DEA Archived Press Releases

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DEA Charlotte District Office To Hold 11th Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saurday

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Charlotte District Office is partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups, to its 11th state-wide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, April 30, 2016 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time. This one-day...
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DEA South Carolina District Office To Hold 11th Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

COLUMBIA, S.C. - The Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) South Carolina District Office is partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups, to hold its 11th state-wide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, April 30, 2016 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time...
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DEA Nashville District Office To Hold 11th Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

NASHVILLE - The Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Nashville District Office is partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups, to hold its 11th state-wide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, April 30, 2016 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time. This one-day...
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Ellington Man Sentenced To 61 Months In Federal Prison For Stealing Firearm, Selling It To Heroin Dealer

HARTFORD, 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, announced that Justin Ashline, 25, of Ellington, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 61...
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Massachusetts Man Pleads Guilty To Fentanyl Charge

CONCORD, N.H. - Genfry Martinez, 20, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to a federal indictment charging him with one count of possession with intent to distribute the Schedule II controlled substance fentanyl, announced Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in...
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Six Charged In Four Overdose Death Investigations

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 announced that six men were arrested this week on various federal heroin charges. The charges stem from an ongoing...
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Mexican National Sentenced To Lengthy Prison Term For Trafficking Large Quantities Of Crystal Methamphetamine

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Santiago Sanchez, 39, of Mexico, was sentenced today to 210 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for trafficking large quantities of crystal methamphetamine, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Sanchez pleaded guilty in December 2015 to...
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Portland Man Sentenced To Seven Years For Crack Cocaine Distribution

PORTLAND, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that William Weston, 36, of Portland, Maine was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Judge George Z. Singal to seven years in prison...
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Macon Attorney Pleads Guilty

ATLANTA - G.F. Peterman, III, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that Holly Hogue Edwards, age 36, an attorney from Macon, Georgia, today entered a guilty plea to distribution of oxycodone and methamphetamine before the Honorable Marc T. Treadwell, United States District Judge, in Macon...
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Scarborough Man Sentenced To Almost Three Years For Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

PORTLAND, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Chad Conner, age 35, of Scarborough was sentenced by United States District Judge Nancy Torresen for the crime of conspiring to distribute...