United States Drug Enforcement Administration

BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross and Special Agent in Charge Frank A. Tarentino III, Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division announced today that Justin Brooks, 33, Jamestown, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. to possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of...

BUFFALO, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross and Special Agent in Charge Frank A. Tarentino III, Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division, announced today that Loegan Morrison Samples, 24, Jamestown, NY, who was convicted of maintaining a drug-involved premises, was sentenced to serve 60 months in prison by U.S. District...

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho--Dennen Trey George Fitterer-Usher, 24, of Spokane Valley, Washington, was sentenced this week to more than 14 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance and discharge of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. According to court records, in 2021, Fitterer-Usher met...

CORPUS CHRISTI – The final member of a of a Corpus Christi drug trafficking organization has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute meth, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney...

SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Marvin Antonio Lantigua, 32, of the Bronx, New York City, was sentenced today to serve 10-years in federal prison for possessing with intent to distribute a kilogram of fentanyl, announced United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman, Frank A. Tarentino III, Special Agent in Charge of the...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Jessica D. Aber, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, announced that over the course of the past year, EDVA’s litigative efforts have resulted in the forfeiture of at least 164 illegally owned, possessed, used, or obtained firearms. Firearms that are criminally forfeited are removed...

WILMINGTON, N.C. –– A Goldsboro, North Carolina man was sentenced today to 106 months in prison for Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of Methamphetamine and Possession with Intent to Distribute 50 grams or more of...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Edgar Tejada, 35, of Utica, New York, pled guilty today to possession with the intent to distribute cocaine, and to possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman, Frank A. Tarentino III, Special Agent...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 40-year-old Three Rivers resident has been ordered to federal prison for distributing more than 500 grams of methamphetamine announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Roger Lee Martinez pleaded guilty June 1...

STATESVILLE, N.C. – A federal jury in Statesville has convicted Alfonso Roman Brito, 43, of trafficking methamphetamine, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell presided over the three-day trial which ended on Wednesday. Robert J. Murphy, Special Agent...