United States Drug Enforcement Administration

Agents from the Shenandoah County Team of the Northwest Virginia Regional Drug Task Force and Drug Enforcement Administration arrested Saul Benitez-Garcia, 28, of 102 Williamson Road, Winchester, VA, in Strasburg, Virginia on September 15, 2006. Benitez-Garcia was subsequently charged with conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine. Agents also seized $5,407 and...

(Alexandria, VA) - George Cornelius Day, age 32, formerly of Brandywine, Maryland, was sentenced yesterday by United States District Judge Walter D. Kelly, Jr. to a mandatory life sentence without the possibility of parole for conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of crack cocaine and 5 kilograms or more...

SEP 12 -- The DEA and other federal law enforcement officials announced today that 28 people have been indicted on charges related to an intricate web of cocaine distribution rings in the northern section of Winchester City called the “Block.” “The success of this operation and the positive effect it...

BALTIMORE, Maryland - William “Billy” Wells, age 33, of Parkville, Maryland pled guilty today to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute five hundred grams or more of cocaine, announced Carl J. Kotowski, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Baltimore District office and United...

AUG 10 -- BALTIMORE, Maryland - Warren Young, age 36, of Annapolis, was sentenced today to 132 months in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of crack cocaine within 1000 feet of a public housing facility, announced United States Attorney...

APR 20 --Shawn A. Johnson, Special Agent in Charge of DEA’s Washington Division, announced today that a federal grand jury has indicted Anthony Okoko, age 30, of Bowie, Maryland; Tonya Tyson, age 37, of Suitland, Maryland; Leslie Reynolds, age 60, of Bowie; Ugochukwu Onwudiegwu, age 34, of Baltimore; and Hasina...

BALTIMORE, Maryland – Carl J. Kotowski, Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) Baltimore District Office of the Drug Enforcement Administration and Rod J. Rosenstein, United States Attorney for the District of Maryland announced today that Shawn Henry, age 29, of Baltimore was sentenced to 7 years and 3 months in...

MAR 22 --Shawn A. Johnson, Special Agent in Charge of DEA’s Washington Division announced today that Brent Andrew Jarvis, age 39, of Bristol, Virginia, was indicted by a federal Grand Jury sitting in Abingdon, Virginia. Jarvis was charged in a two-count indictment with conspiracy to distribute MDMA and possession with...

MAR 9 -- Carl J. Kotowski, Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Baltimore District Office of the Drug Enforcement Administration joined federal law enforcement partners on Thursday, March 9, 2006, in Salisbury, MD to hand over to local officials a building seized in a recent drug operation. The property, located at...

Shawn A. Johnson, Special Agent in Charge of DEA’s Washington Division announced that today U.S. District Court Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Franklin Alma, age 29, of Silver Spring, Maryland to 151 months in prison followed by 4 years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute 500 grams...