United States Drug Enforcement Administration

FT MYERS, Fla. - U.S. District Judge John E. Steele sentenced Epifanio H. (61, Fort Myers) yesterday to life in federal prison for selling heroin within 1,000 feet of Lee Middle School. The court also sentenced Benitez to a concurrent term of 15 years in prison for three counts of...

May 22, 2013 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 COVINGTON, Ky. - A Cincinnati man who previously admitted to participating in a conspiracy to distribute heroin was sentenced to 162 months in federal prison. U.S. District Judge David Bunning sentenced 43 year-old Lee Moore on Tuesday, May 21st, 2013...

(SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico) - - The Drug Enforcement Administration with the support of the Puerto Rico Police Department “Oficina de Información Criminal de San Juan” directed by the Lieutenant Ivan Bahr, and in coordination with the U.S. Marshals Service, Puerto Rico, arrested Julio Marquez-Alejandro also known as "Chino Montero"...

MAY 22 - ( BRIDGEPORT, 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 Marvin Wooten, also known as “Smash,” 43, of Norwalk, was sentenced today by...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England Field Division and United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha announced that Christian M. Araujo, a/k/a Christian Sanchez, 46, of Providence, has been ordered detained in federal custody on a charge of possession with...

SAN FRANCISCO - - Rogelio Corral and Jose Efrain-Gonzalez were sentenced on May 16, 2013, to 14 years and 5 years, respectively, in prison for drug trafficking, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced. Corral and Efrain-Gonzalez pleaded guilty...

MAY 20 - SEATTLE - A drug trafficker who came to the attention of law enforcement after his roommate was shot and killed in November 2012 was convicted on May 16, 2013, following a three day jury trial. Juan Hidalgo-Mendoza, 33, of Lakewood, Washington was convicted of conspiracy to distribute...

MAY 20 (HOUSTON) - - Four men have been charged with conspiracy to possess and possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Roberto Carlos Garza, 23, and Alexander Chavez, 34, both of Rio...

(NEW ORLEANS) - - Terrence Tyler, age 23, and Tarell Stevenson, age 36, both of New Orleans, Louisiana, were charged today in an eight-count indictment by a Federal Grand Jury with distribution of heroin, conspiracy, and related firearms charges. According to the indictment, Tylerand Stevensonconspired to distribute 100 grams or...

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O'Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced yesterday that a federal jury found Eugene E. (39, Tampa) guilty of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute...