United States Drug Enforcement Administration

ALBANY, N.Y. - - Jacob Ebel, age 29, of Niverville, New York, was arraigned today on charges that he distributed heroin and fentanyl that caused two overdose deaths in Columbia County in July 2016. The announcement was made by James J. Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge, New York Division of the U.S...

ALBANY, N.Y. - - Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Division, George P. Beach II, Superintendent of the New York State (NYSP), and New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill announced today...

FEB 27 - 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 Carlos Perez, also known as “Carlito,” 43, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District...

FEB 27 - HARTFORD, 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, today announced that on February 24, 2017, Yacov Ocasio, also known as “Little,” 21, of Hartford, waived his right...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - - Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division and Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that James Wilkie, Remus Nowak, and Fernando Rodriguez, of Buffalo, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to possess with...

SHREVEPORT, La. - A Shreveport man was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Assistant Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley. Dondell Pea, 30, was sentenced by a U.S. District Judge...

SHREVEPORT, La. - A man from Texas was sentenced Wednesday to over 11 years in prison for conspiring to sell methamphetamine in the Shreveport area with another Texas man, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Assistant Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley. Tares Terrell...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Irma Matamoros-Santillan, a 30-year-old woman from Harlingen has been ordered to prison following her conviction of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced Special Agent-in-Charge of DEA’s Houston Division, Joseph M. Arabit and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Matamoros-Santillan pled guilty October 19, 2016. Today...

DALLAS - A federal grand jury in Dallas returned an indictment yesterday charging Reyes Alvarez, 32, and Pedro Calixto, 27, both of Dallas with one count each of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin. The indictment was by Clyde E. Shelley, Jr...

FEB 24 - 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 Omar Polanco-Mendez, 40, of New Haven, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in...