LAREDO, Texas - Oscar DeLeon, aka “Shrek,” 39, of Laredo, has been sentenced to more than 20 years in prison and ordered to pay nearly $42 million following multiple convictions of drug and international money laundering charges resulting from a long-term Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task (OCDETF) investigation, announced Drug...

( - BOSTON - A Dominican man, who most recently resided in Salem, was convicted yesterday of participating in a North Shore drug trafficking conspiracy. Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Boston Field Division, United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz and Daniel J. Kumor...

HOUSTON - Ten Aryan Brotherhood of (ABT) gang members and associates were sentenced to prison this week for their roles in the violent ABT enterprise, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division, U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson and Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of...

( - BOSTON - Three individuals were charged today in U.S. District Court in Boston with distributing oxycodone via false prescriptions. Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz announced that Leslie Credle, a/k/a Chanel...

( - DANBURY, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Demetrios Papadakos, also known as “Jimmy,” 67, of Danbury, was sentenced yesterday by Senior U.S...

( - PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Raymundo Done, 24, and Jorge Marcano, 30, of Providence, have been sentenced in U.S. District Court in Providence for their roles in a heroin trafficking conspiracy in Pawtucket and Providence, announced Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Billy Cooks, 36, aka “Red Dollaz,” pleaded guilty on December 12, 2014, to conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, namely methamphetamine, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Previously, Cooks’ co-conspirator, E’lala Frank, 36, also pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering. A third conspirator, Dawud Johnson...

BOISE, Idaho - Rogelio Contreras Villasenor, 49, of Caldwell, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday to 41 months in prison for conspiracy to attempt to evade and defeat tax. United States District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Villasenor to serve three years of supervised release following his prison sentence and pay...

LAFAYETTE, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Joseph W. Shepherd and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Curious Goods LLC and six individuals charged in a synthetic marijuana sales and money laundering scheme operated through the company’s retail stores were sentenced today. United...

(PORTLAND - , Maine - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Gary Prolman, Esq., 52, of Saco, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge George Z. Singal to...