United States Drug Enforcement Administration

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Brian R. Crowell U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge, New York Division and Bridget G. Brennan New York City's Special Narcotics Prosecutor, announced today that Dr. Robert S. Gibbs, Sr., a licensed internal medicine physician, pleaded guilty to illegally selling prescriptions for powerful narcotic painkillers...

(ROCHESTER, N.Y.) Yesterday, federal authorities in Rochester announced that a significant international synthetic drug trafficking ring was successfully infiltrated. In the Rochester area, eight defendants were charged by criminal complaint for their participation in the conspiracy to import and distribute significant quantities of Methylone, also known as "Molly," a Schedule...

PORTLAND, 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 Anthony Cardoza, 31, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, was sentenced in U. S. District Court by Judge George Z. Singal, to 6 years...

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Brian R. Crowell U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge, New York Division and Bridget G. Brennan New York City's Special Narcotics Prosecutor, announced today the sentencing of Robert Whitfield, formerly a Correction Officer with the New York City Department of Correction, to eight years in...

September 17, 2013 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 COVINGTON, Ky. - A Covington, Ky., man has been arraigned on federal charges alleging that he sold a quantity of heroin to another individual who died as a result of using the drug. On September 12, 2013, a federal grand...

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 - , 24, of El Monte, California, was sentenced on September 16, 2013, to 25 years in prison to...

SEP 17 - WATERBURY, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Kenneth DeVries, also known as “Lyme,” 53, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by Senior...

SEATTLE - Early this morning, federal agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration arrested a resident of Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood who had repeatedly sold marijuana to middle and high school students. On September 13, 2013, Alejandro Antonio Castillo, 51, was charged by a criminal complaint with conspiracy to distribute marijuana, two...

NEW YORK - Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, Brian R. Crowell, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York (DEA), New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly, Joseph A. D’Amico, Superintendent of the New York State Police, and Special Agent in Charge...

CAMDEN, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman, the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced a Woodlynne, N.J., man today admitted - as part of his guilty plea to federal...