United States Drug Enforcement Administration

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

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Kyle Alifom, 20, of Vienna, Va., was sentenced today to 80 months in prison for tampering with evidence by hiding the body of Emylee Lonczak, a 16-year-old girl from McLean, Va. who died after a heroin overdose. Karl C. Colder, Special Agent in Charge for the Drug...

EL PASO, Texas - Rigoberto Ruiz-Alatorre, 32, a Mexican citizen living in Denver, CO, faces a maximum of 28 years in federal prison after pleading guilty this afternoon to murdering a member of his drug trafficking organization announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in...

INDIANAPOLIS - On Tuesday, Indianapolis physician Dr. Robert C. Ash surrendered to authorities after learning that a warrant had been issued for his arrest. The warrant, which was issued on May 9th in Hamilton County, charged Dr. Ash with 16 counts of dealing in a narcotic drug, a Class B...

FRESNO, Calif. - Victor Anthony Nottoli, 51, of Hillsborough, Calif., pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and one count of causing at least 24 tons of misbranded smokable synthetic (SSC) to be introduced into interstate commerce. Four defendants arrested last week for manufacturing...

JACKSON, Miss. - Kelvin Robinson, 46, of Bolton, Mississippi, was sentenced in U.S. District Court on May 15, 2014 to 172 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute over 1,000 kilograms of marijuana, and 120 months in prison for money laundering, announced DEA Assistant Special Agent in Charge Floyd H...

LOS ANGELES - Anthony D. Williams, Special Agent in Charge of the Los Angeles Field Division, announced today that area residents turned in more than 35,(17.5 tons) of medication as part of the 8th DEA National Prescription Drug Take-Back Program. This event was held on Saturday, April 26th, and provided...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Robert Romero, 26, of Santa Fe, N.M., pleaded guilty today to federal narcotics trafficking and firearms charges. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Romero will be sentenced to ten years in federal prison followed by four years of supervised release. Romero was one of five men...

(BANGOR, Maine) - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Richard A. Kincaid, III, - of Waterbury, Connecticut pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Bangor to distributing cocaine. According to...

SPOKANE, Wash. - Arnulfo Gomez Tejeda, 39, of Pasco, Washington, was sentenced on May 13, 2014, after having previously pleaded guilty on September 12, 2013, to possession with intent to distribute heroin. Tejeda was sentenced to an 18 year term of imprisonment, to be followed by a 10 year term...