United States Drug Enforcement Administration

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Jonathan Velez, also known as “Jay” and “King Jay,” 26, of Springfield, Massachusetts, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A...

Philadelphia, PA – United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, William M. McSwain, announced that Juan Caceres, leader of a heroin distribution ring and six others were arrested and charged by criminal complaint on charges of possession with intent to distribute various amounts of heroin as associates of...

TOPEKA, Kan. – A Kansas man who was arrested in Great Bend in September after fleeing from officers was indicted today on federal drug trafficking charges. Roosevelt Tyree Henderson, IV, 32, is charged with one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, one count of unlawful possession of a...

BOSTON – Twenty-four members and associates of Boston-based street gangs have been charged in federal court in Boston in connection with trafficking cocaine in a Brighton housing development and separately operating a large-scale drug trafficking organization. “Drug trafficking, along with the violence that all too often accompanies it, is a...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Deshon Nettles, 28, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possessing with intent to distribute, and distributing, 10 grams or more of butyryl fentanyl...

BOSTON – A Wellesley plastic surgeon has agreed to pay $25,000 to resolve allegations that he provided controlled substances to family members outside the usual course of his professional practice and failed to maintain records and accurate inventories of controlled substances. Arthur Shektman, M.D., a plastic surgeon practicing in Wellesley...

MUSKOGEE, Okla. – The DEA Dallas Field Division and United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced today that seven defendants, primarily residents of Pittsburg, Le Flore, and Sequoyah Counties, have been indicted for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Rhiannon Rader (34, St. Marys, Georgia) was sentenced to five years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute oxycodone, hydrocodone, and alprazolam (Xanax). Rader had pleaded guilty on October 29, 2019. According to court documents, as an employee of a Jacksonville Beach physician’s office, Rader had access...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Larell Watkins, a/k/a 90-Ls, of Buffalo, New York who was convicted of racketeering conspiracy and conspiracy to distribute marijuana, was sentenced to serve 19...

BOSTON – A Colombian national connected to seizure of hundreds of kilos of cocaine bound for Caribbean was sentenced last week in federal court in Boston for trafficking cocaine on board maritime vessels. Alex Mendoza Vasquez, 38, was sentenced on Tuesday, June 16, 2020 by U.S. District Court Judge William...