United States Drug Enforcement Administration

MOBILE, Ala. - A former nurse practitioner, Thomas “Justin” Palmer, has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for his role in the operation of a massive pill mill run by Dr. Xiulu Ruan and Dr. John Patrick Couch, announced DEA Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge Bret Hamilton and Acting United...

NEW ORLEANS - Addictive prescription drugs that are thrown away or left untended on shelves and in drawers at home are often stolen and either abused or sold by family members and visitors. That’s why the DEA and thousands of its state, local, and tribal law enforcement and community partners...

APR 20 - HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Axel Pizarro, 41, of New Haven, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal judge this week sentenced seven people from Jefferson, Walker, Marion, and Franklin counties for conspiring to traffic methamphetamine across northwest Alabama, announced DEA Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge Bret Hamilton, and Acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey. A U.S. District Court Judge on Monday sentenced Gladys Ivette...

APR 19 - NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Daniel Guillen, 28, of Wallingford, pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to...

APR 17 - BURLINGTON, Vt. - On April 17, Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, and the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Leander Hannibal, 39, of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced to 37 months in...

APR 14 - BOSTON - Ratanack Oung, a/k/a Yoshi, 32, of Allentown, Pa., pled guilty in federal court in Boston to one count of conspiracy to distribute marijuana and one count of conspiracy to launder monetary instruments. In September 2016, Oung was indicted on these charges and arrested with co-conspirator...

SHREVEPORT, La. - A Shreveport woman was sentenced Wednesday to 60 months in prison for her role in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy, announced DEA Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge Brad L. Byerley, and Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook. A United States District Judge sentenced Haylee N. Haigler, 36, on one...

APR 13 - BOSTON - A former United Parcel (UPS) employee was sentenced in federal court in Boston in connection with his role in a cocaine trafficking organization that shipped cocaine concealed in UPS packages from Puerto Rico to Massachusetts. Jorge Carrasquillo-Ortiz, 41, of Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, was sentenced...

APR 12 - CONCORD, N.H - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and John J. Farley, Acting United States Attorney for the District of New Hampshire, announced that Luis Martin Carvajal Gonzalez, also known as Wilfredo Laboy, was sentenced to serve...