HOUSTON – A 33-year-old man has been sentenced to federal prison following his conviction for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute nearly 4,000 grams of drugs, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Jorge Delgado-Santacruz pleaded guilty Nov. 29, 2022. U.S. District Judge Lee Rosenthal has now ordered Delgado-Santacruz...

WASHINGTON – A federal jury in Beaumont, Texas, convicted a Romanian national today for plotting to traffic hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from the United States in a scheme that also included money laundering, arms trafficking, and an attempt to assassinate rival gang members. According to court documents and evidence...

RENO – A Reno man was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Miranda M. Du to 10 years in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release for possessing fentanyl and methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it to another person. Alan James Morgan, also known as...

INDIANAPOLIS - Michael Gannon, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Indianapolis, and U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Myers for the Southern District of Indiana announced that Larry Scott, 49, of Indianapolis, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to illegal possession of a...

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ - The Drug Enforcement Administration - New Jersey Field Division (DEA NJFD) and the Atlantic City Police Department (ACPD) recently concluded a cooperative investigation leading to the arrest of an Atlantic City resident and the recovery of guns and drugs. On November 15, 2023, detectives of the...

CHICAGO — Sheila G. Lyons, Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Field Division, and Acting U.S. Attorney Morris Pasqual for the Northern District of Illinois announced that an associate of the Sinaloa drug cartel has been sentenced to over 11 years in federal prison for conspiring...

RALEIGH, N.C. – A Maxton man was sentenced yesterday to 300 months in prison for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy responsible for moving kilograms of methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin from Mexico to Robeson County. Antonio Lavonne Locklear pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin, and...

SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Michael Griswold, 37, of Syracuse, New York, was sentenced yesterday to serve 151 months in federal prison for possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Frank A. Tarentino III, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement...

An investigation into fentanyl trafficking in New York City resulted in a significant seizure of 33 kilograms (over 65 pounds) of suspected fentanyl, including thousands of fentanyl pills, and more than 29 kilograms (over 45 pounds) of suspected methamphetamine in an apartment in the University Heights neighborhood of the Bronx...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A convicted felon who was found to be in possession of a kilogram of heroin, a loaded firearm, more than $337,000 in cash, three kilo presses and other assorted items used in the packaging and distribution of drugs, and who was found to have two sophisticated hidden...