United States Drug Enforcement Administration

ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration, United States Marshals Service, and multiple law enforcement agencies arrested 15 people today, including five St. Louis area residents, on charges that they conspired to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl. Among those charged were: Miguel Silva-Torres, Jr...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., announced that Juan Ortega-Baez, 19, of Rochester, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl, was sentenced...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A Washington, D.C., man pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute heroin and fentanyl, in addition to armed drug trafficking. According to court documents, Phillip Thurston Mace, 38, sold heroin and fentanyl to an undercover police detective in Fairfax county during the course of several months. Mace...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Montclair, California, man pleaded guilty in federal court today to drug trafficking after transporting more than four pounds of heroin and approximately five pounds of fentanyl aboard a bus en route to New York City. The investigation was conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration St...

HARRISONBURG, Va. – Richard Mansfield, a Harrisonburg man who was previously convicted of distributing a fatal mixture of heroin and fentanyl, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Harrisonburg to nine years in prison, United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen announced. Mansfield, 39, pleaded guilty in September 2018 to...

LAREDO, Texas – Jesus Homero Ortiz, a 27-year-old resident of Laredo has been sentenced to federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute nearly eight kilograms of fentanyl, announced DEA Acting Special Agent in Charge Steven S. Whipple and U.S. Attorney Ryan K...

SAN DIEGO – April Spring Kelly, of San Diego, was sentenced in federal court on Friday to 14 years in prison for conspiring to smuggle more than 450,000 fentanyl pills from Mexico into the United States during a nine-month period ending in October 2018. According to admissions in her plea...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – A Newport News man pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin and a quantity of fentanyl. According to court documents, Dujuan Walters, 34, maintained a stash house at his residence in Newport News, at...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Marlon Thompson was arraigned yesterday in federal court in Central Islip before United States Magistrate Judge A. Kathleen Tomlinson on an indictment charging him with conspiracy to distribute cocaine base and heroin from April 2018 through May 2019, and distribution of a controlled substance containing fentanyl resulting...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned a seven-count indictment today against Frank Jonathan Guzman, 27, and Jose Cruz Ivan Aispuro, 34, both of Stockton, charging them with distributing heroin and fentanyl, possessing heroin and fentanyl for distribution, and conspiracy to do the same, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott...