Missouri, was sentenced today to 40 months of imprisonment and ordered to pay restitution to the Medicare and Medicaid programs in the amount of $312,377. Dr. Dean previously pled guilty today to two felony charges, illegally distributing opiate...

CHICAGO - The former owner of a Chicago medical clinic admitted in federal court today that he sold opioid prescriptions to patients whom he knew lacked a legitimate medical need for the drugs. MOHAMMED SHARIFF, who owned Midtown Medical Center in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood, conspired with a physician to sell...