United States Drug Enforcement Administration

SPOKANE, Wash. - -Isidro Madrigal-Galvan, 20, and Renee Gomez, 24, both of Moses Lake, Washington, were sentenced on March 20, 2013, after being convicted by a jury of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and other offenses relating to the operation of a methamphetamine trafficking organization. Madrigal-Galvan was sentenced to more than...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - A Queens doctor was arrested this morning pursuant to a complaint charging him in federal court in Long Island with distribution of oxycodone, a highly-addictive prescription medicine used to treat severe pain. Dr. Gracia L. Mayard is scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon before United States Magistrate...

SEATTLE - -A drug trafficking organization that distributed large amounts of methamphetamine and heroin from Mexico to Washington state was dismantled today with more than a dozen arrests. The criminal organization spanned a large area of the state with operations ranging from Everett to Vancouver, Washington and from Aberdeen on...

SEATTLE - -The owner of a South Seattle non-profit “club” that hosted Alcoholics Anonymous meetings was arrested last night for illegal distribution of oxycodone. The investigation revealed that the Nomadian Community Resource (NCRC) on South Orcas Street in Seattle was a hub for prescription drug dealing. Michael Martin Shepard, 64...

OTSEGO COUNTY, N.Y. - Four Otsego County residents were arrested for marijuana offenses following a two month narcotics investigation that was conducted by the Otsego County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation (CID) and the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Albany District Office with assistance from the Oneonta Police Department Detective Bureau and the...

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho - - Justin Edward Egner, 36, of Springfield, Oregon, the fifth defendant in a multi-state marijuana trafficking operation, was sentenced on March 5, 2013, in United States District Court. Egner was sentenced to 40 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release for conspiracy to...

MANHATTAN - Brian R. Crowell, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York (DEA), Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly and Joseph A. D’Amico, Superintendent of the New York State Police announced today the indictment...

MANHATTAN - Brian R. Crowell, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York (DEA), Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly and Joseph A. D’Amico, Superintendent of the New York State Police, announced today the indictment...

OTSEGO COUNTY, N.Y. - Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) Brian R. Crowell, Otsego County Sheriff Richard J. Devlin, Jr, Oneonta Police Chief Dennis R. Nayor and Otsego County District Attorney John M. Muehl announce the arrest of a major trafficking ring...

LOS ANGELES/SPOKANE, Wash. - Early this morning, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Los Angeles Police Department, in conjunction with the Spokane Regional Drug Task (SRDTF), led a large-scale enforcement action targeting a criminal organization spanning from Los Angeles to Eastern Washington. Hundreds of law enforcement officials, including federal agents...