United States Drug Enforcement Administration

FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against five individuals for conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin announced. Alfonso Rios-Ayon, 43, of...

NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's New York (DEA), Bridget G. Brennan, New York City's Special Narcotics Prosecutor, and New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton, announced the seizure of 52 kilograms of cocaine found concealed in fake Latin...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Thomas A. Coates, 30, formerly of Columbus, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to one count of racketeering conspiracy. Coates was originally scheduled to stand trial on July 11th, 2016, in the second of three trials involving the organized criminal enterprise known as the Short North...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Ryan Budd, 25, formerly of Bethel, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty today before...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Patricia Froehlich, Connecticut State’s Attorney for the Judicial District of Windham, and Cpl. Stanley Parizo, Jr. of the Willimantic...

BURLINGTON, Vt. - - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that, Phillip Wilson, age 36, of Burlington, Vermont, was arrested on July 6, 2016 and charged via...

LEWISTON, Maine - - Matthew Mennealy, 34, of Lewiston, Maine, was sentenced by United States District Judge George Z. Singal for his involvement in distributing heroin, oxycodone, crack and cocaine and possessing firearms while drug trafficking. Mennealy received a sentence of 84 months in prison to be followed by three...

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - A jury voted Wednesday to convict Nicholas Khan, 23, of Schenectady, New York, of crack cocaine distribution. The announcement was made by Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) New York Division and United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian, Northern District of New...

NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York (DEA), Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton and George P. Beach II, Superintendent of the New York State Police, announced the...

MARQUETTE, Mich. - U.S. Attorney Patrick A. Miles, Jr. announced today that Damon Ramone Belcher, 43, of Detroit, Michigan, Corrie Venta Ruth, 36, of Flint, Michigan, and Stephanie Rae Hatch, 41, of Lake Linden, Michigan, were sentenced to prison by U.S. District Judge R. Allan Edgar for their roles in...