United States Drug Enforcement Administration

NEWARK, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement’s Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced eight people were charged today in connection with their roles in a drug trafficking organization that obtained heroin from...

NEWARK, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a former officer with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration (USCIS) today admitted coordinating shipments of crystal methamphetamine from interstate...

CAMDEN, N.J. - Two Camden men today admitted their roles in a conspiracy to sell 22 guns without a license, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Marcus Rutling, a/k/a “Fresh,” 33, of Camden, and Saluda, South Carolina, and his brother, Joseph Rutling, 24, of Camden, both pleaded guilty before U.S...

CAMDEN, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and Paul J. Fishman, U. S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a Cumberland County, New Jersey, man was convicted today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine...

TRENTON, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, and Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division announced a Monmouth County, New Jersey, doctor...

ATLANTA - March 5, 2010 marks the 30th anniversary of the death of Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special (SA) Enrique “Kiki” Camarena. A ceremony was held at the Atlanta Divisional Office in the DEA Training Room this morning at 11:00 a.m. for a commemoration ceremony. Daniel R. Salter, the Special Agent...

ROME, Ga. - Felix Moreno-Garcia and Fabian Pineda-Garcia have been sentenced for possessing over four pounds of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. Daniel R. Salter, the Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Atlanta Field Division stated, “These methamphetamine distributors were driven by greed and power. Today they stand...

ATLANTA - United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, Michael J. Moore, announced today that an indictment was returned by a grand jury sitting in the United States District Court in Macon, Georgia on February 11, 2015, which charged 35 defendants with drug trafficking and money laundering offenses...

STATESVILLE, N.C. - On Monday February 2, 2015, U.S. District Judge Richard L.Voorhees handed down prison sentences to three men for their involvement in a methamphetamine trafficking ring, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Kenneth Herman Bennett, 53, of West Jefferson, N.C. was...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - U.S. Attorney Patrick Miles announced today that Francis Block, 45, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, was sentenced to life in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney for various drug and witness tampering charges. Block was convicted following a four-day jury trial that concluded on October 2...