United States Drug Enforcement Administration

FORT MYERS, Fla.- Christopher Gloster, Sr. (57, Fort Myers), aka “OG,” was sentenced to seven years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute crack cocaine. Gloster’s son, Christopher Gloster, Jr. (30, Fort Myers), aka “Jitt,” was sentenced to five years in federal prison earlier this year for the same offense...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that today that Juan Padua, 32, and Michael Vasquez, 24, both of Buffalo, NY, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with conspiring to possess with intent to...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that today that Timothy J. Chowaniec, 62, of West Seneca, NY, was arrested and charged by complaint with possessing with the intent distribute, and distributing, five grams of...

MADISON, Wis. – Robert J. Bell, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Division announced today that a federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned an indictment today for Brian K. Dennis, 50, Spooner, Wisconsin. Dennis is charged with possessing 50...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Abner Peralta, 31, and Luis Colon, 35, both of Utica, New York, were sentenced today in federal court in Utica after previously being found guilty after trial of drug trafficking charges. Peralta was sentenced to serve 60 months in federal prison, followed by a 4-year term of...

WASHINGTON – The Drug Enforcement Administration urges its DEA-registered practitioners and members of the public to be cautious of telephone calls by scammers posing as DEA employees attempting to defraud and extort victims. The schemers call the victims, spoofing DEA phone numbers in order to appear legitimate, and threaten arrest...

SEATTLE - Fifteen people were arrested today throughout the Puget Sound region and in California following an 18-month investigation of a drug trafficking organization tied to the CJNG cartel in Mexico. Defendants arrested today made their initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Seattle. The South Sound Streets are safer...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — KJL Consultants Inc., doing business as Luke’s Yreka Drug, and owner Lucas Walsh have agreed to pay $200,000 to resolve allegations that the pharmacy committed multiple violations of the Controlled Substances Act’s strict recordkeeping requirements, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. –Wynn, 43, of Syracuse, New York, was sentenced today to serve 92 months in prison for violating the Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) as part of the 110 Gang. In imposing sentence, Senior United States District Judge Frederick J. Scullin, Jr. also ordered Wynn to serve three...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Troy Jackson, 43, of Syracuse, New York, was sentenced today to serve 46 months in prison for his conviction for participating in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, Thomas F. Relford, Special...