United States Drug Enforcement Administration

MEDFORD, Ore - On Monday, January 12, 2015, Senior U.S. District Judge Owen M. Panner sentenced Steven Allen Longbrake, 28, of Medford, Oregon, to 12 1/2 years in federal prison for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Longbrake had previously pleaded guilty to that offense on September 15, 2014...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Jorge Melendez, 44, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to manufacture more than 100 marijuana plants, was sentenced to 60 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge William Skretny. The defendant was also ordered to...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez and Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy of the DEA’s El Paso Field Division announced that Miguel Bustamante-Conchas, 39, was sentenced late yesterday afternoon to 20 years in federal prison for his heroin trafficking conviction. He also was ordered to pay...

(BOSTON - Two New Bedford men pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston to selling heroin. Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Boston Field Division and United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz; announced that Manuel Lopes, a/k/a “Junior” Lopes, 36, and...

( - NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting 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 Richard Anderson, also known as “Mayut” and “Porter,” 28, of New Haven, was sentenced...

OMAHA, Neb. - On Tuesday, January 13th, 2015, DEA Omaha and their state and local counterparts arrested 12 individuals and seized approximately $8,800 in United States currency as the culmination of an 18-month investigation. Throughout the course of the investigation 12.3 pounds of methamphetamine and approximately $35,000 were seized. The...

MEDFORD, Ore - On Monday, January 12, 2015, Senior U.S. District Judge Owen M. Panner sentenced Marco Antonio Gutierrez, 36, of Grants Pass, Oregon, to 14 years in federal prison, and his brother Samuel De La Cruz Gutierrez, 43, to 10 years in federal prison, after they pleaded guilty to...

LOS ANGELES - After a federal grand jury issued a 33-count indictment last week, authorities in Texas and Southern California this morning arrested five defendants linked to a narcotics trafficking ring that sold illegal prescriptions for cash and obtained drugs that were shipped to Texas for sale on the black...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Dwight Williams, 51, of Anchorage, Alaska, was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Timothy M. Burgess to serve 262 months in federal prison for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy that led to the death of a young woman. Williams previously pleaded guilty to...

PHOENIX - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman announced the conclusion of Operation Bad Mussels - with the sentencing of the remaining defendants indicted for their participation in one of the largest steroid enforcement investigations in Arizona. During the investigation, DEA’s Tactical Diversion (TDS) identified members who...