ASHEVILLE, N.C. - U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr. today sentenced Jamie Lynn Swartz, 36, formerly of Sylva, N.C. to serve 70 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release on drug conspiracy charges, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr. today sentenced four men to prison terms ranging from 63 months to 39 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 District of North...

BRONX, NY - Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt and New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton today announced the indictment of 84 alleged gang members connected to 22 shootings in the west Bronx and who flooded towns...

NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York (DEA), Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, Steven Banks, Commissioner of the New York City Human Resources Administration/Department of Social (HRA), and New York State Health Commissioner Dr. Howard...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - A four-count indictment was unsealed today in United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York charging sixteen defendants with four narcotics trafficking conspiracies, including conspiracies to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, cocaine (crack cocaine), (molly), and marijuana. The defendants are scheduled to be...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Alfredo De Jusus Ramirez, age 21, of Henry County, Georgia was sentenced in federal court in Columbia, South Carolina, for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine, a violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. United States District Judge J. Michelle Childs of...

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Feb. 19, 2016, Joshua Lee Lindsey, 30, of Lyman, S.C., was sentenced by the Honorable Pamela L. Reeves, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 180 months in federal prison for his leadership role in an extensive a-(alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone) distribution conspiracy and an international money laundering conspiracy involving...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division and U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr., Western District of New York, announced today that Blake Rivera, 31, of Greece, NY, his brother Chayanne Rivera, 25, of Gates, NY, and their father, Victor...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Today, U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr. ordered Mateo Meraz, 42, of Rockford, Illinois and leader of a drug ring responsible for trafficking cocaine to the Charlotte area to serve 97 months in prison and three years of supervised release, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney...

ERIE COUNTY, N.Y. - Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz was joined today by Erie County Health Commissioner Dr. Gale Burstein, United States Attorney for the Western District of New York William J. Hochul Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Resident Agent In Charge John Flickinger to issue an emergency...