United States Drug Enforcement Administration

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the guilty plea of Daniel Pagano, a Captain of the Genovese Organized Crime Family of La Cosa (the “Genovese Crime Family”). Pagano pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams to participating...

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that Peter Phillip Nash, a/k/a “Samesamebutdifferent,” a/k/a “Batman73,” a/k/a “Symmetry,” a/k/a “Anonymousasshit,” pleaded guilty today to narcotics trafficking and money laundering charges in connection with his role in operating “Silk Road,” a...

LAKE CHARLES, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Joseph W. Shepherd and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that, after a two-day trial, a federal jury found a Guatemalan guilty of conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute more than $1.5 million worth of cocaine...

LAFAYETTE, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Joseph W. Shepherd and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Moss Bluff man pleaded guilty Wednesday to operating a marijuana sales and transport conspiracy that stretched from Texas to Louisiana. Daniel Cantu-Lopez, 42, of Moss Bluff...

SHREVEPORT, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Joseph W. Shepherd and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a federal grand jury indicted two Texas men for conspiring to sell approximately 28 kilograms of powder cocaine. Ricardo Garcia, 37, and Jesus Christian Martinez, 33...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge David Downing and Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas announced the unsealing of a 77-count superseding indictment charging multiple defendants in central Arkansas with numerous drug and weapon charges. Today, 26 defendants...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. and Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division announced that John Haak, 33, of Evans, NY, and Francis Tessina, 43, of Buffalo, NY, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with distribution of heroin and...

SHREVEPORT, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Joseph W. Shepherd and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Many, La resident was sentenced to 188 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine in Sabine Parish. Cassius L. Medlock, 32...

NEW ORLEANS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown and U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that Ambrose Williams, age 44, and Antoinette Kelly, age 32, both of New Orleans, were sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to charges relating to their conspiracy to distribute and to...

NEW ORLEANS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown and U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that Stokley Austin, age 33, of Marrero, was sentenced yesterday after previously pleading guilty to distribution and possession with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine hydrochloride and...