United States Drug Enforcement Administration

MEDFORD, Ore.—A man believed to reside in Yakima, Washington who was caught transporting more than 55 pounds of methamphetamine and more than a thousand fentanyl pills in Southern Oregon was sentenced to federal prison on December 20, 2023. Daniel Martin Ponce-Gonzalez, 39, was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison...

(NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y.) – Niagara County District Attorney Brian D. Seaman, Special Agent in Charge Frank A. Tarentino III of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) New York Division, Niagara Falls Police Department (NFPD) Chief of Police John Faso, and New York State Police (NYSP) Acting Superintendent Dominick Chiumento announced the...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Brendan Farver, 29, of Jamestown, NY, who was convicted of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute, and distributing, heroin, fentanyl, and methamphetamine, was sentenced to serve 24 months in prison by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny...

BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Elina Martinez, 67, of Miami, FL, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl, was sentenced to serve 85 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. On December 7, 2022, a...

BUFFALO, NY—U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Justin Whitfield, 24, of Cincinnati, OH, was charged by criminal complaint with narcotics conspiracy, which carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison and a maximum of life. Assistant U.S. Attorney Joshua A. Violanti, who is handling the case...

Note: View the Criminal Complaint here. ALBUQUERQUE – Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Towanda R. Thorne-James, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s El Paso Division, announced today that Isaiah Anthony Aragon and Miguel Antonio Ramirez were charged by criminal...

ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Savannah Gross, 31, of Jamestown, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael J. Roemer to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 10...

SEATTLE – A citizen of Mexico, twice federally convicted of drug trafficking in Washington State, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 11 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and conspiracy to commit money laundering, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman. Alan Gomez-Marentes...

NEW YORK CITY - Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Ismael Bimbow was sentenced to 22 years in prison today for his participation in a large-scale narcotic trafficking operation that sold kilogram quantities of fentanyl and heroin and for possessing firearms...

WASHINGTON, D.C.– A 19-count indictment charges eight men from the metropolitan Washington D.C. area with participating in an interstate fentanyl and cocaine conspiracy believed responsible for distributing multi-kilogram quantities of narcotics in the region. The announcement was made today by U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves, DEA Special Agent in Charge...