United States Drug Enforcement Administration

Gurdon, Ark. - William Bryant, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Little Rock District Office of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) announced that 23 individuals have been charged with drug trafficking offenses as part of Operation Ice Pick, which targeted drug trafficking activity in Gurdon, Arkansas and the surrounding area...

Jackson, Miss. - Three Jackson men appeared in federal court today on various drug charges as the result of an extensive investigation targeting illegal narcotics distribution in the City of Jackson, announced Jimmy S. Fox III, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration New Orleans Field Division and...

NEW ORLEANS, LA. - Niki Aguillard, 41, a resident of Houma, Louisiana, was sentenced by U. S. District Judge Helen G. Berrigan to ten (120 months) imprisonment for being part of a conspiracy involving the trafficking of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. In addition to the term of imprisonment...

RICHMOND, Va. - Wilfred Houston Blair, 37, of Fredericksburg, Virginia, and formerly of Richmond, Virginia, was sentenced today to 276 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute over 5 kilograms of cocaine hydrochloride and 1 kilogram of...

NEW ORLEANS, LA - Steven Weathersby, 31, a resident of Kenner, Louisiana, was sentenced yesterday by U. S. District Judge Sarah S. Vance to over 21 (262 months) imprisonment after pleading guilty to cocaine distribution charges. In addition to the term of imprisonment, Judge Vance imposed eight years of supervisory...

May 03 (Washington, D.C.) – The American people have again responded overwhelmingly to the most recent DEA-led National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. On April 28th, citizens turned in a record-breaking 552,161 pounds (276 tons) of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at the 5,659 take-back sites that...

WASHINGTON , DC. - An Afghan national with ties to the Taliban was convicted today by a jury in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia of conspiracy, distribution of heroin for importation into the United States and narco-terrorism, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice...

GREENBELT , MD - . - U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Stanley Needleman, 69, of Pikesville, Maryland, to a year and a day in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for tax evasion and structuring financial transactions to avoid reporting large cash receipts and deposits. Needleman...

BALTIMORE, MD. - U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. sentenced Clevon “Ty” Johnson, age 38, of Cambridge, Maryland, to 11 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, after Johnson pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and to violating his...

ALEXANDRIA, VA. - DEA and the US Attorneys Office in the Eastern District of Virginia today announced charges against the alleged leader of an international drug trafficking and money laundering network for coordinating multi-ton shipments of cocaine from Colombia to Los Zetas Mexican drug cartel destined for the United States...