United States Drug Enforcement Administration

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Jucorey Deonte Pruitt, aka Corey Deonte Pruitt, 25, of Charlotte, appeared in court Aug. 9, and pleaded guilty to a perjury charge for lying under oath during a federal trial. U.S. Magistrate Judge David S. Cayer presided over Pruitt’s plea hearing. The Aug. 9 plea was announced...

DALLAS - Muhammad Faridi, 40, the former owner of the McAllen Medical Clinic, appeared this afternoon before U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater and pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge stemming from his involvement in a “pill mill” operation, announced Special Agent in Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. and U.S...

AUG 05 - BURLINGTON, Vt. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that, on August 2, 2016, David Johnson, 24, of New York City was sentenced to...

AUG 05 - HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, United States Attorney Deirdre M. Daly and Chief State’s Attorney Kevin T. Kane today announced that a federal jury in New Haven has found Karl Roye, also known as...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Earlier today, Salvador Jimenez Uribe, also known as “Salvador Uribe Jimenez,” pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Raymond J. Dearie in the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, to a four-count superseding indictment for his involvement in an international cocaine importation conspiracy and international narcotics importation...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Earlier today, an indictment was unsealed charging Gonzalo Erick Aguilar Vargas, also known as “Erick Aguilar” and “Erick Vargas,” Hillary Calle, Kiancin Lee, also known as “Mala,” Monica Vargas, and Ricky Vargas with conspiring to traffic heroin, conspiring to kidnap, kidnapping, and possessing and brandishing firearms in...

TYLER, Texas - DEA Special Agent in Charge, Clyde Shelley and U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced today that five individuals have been arrested following a lengthy investigation into drug trafficking in the Eastern District of Texas. On Aug. 4, 2016, a combined task force of federal, state and local...

AUG 04 - BANGOR, 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 Dustin Giles, 31, of Caribou, Maine, was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. for...

AUG 04 - 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 Frank Pina, 57, and Steven Whaley, 48, both of New Haven, each pleaded guilty before...

EL PASO - Today, federal, state and local authorities arrested seven individuals in the El Paso area based on federal drug trafficking and weapons charges. An eighth defendant was arrested back in June 2016. Those arrested today include: Manuel Almanzar ,44, San Elizario, TX Oralia Almanza, 43, San Elizario Adrian...