United States Drug Enforcement Administration

MACON, Ga. – An Atlanta resident who was supplying large quantities of fentanyl and other controlled substances to distributors in Middle Georgia was sentenced to serve more than 28 years in prison for conspiring to distribute fentanyl in a case where investigators found evidence of an individual who overdosed and...

WASHINGTON – The Benevolent Protective Order of the Elks’ Drug Awareness Program (DAP) in partnership with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) released Season 4 of the video podcast Awkward Conversations on August 7, 2024, on the DAP YouTube channel . Season 4 of Awkward Conversations will include 20 unscripted...

BOSTON – A Lynn man was sentenced today in federal court for his role in a North Shore-based drug trafficking organization that distributed tens of thousands of counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. Nelson Mora, 31, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV to...

OMAHA, Neb. –Members of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Omaha Division will connect with community members in Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota, Tuesday, August 6, at National Night Out events providing educational resources on the dangers of drug use and experimentation. National Night Out began in 1984 as a way...

BOSTON – A Colombian man has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for his involvement in a money laundering conspiracy. Jose Abril-Sequera, 59, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns to 50 months in prison today after pleading guilty to money laundering charges. In April 2024...

BOSTON – A Lynn man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for his role in a North Shore-based drug trafficking organization (DTO) that distributed tens of thousands of counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. Lawrence Nagle Sr. (Nagle Sr.), 56, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that FRANK JAMONT BEST, also known as “JB,” and “Cash,” 50, of Bridgeport, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in New Haven to approximately 37 months of imprisonment, time already served, and...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - DONELL ALLICK, JR., also known as “D-Nice,” 25, of New Haven, has plead guilty before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in New Haven to a racketeering offense related to his participation in a violent New Haven street gang and the murder of an individual in...

HARTFORD, CONN. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ISSACHAMIL TORRES, also known as “Chamil,” 38, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sarala V. Nagala in Hartford to 66 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A federal grand jury in Columbia returned a 21-count indictment against 13 individuals for drug trafficking offenses. The indictment alleges that beginning in January 2016, 13 individuals engaged in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute large quantities of cocaine, fentanyl, and methamphetamine. Ten defendants were...