United States Drug Enforcement Administration

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 58-year-old Corpus Christi resident has been sentenced to a total of 200 months in prison for meth trafficking and two supervised release violations, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux of the Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani...

ALBANY, Ga. –A Southwest Georgia resident with a lengthy criminal history who distributed kilograms of fentanyl and other deadly drugs while in possession of firearms and ammunition was sentenced to serve 40 years in federal prison for his crimes. Larry Roger Sparks, Jr., 46, of Albany, was sentenced to serve...

ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk on Thursday sentenced a man who sold the fentanyl that killed one woman and sent another to the hospital in one day in 2019 to 14 years in prison. Zachary Hovis, 24, provided fentanyl to an 18-year-old woman in the parking...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Today, Joel Santana-Pierna and Abel Santana-Pierna, citizens of the Dominican Republic residing in Alaska, were sentenced to 135 months and 72 months imprisonment, respectively, for their roles in masterminding and perpetrating large drug trafficking and tax fraud conspiracies. "The sheer greed of these drug traffickers is clear...

NEW BERN, N.C. - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today that United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced Norris Willis, 42, of Bayboro, North Carolina, to 123 months of imprisonment and 10 years of supervised release. Willispreviously pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute...

Seven arrested during round-up; three remain fugitives ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Twelve members of a methamphetamine trafficking ring have been charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Seven of those charged were arrested on Tuesday, December 10, 2013, during an early morning round-up conducted by federal, state and...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Lynn Farrell Smith, 63, of Stockton was sentenced to 42 months in prison today by United States District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. for offenses involving the cultivation and sale of marijuana via storefronts in Sacramento and Stockton, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Jay Fitzpatrick...

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

WASHINGTON - - "Those who aspire to see their own or others' children accomplish great things in life or who want to live in a nation of increasing prosperity should be very concerned about the increase in marijuana use by teenagers, including the fact that a staggering 12 percent of...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On December 18, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment against two defendants charged with conspiracy to possess and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, and conspiracy to import and importation of controlled substances, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez...