BOSTON - Nine men have been charged in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with distributing heroin and cocaine in the Bristol County area. Six men from southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island were charged with conspiring to distribute cocaine, and three New Bedford residents, in a separate but related...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division and U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced that Gregory Ramos, aka Prospect, 24, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested on June 24, 2016 and charged by criminal complaint with possession with...

NEW ORLEANS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Stephen G. Azzam and U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that Noe Juarez, a resident of Houston, Texas, was sentenced today by a U.S. District Chief Judge to serve 365 months in prison for his role in a large-scale drug...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Tysin L. Gordon, 30, of Columbus, was sentenced to 96 months in prison in connection with a racketeering case involving the organized criminal enterprise known as the Short North Posse. Benjamin C. Glassman, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Timothy J. Plancon, Special...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - On June 28, 2016, a federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment charging Darius Jermaine Blakemore, a.k.a. Tank, 27, of Chattanooga, Tenn., Joshua Corbett, 27, currently of Chattanooga, Tenn., and Jessica Rachels, 25, currently of Chattanooga, Tenn., with conspiracy to distribute heroin resulting in the death of...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and New Haven Police Chief Dean Esserman today announced that an investigation into numerous drug overdoses, including three overdose deaths...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Chief U.S. District Judge Frank D. Whitney sentenced late yesterday Alberto Diaz-Fernandez, 55, of Santa Ana, California, to 121 months in prison and four years of supervised release on drug conspiracy charges, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Daniel R...

FRESNO, Calif. - Natalie Middleton, 30, of Clovis, pleaded guilty today to laundering proceeds from the sale of synthetic drugs, commonly known on the street as “spice,” Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin announced. “Spice” refers to a...

LOCKPORT, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) New York Division, City of Lockport Mayor Anne McCaffrey, U.S. Attorney William Hochul, U.S. Attorney’s Office Western District of New York, Chief of Police Michael Niethe, Lockport Police Department, and Head Basketball Coach Mike...

WASHINGTON - The United States Drug Enforcement (DEA) released the 2016 National Heroin Threat Assessment Summary - (NHTA) today. The report outlines the expanding public health crisis afflicting America due to the use and abuse of heroin and other opioid drugs. Some key facts: The number of people reporting current...