SAVANNAH, GA --  17 additional defendants indicted on drug trafficking and firearms charges as part of Operation Vanilla Gorilla have pled guilty in federal court, bringing to 33 the total number of guilty pleas only months after charges were filed.            

SAVANNAH, Ga:  Two people are facing substantial prison sentences and fines after pleading guilty to federal heroin trafficking charges.

SAN FRANCISCO – Carlos Olivares Hernandez was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for his involvement in a methamphetamine and cocaine trafficking conspiracy, announced United States Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Chris Nielsen and U.S. Attorney David L. Anderson. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable James Donato, U.S. District Judge.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Brian D. Boyle, special agent in charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England Division; John H.

HOUSTON – A total of 47 people are now in custody following the return of a 43-count indictment alleging drug-trafficking and related crimes in the Houston and Galveston areas. The case will be prosecuted in the Galveston Division of the Southern District of Texas.

HARTFORD, Conn. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle, and United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut John H.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Derek Damuth, 25, of Lowville, N.Y., was charged today by a federal grand jury with possessing with the intent to distribute in excess of 40 grams of a mixture of fentanyl and heroin, along with possessing additional amounts of cocaine and marijuana, announced DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith, Lewis County District Attorney Leanne K.

CINCINNATI – A defendant was sentenced today in the first federally indicted carfentanil prosecution in the country.