United States Drug Enforcement Administration

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Today, United States Magistrate Judge Bruce McGiverin authorized a criminal complaint against José E. Toledo-Bayouth for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of a mixture and substance containing cocaine, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District...

US, Virgin Islands - On February 19, 2013, Caribbean Division Acting Special Agent in Charge Pedro J. Janer, St. Thomas Resident Agent in Charge Eric Barnard and St. Croix Resident Agent in Charge Timothy Williams met with Attorney (AG) Eric Holder along with a host of other federal agency heads...

LOS ANGELES/SPOKANE, Wash. - Early this morning, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Los Angeles Police Department, in conjunction with the Spokane Regional Drug Task (SRDTF), led a large-scale enforcement action targeting a criminal organization spanning from Los Angeles to Eastern Washington. Hundreds of law enforcement officials, including federal agents...

EUGENE, Ore. - Denise Richardson, 47, of Roseburg, Oregon, was sentenced to prison for stealing narcotics from the Roseburg Veteran’s Affairs Hospital. Richardson is a former pharmacy technician at the Veteran’s Affairs Hospital. Chief U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken sentenced Richardson to 24 months in prison and ordered her to...

POCATELLO, Idaho - Jose Tapia-Lopez, 29, a Mexican national formerly living in Heyburn, Idaho, was sentenced today in United States District Court to 168 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Tapia-Lopez was also ordered to serve five years of supervised release...

FAIRBANKS, Alaska - Floyd Everett Harshman, 54, of Fairbanks, Alaska was sentenced in federal court for three counts of drug trafficking and one count of possessing a firearm in furtherance of the drug trafficking crimes. Harshman was sentenced to 120 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release...

SEATTLE - The owner of a medical marijuana dispensary that billed itself as a ‘cooperative’ when it really was just a for-profit drug dealing enterprise, was sentenced today to six years in prison and four years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute marijuana and conspiracy to commit money laundering...

SEATTLE - A Monroe, Washington man with a lengthy criminal history was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to nine years in prison and five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and counterfeiting. Christopher Frick, 38, is one of 34 people indicted in a...

SEATTLE - The Drug Enforcement Administration is warning the public about criminals posing as DEA special agents or other law enforcement personnel as part of an international extortion scheme. This criminal activity has occurred in the past, but is now occurring with much more frequency. The DEA Seattle Field Division...

BOISE, Idaho - Rolondo F. Gonzalez, 57, of Caldwell, Idaho, was sentenced in United States District Court on December 12, 2012, to ten years in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and distributing methamphetamine. Gonzalez was convicted after a jury trial on August 22, 2012. During the two-day trial, the...