NEWARK, N.J. – Susan A. Gibson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and Craig Carpenito, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced a Passaic County, New Jersey, man was convicted today on charges that he conspired to distribute at least one kilogram...

CONCORD, N.H. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Santos Guerrero Morillo, 39, of the Dominican Republic, was sentenced to 240 months in federal prison for his leadership role in a heroin trafficking conspiracy. Documents filed...

BOSTON – A former New Jersey firefighter was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Worcester in connection with a heroin conspiracy. Carlos Jimenez, 52, of Englishtown, N.J., was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman to five years in prison and four years of supervised release. In December...

BRIDGEPORT, CT – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut John H. Durham, announced that Albert Lee Robinson, 58, of Stamford, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 42 months of imprisonment...

BOSTON – A Puerto Rican man was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester in connection with a heroin conspiracy. Ivan Cruz-Rivera, 50, of Dorado, P.R., was sentenced to 76 months in prison and four years of supervised release. In December 2018, Cruz-Rivera and co-defendant Carlos Jimenez, 52, of Englishtown...

DENVER - In February of 2017, the HIDTA Southern Colorado Drug Task-Force initiated an investigation titled Operation Double Dippin. The HIDTA Southern Colorado Task-Force is comprised of members from the Pueblo Police Department, Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office, El Paso County Sheriff’s Office, Colorado Springs Police Department, Teller County Sherriff’s Office...

BURLINGTON, Vt. – On April 16, 2019, DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced a multiagency, multi-jurisdictional law enforcement effort that focused on drug trafficking in the area of Brattleboro, Vt. During the three-day operation...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – United States Attorney Andrew Murray announced today that law enforcement have dismantled a drug ring operating in Asheville, charging eight of its members with drug conspiracy and drug and firearm-related offenses. The 35-count criminal indictment was returned by the federal grand jury on April 2, 2019, and...

HARTFORD, Conn. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut John H. Durham announced that Mario Recinos, 27, a citizen of Guatemala last residing in Central Falls, R.I., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's New York Division and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Craig Lester, 32, of Buffalo, N.Y., with narcotics conspiracy; possession with intent to distribute...