TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces that Raul Eraso-(54, Cali, Colombia, South America) today pleaded guilty to an Information charging him with conspiring with others...

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District, announced today that a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Linberto Gallardo-(42); Uriel Julio (35); Miguel Vasquez-(37), all of Colombia, South...

MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division; Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Katherine Fernandez Rundle, Miami-Dade County State Attorney; Alysa D. Erichs, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security (ICE-HSI) Miami...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - On January 16th, Operation Bahamas Turks and (OPBAT) assets were deployed after a Customs and Border (CBP) Office of Air and (OAM) aircraft detected a go-fast vessel eighty nautical miles south of the Grand Bahama Island. The 45 foot vessel was travelling at high speed with no...

MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of (FBI), Miami Field Office, announce the guilty plea of Diego Perez Henao...

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces today that U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven sentenced Rick (33, Oldsmar) to two years and nine months...

PENSACOLA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced that Doctor Robert L. Ignasiak, Jr. (58, Freeport), was sentenced to 30 years in prison yesterday for health care fraud...

ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley III, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces the return of an indictment charging Valentine (52, Orlando) with one count of conspiracy to possess with intent...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and (NIST) today announced appointments to a newly created National Commission on Forensic Science. Members of the commission will work to improve the practice of forensic science by developing guidance concerning the intersections...

MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division; Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; and José A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal (IRS-CI), Miami Field Office, announce that Dr. Scott Becker, 54, of...