OCALA, Fla. - Senior U.S. District Judge William Terrell Hodges today sentenced Marcus Jalany (25, Lake County) to 10 years in federal prison for possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a...

PENSACOLA, Fla. - A federal grand jury returned two indictments on April 16, 2013, charging 12 individuals with methamphetamine and pseudoephedrine related conspiracy offenses. The indictments were announced by Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for...

ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division; Robert E. O’Neill, United States (U.S.) Attorney for the Middle District of Florida; Carmen M. Ortiz, United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts; Pam Bondi, Attorney General of Florida; and Palm Bay Police...

WASHINGTON - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets (“OFAC”) today announced the designation of Honduran national Jose Miguel Handal (a.k.a. “Chepe Handal”), as a Specially Designated Narcotics (“SDNT”) pursuant to the Foreign...

APR 05 - (Weston, Fla.) - In 2010, the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Automation of Reports and Consolidated Orders (ARCOS) reported that 90 of the top 100 oxycodone purchasing physicians in the nation were located in Florida. The number of Florida doctors appearing in that nationwide list dropped from 90 to...

TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore yesterday sentenced Oneil Marlon Martin, a/k/a David Lawrence (33, Sarasota) to 66 months in federal prison for possessing with intent to distribute marijuana and possessing a firearm in furtherance of that drug trafficking crime. The court also ordered Martin to forfeit...

FEB 28 (TAMPA, Fla.) - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O'Neill United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces the return of an indictment charging Lydia (38, Bartow) with conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to...

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O’Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced that earlier this week U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore sentenced Jose (61, Colombia) to 20 years in federal prison...

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O'Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces the return of an indictment charging Emir (31, Seffner) and Roger Gary (60, Lakeland) with conspiracy to distribute 50 grams...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O’Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced yesterday that a federal jury found Frank (36, Hastings) guilty of one count of conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine and one...