NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England Division, and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Christine Miles, 59, of Windsor Locks, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and Special Agent in Charge James Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Julian Beavers, a/k/a Ock, a/k/a Marcel Ceasar, a/k/a BJ, 32, of Buffalo, New York, with...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Pablo Lugo III, 27, of Lockport, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to possession with intent to distribute, and distribution, of fentanyl. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and...

DETROIT - On Sept. 25, 2018, the Drug Enforcement Administration established the Southeast Michigan Regional Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Strike Force. This is an unprecedented step to co-locate so many federal as well as state and local resources to address the unique challenges in the southeast Michigan region...

BANGOR, Maine – Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Adminitsration’s New England Division and U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank for the District of Maine announced that Denton Worrell, aka “Lil D,” 21, of Rochester, New York, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by...

NEWARK, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Valerie A. Nickerson and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Craig Carpenito announced three men were charged today in connection with their respective roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy. Ahmad Johnson, a/k/a “OC,”...

BOSTON – A Lawrence, Massachusetts, man was sentenced in federal court in Boston yesterday for his role in an opioid trafficking conspiracy involving the distribution of fentanyl, heroin, and oxycodone across Massachusetts and Florida. Johnny Urena, 30, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper to five years...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Drug Enforcement Administration, in conjunction with federal and state prosecutors, announced today an unprecedented enforcement action spanning across the state of Arkansas in a combined effort to reverse the horrible effects on communities produced by violent drug traffickers. As part of this effort, dubbed Operation...

HOUSTON – A Houston physician and the owner of a pain management clinic were each sentenced to 420 months in prison today for their roles in running a pill mill that provided tens of thousands of unlawful prescriptions for millions of doses of opioids and other controlled substances. Special Agent...

SAN DIEGO – Jose Atalo Felix-Beltran, Arturo Felix-Beltran (U.S. citizens), and Osvaldo Felix-Beltran (U.S. resident) living in Indio, California, were arraigned in federal court on September 14, 2018 on charges that they conspired to distribute over 20,000 pills of fentanyl, a Schedule II drug. These three defendants are brothers who...