United States Drug Enforcement Administration

CONCORD, N.H. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Julio Pizzini, 25, of Lawrence, Mass., was sentenced to serve 170 months in prison for participating in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy. According to court documents and statements...

CONCORD, N.H. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Meredith Willey, 38, of Groveton, N.H., was sentenced to serve 65 months in prison for participating in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy. According to court documents and statements...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Eddy Steven Sandoval Lopez, 23, a Nicaraguan national residing in Sacramento, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. According to court documents, Sandoval Lopez distributed cocaine and marijuana on a darknet site, Dream Market, using the vendor accounts “CokeWave,” “SafeDealsDirect,” and “HerbanFarmer.” The Dream Market...

DAYTON, Ohio – A man helping orchestrate a methamphetamine, fentanyl and heroin trafficking conspiracy was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 180 months in prison. A federal indictment unsealed in July 2018 charged Salvador Ramirez, 24, of West Chester, along with six other people with engaging in a drug...

TAMPA, Fla. – Ryan Cotton, 37, of Manatee County, was sentenced to 13 years and four months in federal prison for possessing with the intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin and fentanyl. Cotton had pleaded guilty on Feb. 22, 2019. According to court documents, over a 15-day...

ALBANY, NY – Carlo Varnado, 41, of South Glens Falls, New York, pled guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New...

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today the arrest of Kalib Scott Powell, 25, of Evansville, Ind., for the distribution of a Schedule I controlled substance (fentanyl), resulting in death. The arrest is the result of the investigation into the fentanyl-based overdose death of Jacilynn Holifield...

SPOKANE, Wash. – Rosalio Emmanuel Sanchez, age 33, of Pasco, Washington, was sentenced on May 29, 2019, after having been convicted after a 5-day jury trial in March 2019, of one count of conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Ray Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Division and U.S. Attorney James Kennedy, Jr. announced that a federal jury convicted Richard Lucas, 34, of Williamsville, N.Y., of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and distribution of, 500 grams...

SAVANNAH, Ga. The lead defendant in a Statesboro drug trafficking conspiracy has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison. Natividad Dias , a/k/a “Nat,” “Nate,” “Amigo” or “Huevos,” 46, a Mexican national who lived in Sylvania, Ga., was sentenced to 240 months in federal prison by Chief U.S. District...