CAMDEN, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a Cumberland County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 121 months in prison for his role in...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - On June 28, 2016, a federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment charging Darius Jermaine Blakemore, a.k.a. Tank, 27, of Chattanooga, Tenn., Joshua Corbett, 27, currently of Chattanooga, Tenn., and Jessica Rachels, 25, currently of Chattanooga, Tenn., with conspiracy to distribute heroin resulting in the death of...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Chief U.S. District Judge Frank D. Whitney sentenced late yesterday Alberto Diaz-Fernandez, 55, of Santa Ana, California, to 121 months in prison and four years of supervised release on drug conspiracy charges, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Daniel R...

NEWARK, N.J. - - Federal and local agencies have united under the U.S. Marshals Service banner to help reduce violence in the City of Newark as an extension of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Violence Reduction Initiative. The U.S. Marshals Service in the District of New Jersey and the U.S...

NEWARK, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced today a California man admitted his role in a conspiracy to traffic approximately 12 kilograms of cocaine from...

NEWARK, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge for the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced today an Essex County, New Jersey, man admitted his role in a conspiracy to illegally obtain and distribute...

NEWARK, N.J. - - Sharing stories of recovery from prescription opioid and heroin addiction, writers from the New Jersey area help to inspire others who are battling addiction. The project called “HOPE: Chronicles of Drug Addiction and Recovery” is sponsored jointly by the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement...

NEWARK, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced an Essex County, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a conspiracy to illegally obtain and distribute...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Joel Elias Gonzalez, 53, formerly of Franklin, N.C. was sentenced yesterday to 151 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for trafficking large quantities of crystal methamphetamine, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Gonzalez pleaded guilty in...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Today, U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr. sentenced the leader and three co-conspirators to prison terms ranging from 57 months to 70 months for their involvement in a methamphetamine trafficking ring operating in the Henderson county area, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western...