DALLAS - United States Drug Enforcement Administration agents in Dallas, Texas, have launched an investigation following the seizure of approximately 1,950 pounds of methamphetamine that was secreted in the bed of a refrigerated tractor-trailer. The discovery came following a traffic stop in Denton County, Texas, on October 8, 2020. During...

PROVIDENCE, RI – A Dominican national that led a conspiracy that imported at least ten kilograms of heroin and five kilograms of cocaine from California, and who conspired with others to work at his direction to store, process, and package the drugs in an apartment he rented in West Warwick...

CONCORD, NH – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today that Sasha Rand, 34, of Farmington, was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for fentanyl trafficking. According to court documents and statements made in court, between...

BOSTON – A Rhode Island man was sentenced in federal court in Boston in connection with his fentanyl and fentanyl analogue distribution activities in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Moises Rodrigues, 32, of Johnston, R.I., was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs to 60 months in prison and...

BOSTON – An Uxbridge doctor was sentenced on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2020 in connection with her role in a scheme to prescribe Adderall to individuals without a legitimate medical purpose. Leslie Caraceni M.D., 58, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman to seven years in prison and...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter has filed first degree murder and drug distribution charges on an alleged drug dealer and is continuing an investigation into the supply chain. According to court documents, Jerry Leflore, 32, is accused of selling fake Oxycodone pills that contained Fentanyl to two individuals...

BOSTON – A Dominican national was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for heroin trafficking. Angel Martinez-Peguero, 30, who previously resided in Lawrence, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs to 10 years in prison and four years of supervised release. In November 2020, Martinez-Peguero pleaded...

NEW HAVEN, 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 MIKE CRUZ, also known as Mike Flores and “Mega,” 31, of Manchester, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A...

AMARILLO, TX - Eleven alleged drug traffickers were arrested and charged in Amarillo, announced DEA Special Agent in Charge of the Dallas Field Division Eduardo A. Chávez. The defendants – who allegedly conspired to deal hundreds of grams of methamphetamine and cocaine – were arrested on Tuesday, January 5, in...

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The DEA announced today that ten defendants have been indicted for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute heroin and methamphetamine in the Eastern District of Oklahoma and elsewhere. Drug Conspiracy is punishable by not less than 10 years imprisonment...