CONCORD, NH – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today that Alysha DeJesus, 25, of Winchester, was sentenced to 65 months in federal prison for attempted possession of controlled substances with intent to distribute. According to court...

ST. LOUIS – The leader of a large-scale distribution organization based in St. Louis has pled guilty to conspiring to distribute over five kilograms of cocaine, over one kilogram of heroin, and over 400 grams of fentanyl from March 11, 2018 to March 12, 2019. Guy R. Goolsby, aka “Ricochet,”...

HAMMOND, Ind. – Bryant Porter, 26, of Lake Station, Indiana, was sentenced by Judge Moody to 168 months in prison and three years of supervised release following his guilty plea to distribution of cocaine base and to possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced Drug Enforcement...

BRIDGEPORT, 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 Rocky Samas, also known as “Twin,” 48, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven...

ROCKFORD, Ill. - On Thursday July 2, 2020, Robert J. Bell, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Chicago Division and Tricia Smith, State’s Attorney for Boone County, Illinois, announced that Efren Rodriguez-Diaz (Wheaton, Illinois) pled guilty to Possession with Intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance before Judge C. Robert...

CASPER, Wyo. - Chief Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl sentenced Arnold Devonne Butler, 54, today in Casper. Butler was convicted on January 17, 2020 after a 4-day jury trial and found guilty on all counts, including possession with intent to distribute and conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine...

Madison, Wis. – Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Charles Dickerson, 46, Madison, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty last Friday to possession with intent to distribute cocaine in front of U.S. District Judge William M. Conley. Immediately following the guilty plea, Judge Conley sentenced...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Daitwaun Fair, 33, of Syracuse, New York, was sentenced today to serve 102 months (eight and one-half years) in prison in connection with his convictions for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base (“crack cocaine”), possession with intent to distribute cocaine...

LONG ISLAND, N.Y. — U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division Ray Donovan, Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy D. Sini, US Postal Service Office of Inspector General-Northeast Area Special Agent in Charge Matthew Modafferi, and Suffolk County Police Commissioner Geraldine Hart today announced the...

CHICAGO -- Twenty-four individuals are facing federal charges following an investigation targeting two street gangs responsible for firearms offenses, narcotics trafficking, and violence on the West Side of Chicago. During the investigation, dubbed “Operation Full Circle,” federal, state, and local law enforcement officers worked together to seize 34 firearms, more...