United States Drug Enforcement Administration

EL PASO, TX - In El Paso today, federal authorities filed a criminal complaint against 27-year-old Gregory Keith Robinson, and 26-year-old Jaquan Bray for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute marijuana, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Kyle W. Williamson, El Paso...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Albert Vincent Hicks, 48, of Jacksonville, was sentenced to five years in federal prison for distributing heroin. Hicks pleaded guilty on August 21, 2019. According to court documents, on October 26, 2017, Hicks sold more than 25 grams of heroin to a confidential informant. On November 16...

LAS VEGAS -- As the nation struggles to deal with the opioid epidemic many on the frontlines, such as law enforcement, are looking for innovative ways to tackle the opioid crisis that killed approximately 72,000 Americans in 2017, which is higher than car crashes and gun deaths. In Clark County...

FRESNO, Calif . — Majed Bashir Akroush, aka "Mike Akroush," aka "Magic Mike," 52, of Bakersfield, California, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to structure at least half a million dollars in cash withdrawals from his bank accounts, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux and U.S. Attorney...

ORLANDO, Fla. - Jonathan Bohn, aka "Jonah," 35, of Orlando was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for distributing a controlled substance that resulted in death. A federal jury found Bohn guilty on December 4, 2019. According to testimony and evidence presented at trial, on December 15, 2017, Bohn...

TOPEKA, Kan. – A California man was sentenced today to 52 months in federal prison for smuggling 18 pounds of cocaine to Kansas, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said. Jesus Gonzalez-Molina, 30, pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine. In his plea, he admitted he was...

SYRACUSE, NY – Kyle Leeper, 36, of Palmyra, Pennsylvania, Ramon Nieves Cotto, 28, of DeRuyter, New York, and Arlene Rodriguez, 36, of Montebello, California, were named as defendants Thursday in a federal superseding indictment that includes charges of murder during a drug conspiracy, conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Gaspar Leal, 49, of Albuquerque, was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Albuquerque to 30 years (360 months) in prison after juries found him guilty of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine during two separate trials. On July 12, 2016, a grand jury returned an indictment charging Leal and...

FRESNO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment Thursday against Diego Garcia Lua, 61, of Orange Cove, California, charging him with cultivating marijuana and maintaining a drug-involved premises, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux announced. According to...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Mariah Ferry, 21, and Jose Torrez, 47, of Albuquerque pleaded guilty in federal court in Albuquerque today to charges of kidnapping and conspiracy to kidnap for participating in the abduction and brutal assault of two victims suspected of stealing drugs and money from the home of co-defendant...