DEA Archived Press Releases

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Drug Trafficker Sentenced To Prison On Money Laundering Conspiracy Charges

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - On Wednesday, July 30, 2014, U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr. ordered Jesus Ibarra-Quen, 30, of Calif., to serve 30 months in prison for his role in a cocaine trafficking and money laundering conspiracy, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North...
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Investigations Into Heroin And Oxycodone Powder Trafficking Ends In Arrests

NEW YORK - Otsego County Sheriff Richard J. Devlin, Jr; Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration James J. Hunt; Otsego County District Attorney John M. Muehl; and Oneonta Police Department Chief Dennis R. Nayor announce the arrest of Nicholas Michael Torres...
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Forty-Two Individuals Arrested For Conspiracy To Manufacture Methamphetamine

(KNOXVILLE, Tenn - .) - A federal grand jury in Knoxville returned five separate indictments on July 16, 2014, against 59 individuals involved in a conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine. Those indicted include: Randy N. Smith, 48, Caryville, Tenn.; Jeffrey S. Meadows, 34, LaFollette, Tenn.; Rebecca J. Burress, 31, Lake City...
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Three Current And Former Rikers Island Correction Officers Indicted For Trafficking In Narcotics, Bribery And Smuggling Contraband In Jail

NEW YORK - Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, Mark G. Peters, Commissioner of the New York City Department of (DOI), James J. Hunt, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York (DEA), New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton, James...
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against Supplier Of “Molly” That Resulted In A Death At Electric Zoo Concert

NEW YORK - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James J. Hunt, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division, announced today that Patrick Morgan was arrested this morning in Buffalo, NY on narcotics distribution and narcotics conspiracy charges...
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Charges 27 In The Fordham/Kingsbridge Neighborhoods Of The Bronx, Including 20 Members And Associates Of The Trinitarios Street Gang, With Narcotics And Firearms Offenses

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William J. Bratton, the Commissioner of the Police Department for the City of New (NYPD), James J. Hunt, the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA)...
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Long Island Doctor Sentenced To 10 Years’ Imprisonment For Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone And Distribution Of Oxycodone

NEW YORK - Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, New York, Long Island doctor Leonard I. Stambler was sentenced to 10 years in prison by United States District Court Judge Joseph F. Bianco. Stambler was convicted by a jury in October 2013 following three weeks of trial...
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Doctor Convicted Of Manslaughter And Reckless Endangerment: Illegally Sold Prescriptions To 20 Patients

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - On July 18, 2014 Bridget Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor announced the conviction of Stan Xuhui Li, a physician specializing in pain management and anesthesiology, on 198 charges, including Manslaughter, Reckless Endangerment, Criminal Sale of a Prescription for a Controlled Substance, Scheme to Defraud, Grand...
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Member Of Violent Home Invasion Robbery Crew Sentenced To 264 Months For Conspiring To Commit Drug Robberies, Conspiring To Distribute Cocaine And Heroin, And Illegally Using A Firearm

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - - Randall Martinez was sentenced late yesterday to 264 months in prison by United States District Judge Sandra L. Townes at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn. Previously, Martinez pleaded guilty to robbery conspiracy, cocaine trafficking conspiracy, and firearm charges. The sentence was announced by Loretta E. Lynch...
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Columbia Man Admits To Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone

ATLANTA - Jason Cole Votrobek and Roland Rafael Castellanos, owners of the “Atlanta Medical Group,” have been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison, respectively. Both Votrobek and Castellanos were convicted on March 26, 2014, after a month-long jury trial on federal drug and money laundering charges for owning and...