United States Drug Enforcement Administration

HOUSTON – The final defendant in a maritime smuggling venture involving nearly 1300 kilograms of cocaine has been ordered to federal prison, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Jose Luis Landazuri Valdes, 25-year-old Colombian national pleaded...

NEWARK, N.J. – DEA New Jersey Special Agent in Charge Susan A. Gibson and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, announced today a Paterson, New Jersey, man was indicted for conspiring to distribute heroin. Rolfi Ferreira-Cruz, 25, was charged by indictment with one count of conspiring...

NEW YORK - Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that James Felton was found guilty of the June 11, 2016, murder of Marvin Harris, whom Felton shot 13 times, as well as the Dec. 11, 2016, murder of Jose Morales, whom...

MCALLEN, Texas – A 53-year-old former bailiff with the Hidalgo County Court at Law #6 has been ordered to federal prison for his involvement in a drug trafficking conspiracy, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Oscar...

DETROIT – A Detroit-area doctor was sentenced to 60 months in prison today for his role in a scheme to unlawfully distribute more than 23,000 pills of oxycodone. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider of the Eastern District of Michigan...

NEW YORK - Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor and Ray Donovan, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge, New York Division announces the guilty plea of Dr. Lawrence Choy, the former operator of a medical clinic in Flushing, Queens, in connection with the deaths of...

NEWARK, N.J. – DEA New Jersey Division Special Agent in Charge Susan A. Gibson and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Craig Carpenito announced 27 people have been charged for their roles as members, associates and suppliers of a Newark-based drug-trafficking organization that distributed heroin and crack cocaine...

CONCORD, N.H. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Victoria Duford, 27, formerly of Northwood, was sentenced to 43 months in prison for participating in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy. According to court documents and statements made...

CONCORD, N.H. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Paul William Aaron, 33, of Lowell, Mass., was sentenced to 60 months in prison on Monday for participating in a conspiracy to distribute over 400 grams of...

CONCORD, N.H. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Jesus Rivera, 21, of Lawrence, Mass., was sentenced to 150 months in prison for participating in a conspiracy to distribute over 400 grams of fentanyl. According to...