United States Drug Enforcement Administration

BARRE, Vt. - The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Tiffany Fisk, 33, of Barre, Vermont, was sentenced today to serve 18 months in prison after her conviction for distributing fentanyl. Chief United States District Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford also ordered Fisk to...

CONCORD, N.H. – Christopher Archambault, 56, of Rochester, was sentenced today to 72 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute more than 40 grams of fentanyl, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced. According to court documents and statements made in court, on November 24, 2020, after...

WATERBURY, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ALGENYS PAULINO, also known as “Chico” and “Lying Queen,” 34, of the Bronx, New York, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 87 months of imprisonment, followed by...

PHOENIX - Alexandro Luis Gomez, 30, of Tucson, Arizona, was sentenced on September 28, 2022, by United States District Judge Rosemary Márquez to 17 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. Gomez previously pleaded guilty to Distribution of a Controlled Substance connected to the overdose death of...

LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Los Angeles Field Division, Southwest Border Initiative (SWB) Group 2, along with the Fontana Police Department, seized approximately 3,552 pounds of methamphetamine and 66 kilograms of cocaine in Norco, California. This is the largest seizure of methamphetamine for the DEA Los...

CAMDEN, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger announced an Atlantic County man today admitted his role in a heroin distribution scheme. Christopher Gonzalez, 38, of Egg Harbor...

RICHLAND, Wash. – Eric Christian, age 34, of Kennewick, Washington, was sentenced to serve 46-months in federal prison for conspiring with inmates of the Benton County Jail to smuggle contraband into the jail in exchange for money. Christian, who pled guilty in December 2021 to Conspiracy to Provide Prohibited Objects...

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – A federal jury convicted Delon Echols, 31, of Belleville, Illinois, Sept. 29 for sending MDMA through the mail with the intent to later distribute it. MDMA is also known as Ecstasy. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Echols utilized the Dark Web...

NEW YORK CITY – One person was arrested and approximately 15,000 fentanyl pills were seized as part of an ongoing investigation into a fentanyl trafficking organization. The fentanyl pills, in various colors, were destined for distribution throughout New York City and had been concealed in a LEGO box to deter...

INDIANAPOLIS – Michael Gannon, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Indianapolis, and U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Myers for the Southern District of Indiana announced that Arthur Miles, 48 of Indianapolis, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison after being convicted of possession with the intent to...