United States Drug Enforcement Administration

DETROIT – Two brothers originally from Dayton, Ohio and four others were arrested in North Carolina Aug. 26, for their alleged participation in a narcotics conspiracy responsible for distributing bulk amounts of fentanyl and cocaine to Dayton. Law enforcement authorities have seized narcotics, cash, and firearms from the drug trafficking...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. –Anthony Contreras, 22, Overland Park, Kan., is charged with one count of unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, one count of distributing fentanyl and one count of possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. The crimes are alleged to have occurred July 22...

CHICAGO— Two men have been charged in federal court with looting three pharmacies in Chicago. William Lorenz, 40, of Chicago, and Ivan Bermudez, 42, of Chicago, are each charged with one count of conspiracy to commit burglary involving a controlled substance. Bermudez was arrested Tuesday. He is scheduled to make...

HARTFORD, Conn. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RAMEL GENERAL, also known as “Ra,” 38, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 120 months...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division Ray Donovan, and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jose Casado, 32, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, fentanyl, heroin...

SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y. — U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division Ray Donovan, Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy D. Sini, New York State Police Superintendent Keith M. Corlett, New York City Police Department Commissioner Dermot Shea, and Suffolk County Police Commissioner Geraldine Hart today...

ST. LOUIS – Willie Bernard Hollywood, 42, of Caruthersville, Missouri, was sentenced to 262 months of incarceration on one count of conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. Hollywood appeared before U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. on August 24, in Cape Girardeau. Hollywood was ordered to...

TOPEKA, Kan. – A Kansas man was charged in a federal indictment unsealed today with growing thousands of poppy plants at his home in Clay County in an effort to manufacture heroin, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said. Matthew Pfeiffer, 43, Morganville, Kan., is charged with one count of attempting to...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – U.S. Attorney Tim Garrison announced today that 288 arrests have been made by local and federal law enforcement officers in Operation LeGend. Among those arrested since the launch of the operation, 61 are federal defendants. Among the remaining 227 arrests, 24 were homicide cases and 72...

KANSAS CITY, KAN. – A driver who was stopped on a Kansas highway with 23 pounds of methamphetamine in his car was sentenced today to 164 months in federal prison. Eduardo Garcia-Patino, 45, San Jancinto, Calif., pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy and one count of possession with intent...