DES MOINES, Iowa – Agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration Des Moines Resident Office partnered with the Mid-Iowa Narcotics Enforcement Task Force, United States Postal Inspection Service and U.S. Department of Homeland Security Investigations to take down 21 high-ranking members of the Jesse Sanchez Drug Trafficking Organization based out of...

SEATTLE -- A Skagit County resident who operated businesses in Burlington and Sedro Woolley, Washington was sentenced on Jan. 17, 2020, in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 18 months in prison for his role in knowingly laundering cash drug proceeds for a drug cartel. Orlando Barajas, 41, owns and...

MILWAUKEE - DEA Assistant Special Agent in Charge Paul E. Maxwell, Jr. and Matthew D. Krueger, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced today that 11 defendants have been charged with conspiracy to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin and 40 grams or more of fentanyl...

MILWAUKEE- DEA Assistant Special Agent in Charge Paul E. Maxwell Jr., and Matthew D. Krueger, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced today that 26 defendants have been charged in federal court with trafficking at least five kilograms or more of cocaine as well as distributable quantities...

BALTIMORE – U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett today sentenced Paul Alexander, aka David Paul Hayes, aka “Shorty”, age 47, of Hanover, Maryland, to 35 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, on five federal charges including conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, two counts of possession with...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Steven Hecke, age 44, and Samuel Battell, age 34, both of Fort Wayne were charged in a criminal complaint filed late Jan. 15, 2020, with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl along with possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Montclair, California, man pleaded guilty in federal court today to drug trafficking after transporting more than four pounds of heroin and approximately five pounds of fentanyl aboard a bus en route to New York City. The investigation was conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration St...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A Washington, D.C., man pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute heroin and fentanyl, in addition to armed drug trafficking. According to court documents, Phillip Thurston Mace, 38, sold heroin and fentanyl to an undercover police detective in Fairfax county during the course of several months. Mace...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., announced that Juan Ortega-Baez, 19, of Rochester, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl, was sentenced...

ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration, United States Marshals Service, and multiple law enforcement agencies arrested 15 people today, including five St. Louis area residents, on charges that they conspired to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl. Among those charged were: Miguel Silva-Torres, Jr...