BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Joshua Levine, 24, of Lancaster, NY, who was convicted of conspiring to distribute heroin and fentanyl, was sentenced to serve 120 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Joseph M. Tripi and...

SEATTLE - A 34-year-old resident of Puyallup, Washington, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to possession of heroin and methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Defendant Jeremy Gongas faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison when sentenced by U.S. District Judge Benjamin H. Settle on September...

TRENTON, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson and Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Rachael A. Honig announced two men have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a drug trafficking organization that sold...

NEW YORK CITY – An indictment filed by the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor and unsealed today in Manhattan Supreme Court charges three defendants in connection with a large-scale narcotics and weapons possession conspiracy. Accused ringleader Terry Barbour faces 32 counts, including Operating as a Major Trafficker, Conspiracy in...

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – A St. Louis man pled guilty and was sentenced yesterday to 70 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute heroin, fentanyl and cocaine. According to court documents, Orlando Goss, 46, was a supplier of heroin, fentanyl and cocaine for distributors in...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Eight members of a drug trafficking ring operating in and around Union County were handed down sentences ranging from 30 to 300 months in prison today, announced William T. Stetzer, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina and the Special Agent in Charge of...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Two men traveling through Kansas City, Missouri, were charged in federal court today for possessing nearly 24 pounds of heroin aboard a bus en route from California to New York. Darwin G. Morales-Sagastume, 23, and Cristian J. Lopez-Catalan, 28, were charged in a criminal complaint filed...

TRENTON, N.J. – A California man was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for his role in a drug distribution conspiracy connected to the seizure of fentanyl and heroin at a New Jersey rest stop last year, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today. Luis Aponte, 50, previously...

Baltimore, MD. – A 10-month investigation by the Baltimore OCDETF Strike Force into violence and drug dealing in the area of Pennsylvania and North Avenues in West Baltimore has led to six federal indictments charging a total of 29 defendants for conspiracy, drug distribution, and firearms charges. The defendants are...

Baltimore, MD. – In the last week, U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced three members of the Monument Street drug trafficking organizations to at least five years in federal prison related to their roles in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine and/or fentanyl in the Monument Street area of East...