United States Drug Enforcement Administration

BOSTON - A Southampton man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Springfield for growing marijuana and laundering the profits. John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England Field Division, United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz; and William P. Offord, Special Agent in...

BURLINGTON, Vt. - John J. Arvanitis, 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 Stephen Williams, 37, was sentenced to serve 51 months in federal prison after he pled guilty to...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Christopher Allen, 47, of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., formerly a Transportation Security Administration officer based at Palm Beach...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Gennaro DiMatteo, 43, of South Lake Tahoe, pleaded guilty today to count two of the indictment, possession with the intent to distribute marijuana, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. This case is the product of...

OAKLAND, Calif. - On December 18, 2012, ten people were arrested for their participation in a network that obtained significant quantities of prescription narcotics through forged prescriptions, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced. Among those arrested were Letitia Montgomery...

FRESNO, Calif. - David Chavez Sr., 53, of Bakersfield, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute marijuana, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. This case is the product of an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Internal...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Peter F. Neronha, United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island announced today that Juan Carlos Espejo Sanchez, 40, of Providence, R.I., and Doneri Aguilar Sandoval, 52, of Attleboro, Mass...

FRESNO, Calif. - Ramon Manjarrez-Del Vaal, 36, of Sinaloa, Mexico, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to cultivate, distribute and possess with intent to distribute 1,019 marijuana plants grown on a five-acre parcel of land in Devil’s Den in Kings County, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Five defendants have been charged in three separate cases with narcotic trafficking, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and U.S. Attorney Benjamin Wagner announced. A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment Wednesday charging Enrique Amezcua, 25, and Michael Anthony Robles, 23, both...

FRESNO, Calif. - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today that a federal grand jury returned a two count indictment charging Juan Venegas, 40, of Newman, with conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. The...