United States Drug Enforcement Administration

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - - Hamlet Severino De La Rosa, 41, a citizen of the Dominican Republic residing in Utica, New York, was sentenced today to serve 24 months imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release. The sentence was jointly announced by James J. Hunt, Special Agent in...

SAN FRANCISCO - Epati Malauulu, 42, of Suisun City, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller to 20 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin announced. According to court documents...

SAN FRANCISCO - Addictive prescription drugs that are thrown away or left untended on shelves and in drawers at home are often stolen and either abused or sold by family members and visitors. That’s why the DEA and thousands of its state, local, and tribal law enforcement and community partners...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Marco Antonio Ochoa, aka Alfredo Ochoa Valladares, was sentenced today to 132 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine announced DEA Special Agent-in-Charge John J. Martin and United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch. The sentence follows a...

FRESNO, Calif. - Abudullah Almashwali, 31, a Yemeni national formerly residing in Brooklyn, New York, pled guilty today to conspiracy and distribution of heroin and cocaine, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and DEA Special Agent-in-Charge John J. Martin announced. According to court documents, Almashwali and co-defendant Chaudhry Ahmad Farooq, 24...

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - - Matthew Draper, aka “Mata,”49, of Haverstraw, New York, was indicted today by a grand jury charging him with allegedly trafficking wholesale amounts of cocaine in and around Rockland County, New York. Draper was arrested on a criminal complaint on October 6, 2016, and has been in...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Joseph Edward Conner was sentenced to 112 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. In addition to the prison term, Conner was sentenced to a 3-year period of supervised release. The sentence was handed down yesterday by the Hon. Haywood S. Gilliam, U.S. District...