DEA Archived Press Releases

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Aiken county man sentenced to 24 years in federal prison

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Acting United States Attorney A. Lance Crick announced today that Brian William Rose of Aiken County was sentenced in federal court for his involvement in a methamphetamine and heroin conspiracy and being a felon in possession of a firearm. United States District Judge J. Michelle Childs of...
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DEA announces launch of Operation Crystal Shield

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Administrator Uttam Dhillon today announced that the DEA will direct enforcement resources to methamphetamine “transportation hubs” — areas where methamphetamine is often trafficked in bulk and then distributed across the country. While continuing to focus on stopping drugs being smuggled across the border...
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Georgia pharmacy, pharmacist accused in civil suit of unlawfully dispensing thousands of opioids and other controlled substances

BRUNSWICK, Ga. – A South Georgia pharmacy and its pharmacist are accused in a newly filed federal civil complaint with dispensing thousands of highly addictive controlled substances in violation of the Controlled Substances Act. Chip’s Discount Drugs Inc., Chips Discount Drugs LLC, and pharmacist Rogers Wood, of Hazlehurst, Ga., are...
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Two South Carolina Department of Corrections inmates sentenced to decades in federal prison for roles in separate drug trafficking rings

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Acting United States Attorney A. Lance Crick announced today that Glenn Quanta Pernell, 41, and Joseph Umphlett, Sr., 39, both inmates in the South Carolina Department of Corrections, have been sentenced in federal court for their roles in separate major drug trafficking rings run from inside prison...
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Jury convicts career drug dealer of trafficking cocaine

ATLANTA – Alfonzo Jamal Lewis has been convicted by a federal jury of conspiracy to possess cocaine with intent to distribute, and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. This successful investigation and prosecution should be a warning to other drug traffickers that the Atlanta-Carolinas High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area...
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Two SCDC inmates sentenced to decades in federal prison for roles in separate drug trafficking rings

Columbia, S.C. - Acting United States Attorney A. Lance Crick announced today that Glenn Quanta Pernell, 41, and Joseph Umphlett, Sr., 39, both inmates in the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC), have been sentenced in federal court for their roles in separate major drug trafficking rings run from inside...
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Bulk trafficker of heroin and crystal methamphetamine sentenced to 20 years

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Otequise Lenard Miller, 34, of Concord, N.C. was sentenced today to 240 months in prison and five years of supervised release on drug trafficking conspiracy resulting in an overdose death and money laundering charges, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Drug...
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Georgia pair sentenced for methamphetamine, drug, and firearm charges

RALEIGH, N.C. – United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that in federal court, Chief United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced Christian Toledo, also known as “Flaco,” 24 of Athens, Ga., to 180 months imprisonment and five years supervised release for possession with the intent to distribute...
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Four members of an Aiken County drug conspiracy sentenced in federal court

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Acting United States Attorney A. Lance Crick announced today that Scott Dylan Green, Joseph Price Langford, Ricardo Dunbar, and James Clinton Gunter, Jr., all of Aiken County, were sentenced in federal court for their involvement in a methamphetamine and heroin conspiracy. United States District Judge J. Michelle...
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U.S. Attorney, DEA, Montrose County Sheriff and Montrose Police Chief announce major drug enforcement action

DENVER – Following a year-long investigation, thirteen Montrose residents were indicted by a federal grand jury in Denver and charged with the drug distribution crimes. State officers, county sheriff deputies and the DEA then arrested 11 of the indicted individuals. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Jason R...