United States Drug Enforcement Administration

BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. and Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division announced that John Haak, 33, of Evans, NY, and Francis Tessina, 43, of Buffalo, NY, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with distribution of heroin and...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge David Downing and Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas announced the unsealing of a 77-count superseding indictment charging multiple defendants in central Arkansas with numerous drug and weapon charges. Today, 26 defendants...

SHREVEPORT, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Joseph W. Shepherd and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a federal grand jury indicted two Texas men for conspiring to sell approximately 28 kilograms of powder cocaine. Ricardo Garcia, 37, and Jesus Christian Martinez, 33...

LAFAYETTE, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Joseph W. Shepherd and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Moss Bluff man pleaded guilty Wednesday to operating a marijuana sales and transport conspiracy that stretched from Texas to Louisiana. Daniel Cantu-Lopez, 42, of Moss Bluff...

LAKE CHARLES, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Joseph W. Shepherd and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that, after a two-day trial, a federal jury found a Guatemalan guilty of conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute more than $1.5 million worth of cocaine...

MIAMI - Broward County Circuit Judge Martin J. Bidwill issued six arrest warrants for individuals involved in an illegal oxycodone distribution ring operating out of Hollywood, Florida. All six individuals were arrested yesterday. Kathleen (54, Hollywood) charged with: (1) Conspiracy to Engage in a Pattern of Racketeering Activity; (2-5) Trafficking...

MADISON, Wis. - ― John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Humberto Fierro-Rascon, 41, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to eight years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute 50 kilograms or more of...

(NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting 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 Robert Santos, also known as “Scoot,” 33, of New Haven, was sentenced today by Senior U.S...

SAN DIEGO - Four men appeared in federal court today and yesterday to face charges that they participated in a scheme to manufacture and traffic in firearms illegally, in some instances by assembling untraceable assault-style weapons in a defendant’s home and then selling the guns for thousands of dollars. Federal...

NEWARK, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement’s Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced eight people were charged today in connection with their roles in a drug trafficking organization that obtained heroin from...