DEA Archived Press Releases

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Nineteen indicted in drug distribution conspiracy

Seattle –Twenty-one people were arrested today on indictments and criminal complaints charging an extensive drug dealing conspiracy by defendants who often illegally possessed firearms, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman. Law enforcement teams from FBI, DEA, Seattle Police Department, and other public safety organizations executed about ninety search warrants...
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Georgetown Pharmacy to Pay $24,500 to Resolve Claims of Recordkeeping Requirement Failure

Columbia, South Carolina - Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that his office has resolved claims that RPh Now, LLC d/b/a/ The Medicine Shoppe of Georgetown failed to abide by recordkeeping requirements of the Controlled Substances Act. RPh Now, LLC will pay $24,500 to resolve the claims...
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“Meth” Courier Pleads Guilty in DEA-led Wiretap Investigation into Drug Trafficking in Middle Georgia

MACON, Ga.– A Macon, Georgia, resident pleaded guilty this week to conspiring to distribute methamphetamine after being arrested in an extensive drug trafficking wiretap investigation led by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), said Peter D. Leary, the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. Joshua Noojin, 40, of...
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Repeat Offender Pleads Guilty in Heroin Investigation

MACON, Ga. – A repeat offender arrested during an investigation into the distribution of heroin in Middle Georgia entered a guilty plea in federal court this week, said Peter D. Leary, the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. Kenneth Bernard Miles, 59, of Jonesboro, Georgia, pleaded guilty...
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Repeat “Meth” Trafficker Sentenced to 14 Years in Federal Prison

VALDOSTA, Ga. – A Doerun, Georgia, resident found guilty of distributing large amounts of methamphetamine in two southwest Georgia communities was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison today for his crimes, said Peter D. Leary, the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. Samuel Matthew “Cruz” Howard...
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Substantial prison terms imposed for fentanyl distributors

SPOKANE, Wash. - Josue Medina-Perez, age 24 and Francisco Delgado, age 35, both from Phoenix, Arizona, were sentenced March 17, 2021, after admitting to being members of a drug trafficking organization responsible for trafficking fentanyl-laced pills into the Eastern District of Washington. They each pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute...
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Norcross Cousins Sentenced for Operating Meth Lab

ATLANTA - Zury Brito-Arroyo, Bonifacio Brito-Maldonado, and Roberto Arroyo-Garcia have been sentenced to federal prison for manufacturing and distributing methamphetamine in a home where a minor child resided and within 1,000 feet of a school. The three men, all of whom had illegally entered the United States from Mexico, utilized...
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Coffee County Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Methamphetamine

WAYCROSS, Ga. - A Coffee County man has been sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison after admitting to trafficking methamphetamine. Israel Moreno, 56, of Wray, Ga., was sentenced to 70 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge R. Stan Baker after pleading guilty to Possession with Intent...
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Final Defendant Sentenced to Federal Prison for Role in Augusta area Meth-Trafficking Conspiracy

AUGUSTA, GA - An Augusta man has been sentenced to nearly 10 years in federal prison for a scheme that distributed methamphetamine in the Augusta area. Christopher Allen Marshall, 34, of Augusta, was sentenced to 118 months in federal prison by U.S. District Court Chief Judge J. Randal Hall after...
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Burke County Man Admits Operating Illegal Pill Factory

AUGUSTA, GA - A Burke County man has admitted taking part in an operation that distributed methamphetamine after investigators discovered the scheme through delivery of a commercial pill press. Telly Savalas Carswell, 47, of Midville, Ga., pled guilty in U.S. District Court to Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute...