United States Drug Enforcement Administration

MONROE, La. - A Mexican citizen was sentenced Monday to 120 months in prison for conspiring to transport and distribute methamphetamine announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Stephen G. Azzam and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley. Eduardo Guerrero, 24, of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, was sentenced by a...

DEL RIO, Texas - A 36-year-old Eagle Pass Texas Mexican (TMM) leader Jesus (aka “Worst Ever”) faces up to life in federal prison after pleading guilty today to conspiring to violate the Racketeering Influenced Corrupt (RICO) statute to include acts of murder, extortion and drug trafficking. That announcement was made...

AUG 25 - CONCORD, N.H. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney, Emily Gray Rice announced that Jazzmyn Rood, 42, of Gonic, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty to misprision of a felony in connection with the distribution of...

AUG 25 - CONCORD, N.H. - Christopher DeCoste, 20, of Londonderry, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to federal charges of possessing over 400 grams of fentanyl with intent to distribute and being a felon in possession of a firearm...

AUG 25 - CONCORD, N.H. - Brett Scott, 24, pleaded guilty in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to a federal charge related to the sales of misbranded drugs, announced Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, New England Division...

AUG 25 - HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Steven Santucci, 40, of Waterbury, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in...

AUG 24 - NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut announced that James Hayes, also known as “T.Y.,” 32, of Waterbury, was arrested on heroin distribution...

AUG 24 - NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, New England Division and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that a grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment charging Jamar Jones, also known...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Joseph Edward Conner pleaded guilty in federal court in Oakland yesterday to possessing with the intent to distribute over four pounds of crystal methamphetamine announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin, Internal Revenue (IRS), Criminal Investigation...

LEXINGTON, Ky. - In early 2015, as part of a comprehensive approach to combat the opioid epidemic facing the state of Kentucky, the United States Attorney’s Office and the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) established an Overdose Prosecution Initiative, which has become an important tool in the battle against illegal drug...