United States Drug Enforcement Administration

CONCORD, N.H. - Israel Garcia, 56, of Lawrence, Massachusetts and Maximo Brito-Tejeda, 36, a citizen of the Dominican Republic most recently residing in Lawrence, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to five counts of distribution of the Schedule II controlled substance fentanyl...

NEW YORK - Earlier today, Jhon Jairo Hincapie-Ramirez, a citizen of Colombia, was arraigned at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, for his alleged role in an international money laundering organization that brokered financial transactions designed to conceal the source of illegal narcotics trafficking by using the Chinese and...

NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) New York Division, Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton, and Chief Security Officer Thomas Belfiore and Superintendent of Police Michael Fedorko, both of...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - An indictment filed today charges Anthony Vita, 36, of Syracuse, New York, with distributing heroin that resulted in the death of another person. The announcement was made by Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, New York Division, Drug Enforcement (DEA) and United States Attorney Richard S...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, United States Attorney Deirdre M. Daly and Deputy Chief State’s Attorney Leonard C. Boyle announced a statewide initiative targeting narcotics dealers who distribute heroin, fentanyl or opioids that cause death or...

BANGOR, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Laura Lyons, 30, of Bangor pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to maintaining a drug involved premises. According to court records...

BOSTON - A Brockton man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with orchestrating a cross-country conspiracy to distribute cocaine and marijuana. Miguel Fernandes, 40, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor, IV, to 12 years in prison, four years of supervised release...

BOSTON - Three men, two of whom were arrested this morning, were charged in U.S. District Court in Boston for trafficking fentanyl in the Brockton area. The third defendant was already in state custody. In addition, 36 grams of fentanyl and a firearm were recovered following the execution of a...

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 John Koch, 49, of Coventry, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to one...

BOSTON - Thirteen individuals have been charged with federal drug trafficking and firearms charges following an investigation led by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives. Three face state first-degree murder charges following a State Police and Barnstable Police investigation led by District Attorney Michael O’Keefe. Thirteen Cape Cod...