United States Drug Enforcement Administration

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...

AUG 03 - 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, Nathan Minervini, 37, of East Haven, Connecticut, was sentenced to...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - On July 26, 2016, a federal grand jury returned a six count indictment against Vincent Garner, 50, of Gruetli-Laager, Tenn., charging him with manufacturing and distributing marijuana, illegally possessing a firearm after being previously convicted of a felony and possessing a firearm during a drug trafficking transaction...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - John V. Brown, 45, of New York City, was sentenced today to serve 71 months in prison, to be followed by four years of supervised release for supplying heroin in the Plattsburgh area. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Special Agent...