United States Drug Enforcement Administration

BOSTON - - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) for New England and United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz announced today that a man from Colombia, charged in an international cocaine conspiracy in 2010, made his initial appearance in federal court today after he...

FRESNO, Calif. - Operation Mercury, a multicounty marijuana initiative focusing on agricultural marijuana grows, has resulted in the guilty plea today of Christopher Gallegos, 19, of Temecula, and the sentencing today of Ramon Manjarrez Del Vaal, 37, of Sinaloa, Mexico, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C...

FRESNO, Calif. - Manuel Vasquez, 30, a Fresno bail bondsman who resided in Selma, pleaded guilty today to participating in a long-term methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy and aiding and abetting a convicted felon, Edwan Dablan, 37, of Kingsburg, to possess multiple firearms, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce...

OTSEGO COUNTY, N.Y. - Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) Brian R. Crowell, Otsego County Sheriff Richard J. Devlin, Jr, Oneonta Police Chief Dennis R. Nayor and Otsego County District Attorney John M. Muehl announce the arrest of a major trafficking ring...

CHICAGO) - Seventeen defendants are facing federal narcotics and/or firearms charges which demonstrate again the intersection of drugs and illegal gun possession in Chicago. An investigation by the Chicago Police Department and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration of alleged drug-trafficking by a father and son that started less than a...

PEORIA, Ill. - A Pekin man faces federal charges of conspiracy to distribute heroin and distribution of heroin resulting in three deaths. Anthony Mansini, 22, of the 4400 block of Meadow Drive, made his initial appearance in federal court yesterday and was ordered to remain in the custody of the...

US, Virgin Islands - On February 19, 2013, Caribbean Division Acting Special Agent in Charge Pedro J. Janer, St. Thomas Resident Agent in Charge Eric Barnard and St. Croix Resident Agent in Charge Timothy Williams met with Attorney (AG) Eric Holder along with a host of other federal agency heads...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Today, United States Magistrate Judge Bruce McGiverin authorized a criminal complaint against José E. Toledo-Bayouth for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of a mixture and substance containing cocaine, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District...

BANGOR, MAINE - - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced today that Mark Razo, 23, of El Monte, California, was convicted of conspiracy to distribute heroin, cocaine, marijuana and methamphetamine; and of...

HARTFORD, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Miguel Alamo, 36, of East Hartford, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in...