United States Drug Enforcement Administration

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A previously convicted felon has been ordered to serve 10 years in federal prison following his convictions for illegally possessing a firearm and methamphetamine, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Doroteo Ray Garcia, 38...

DENVER - The DEA Denver Field Division held the annual Maltz Challenge at the new Denver Broncos Dove Valley practice facility. The intense physical challenge was held to honor the nation’s fallen heroes. The Division was joined by a large contingent of community and employee volunteers including Assistant Special Agent...

PORTLAND, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that James Levesque, 55, of Sanford, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge Nancy Torresen to 8 months in...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Dr. Michael Roger Chiarottino pleaded guilty in federal court in Oakland yesterday to distribution of oxycodone outside the usual course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose, announced Acting United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J...

BOISE, Idaho - Michael Kulikoff, 30, and Kenneth Miller, 57, both of California City, California, pleaded guilty on March 8, 2016, to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and hydromorphone. Co-defendants Diane Miller, 41, and Crystal Clark 43, also of California City, California, previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and...

BOISE, Idaho - Jose Martin Diaz-Lara, 33, of Walla Walla, Washington, pleaded guilty on March 9, 2016, to possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and conspiracy to manufacture a controlled substance, more than 1,000 marijuana plants, with the intent to distribute. Diaz-Lara was charged by...

PHOENIX - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) today announced that former Fronteras, Sonora, Mexico Mayor Arturo Reyes Trujillo was sentenced to over 21 years in prison for drug trafficking and money laundering. Trujillo was elected municipal (mayor) in Fronteras, Sonora, Mexico in 2012, and was arrested in September of that year...

BRONX, NY - Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt and New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton today announced the indictment of 84 alleged gang members connected to 22 shootings in the west Bronx and who flooded towns...

TEMPLE, Texas - Federal, state and local authorities arrested 20 individuals in connection with a methamphetamine trafficking operation in central Texas announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division, and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge...

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 Marlon Patterson, also known as “Head,” 32, of Danbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan...