SHREVEPORT, La. - A Shreveport man was sentenced Tuesday to 240 months in prison for distributing more than 15 kilograms of methamphetamine in the Shreveport area, announced DEA Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge Brad L. Byerley and Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook. A U.S. District Judge sentenced Brett Luaces, 43...

MAY 11 - MIAMI, Fla. - Joshua J. Kelly, aka “Ustous,” 32, of Cape Girardeau, Mo., was charged by criminal complaint today with one count of conspiracy to distribute in narcotics, in and one count of conspiracy to launder money. Kelly becomes the fourth defendant in separate but related cases...

MAY 11 - BURLINGTON, Vt. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New England Division, and the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that federal criminal charges have been brought against three individuals accused of making their residences in Chittenden County, Vermont...

MAY 11 - NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that Agustin Cirino, 29, of Hamden, has been charged in a federal criminal complaint...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - - James P. Shroba, Special Agent-in-Charge of the St. Louis Division announced that a California man pled guilty in federal court today to his role in a conspiracy to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine that was shipped from California to Springfield, Missouri. Romulo Frank Delatorre, 36, of...

ALBANY, N.Y. - - Elijah Jones, 30, of Schenectady, New York pled guilty yesterday to conspiring to distribute crack cocaine and heroin. The announcement was made by DEA New York Division Special Agent-in-Charge James J. Hunt and United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian of the Northern District of New York...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - On Tuesday May 9, 2017 Dr. Robert M. Ritchea, 54, of LaGrange, Georgia, was sentenced to serve 10 years in prison for operating a “pill mill” through his medical practice and for money laundering, announced DEA Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge Bret Hamilton and Acting United States Attorney A...

MAY 10 - NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New England Division, and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that that George Kinney, 34, of Plainfield was arrested yesterday and charged in a criminal complaint with distributing fentanyl...

MAY 10 - BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New England Division, and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Carlos Alberto Lopez-Zelada, 40, also known as “Willi Mexico” last residing in Willimantic, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District...

SAN FRANCISCO - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) and 110 of its law enforcement and community partners collected 32,965 pounds from 176 Northern California sites on Saturday, April 29, 2017. Across the nation 900,386 (450 tons) was collected from nearly 5,500 sites. Marking the 13th National Prescription Take Back Day since...