United States Drug Enforcement Administration

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Salvador Padilla III, 39, of Sacramento, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley, to 10 years in prison for distributing methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Chris Nielsen announced. On May 23, 2019, Padilla pleaded guilty...

BUFFALO, NY – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan today announced that Jose O. Felix, 38, of Buffalo, New York, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, and possession of a...

MADISON, Wis. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Timothy Hotchkiss, 30, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 10 years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. Hotchkiss pleaded...

NEWARK, N.J. – DEA New Jersey Division Special Agent in Charge Susan A. Gibson and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Craig Carpenito announced 12 members, associates and suppliers of a drug trafficking organization based in Newark have been charged in connection with their roles in distributing heroin...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan today announced that Manuel Medina, 33, of Rochester, New York, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 500 grams or more of cocaine...

NEWARK, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, Susan A. Gibson, and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, announced a Mexican national was sentenced today to 64 months in prison for his role in conspiring to traffic...

AUSTIN, Texas – In Austin today, a federal judge sentenced Modesto Gonzalez III to ten years in federal prison for defrauding numerous individuals out of more than of $300,000 by impersonating a Drug Enforcement Administration special agent, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash and DEA Houston Division Special Agent in...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A federal jury returned a guilty verdict against a 42-year-old Corpus Christi man for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced DEA Houston Division Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Charles Callis, Jr., pleaded guilty...

BANGOR, Maine – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Myron Crosby, Jr., aka “Templer,” 56, of Springfield, Mass., was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr., to 14 years in prison...

PORTLAND, Ore. - Yesterday, a third Portland-area man was sentenced to federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to traffic large quantities of methamphetamine into the Portland Metropolitan Area. Ulises Mayares Jr., 26, of Portland, was sentenced on July 29, 2019, to 48 months in prison and five years’...