United States Drug Enforcement Administration

LAREDO, Texas - A 47-year-old Corpus Christi man has been sentenced in Laredo federal court following his conviction of possession with the intent to distribute 1,000 kilograms or more of marijuana and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug crime, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. A federal Jury...

LEXINGTON, Ky. - U.S. Attorney Kerry B. Harvey, Tim Plancon, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Detroit Division, and Lexington Police Chief Mark Barnard jointly announce a new initiative, aiming to implement a comprehensive approach to Kentucky’s opioid epidemic. As part of the plan, the Lexington...

LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Versailles, Kentucky, man, who previously admitted to distributing fentanyl, that was disguised as a pain pill and caused the overdose death of a Woodford County woman, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison. On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell sentenced Gill Dewayne Garrett...

SEP 30 - PORTLAND, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that David Thurlow, 28, of Gorham, Maine, was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Judge D. Brock Hornby to 10...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - - Three people were arrested today and charged in federal court with methamphetamine and listed chemical offenses and 13 others were arrested and charged in Lewis County for state offenses involving the sale and possession of methamphetamine and other illegal drugs, announced United States Attorney Richard S...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - - The 15-month investigation led to the arrests of eight members of a drug pipeline responsible for funneling heroin from Pennsylvania and New Jersey to Elmira, NY. Eight defendants were arrested and charged yesterday by criminal complaint with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution...

FORT SMITH, Ark. - A major drug trafficker was sentenced to serve 12 ½ years in federal prison today, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Stephen G. Azzam and Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas. Jose Mendez-Alvarado, 39, of Fort Smith, was sentenced to 150 months in...

WASHINGTON - This week the heads of the national drug-control agencies for the United States and the People’s Republic of China, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg and Director (DG) Hu Minglang from the Narcotics Control (NCB) of the Ministry of Public Security, met at DEA Headquarters in Arlington...

EL PASO - A Barrio (BA) gang associate was sentenced today to 240 months in prison for his participation in a racketeering conspiracy and drug trafficking offenses. Luis Humberto Hernandez Celis, aka Pac, 32, of El Paso, was sentenced before U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone of the Western District of...

SEP 29 - 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 Eric Lonergan, 23, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant...