DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Operator Of Urgent Care Clinics On Long Island Sentenced

(CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. - - Earlier today in Central Islip, New York Michael Troyan, a physician assistant who operated two urgent care clinics on the east end of Long Island, was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment, three years’ supervised release, and $710,290 forfeiture, following his guilty plea on June 17...
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Trio Sentenced To 17 Years In Federal Prison For Drug Trafficking

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Three defendants were sentenced to federal prison last week for drug trafficking, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Matthew Barden and Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas. Santiago (aka Chuco), age 47, of Commerce, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 151...
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New Bern Physician Charged With Unlawful Distribution Of Narcotics, Money Laundering, And Possession Of Firearms

GREENVILLE, N.C. - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announces that the federal grand jury in Greenville returned a 31 count indictment charging physician Sanjay Kumar, 50, of New Bern, with Conspiracy to Unlawfully Dispense and Distribute Oxycodone, Oxymorphone, Hydromorphone, and Alprazolam; Distribution of...
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Georgia Resident Sentenced To Life In Federal Prison For Methamphetamine Conspiracy

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - On Jan. 12, 2017, James Hedelsky, 59, of Bartow County, Ga, was sentenced to serve life in prison by the Honorable Travis R. McDonough, U.S. District Judge. Following a September 2016 jury trial, Hedelsky was convicted of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute...
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Williamsville Doctor Pleads Guilty To Prescription Drug Charge

(BUFFALO, N.Y. - - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, Drug Enforcement (DEA) New York Division announced today that Dr. Yusuf Siddiqui, 72, of Williamsville, NY, pleaded guilty to obtaining controlled substances by fraud before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo...
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DEA New York Drug Enforcement Task Force Arrests Georgia Man For Kidnapping, Heroin Trafficking, And Firearms Offenses

(NEW YORK - - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York (DEA), Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, George P. Beach II, Superintendent of the New York State (NYSP), and James P. O’Neill, Commissioner of...
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces $10 Million Civil Penalty Recovery Against New York Pharmaceutical Distributor Kinray, LLC.

(NEW YORK - - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York (DEA), and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the filing and settlement of a civil lawsuit involving Controlled Substances (CSA) claims brought by...
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Over 250 Pounds Of Illegal Psychedelic Mushrooms Seized From Major Grow House In Sheepshead Bay

(BROOKLYN, N.Y - - Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt of the DEA, New York Division; Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez; New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill; New York State Police Superintendent George P. Beach and Special Agent in Charge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland...
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Niagara Falls Police Officer, Two Others Charged With Selling Cocaine

(BUFFALO, N.Y - - Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division and Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Raymond C. Hopson, Lindsay R. Carrier, Jr., and Stephanie A. Costanzo, a Niagara Falls Police Officer, who has since resigned, were...
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Rensselaer Man Pleads Guilty To Oxycodone Conspiracy

(ALBANY, N.Y - - Justin M. Brooks, age 27, of Rensselaer, New York, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute oxycodone. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA). Brooks faces up to...