DEA Archived Press Releases

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Oak Park Drug Trafficker Sentenced To More Than 24 Years In Federal Prison

SACRAMENTO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams announced that today United States District Judge Edward J. Garcia sentenced Edward Mallory, 45, of Sacramento, to 24 years and four months for his conviction on two counts of conspiracy...
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Bay Area Man Indicted For Cocaine And Methamphetamine Possession With Intent To Distribute

SACRAMENTO, CA - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today that a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment charging Roberto Ceja Sandoval, 44, of Berkeley, with possessing cocaine and methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Court documents allege...
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-Media Advisory-

Acting Special Agent In Charge Thomas Hinojosa will be participating in a National Prescription Take Back Press Conference, April 27, 2011 at 2:30 p.m., at the DEA Houston Field Office, located at 1433 West Loop South, in the 1 st floor training room. He, along with invited guest Harris County...
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DEA Atlanta Hosts Second Pill Take Back Event Over 5,000 Sites (25% More Than 7 Months Ago) Join DEA In Nationwide Effort To Take-Back Prescription Drugs

ATLANTA, GA. - A few weeks prior to the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) second National Prescription Drug Take-Back (Saturday, April 30, 2011) 5,146 (25% more sites than were established for the event last fall) nationwide have joined the effort that seeks to prevent pill abuse and theft. The free event will...
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Former Police Chief Of Sullivan City Sentenced To Prison

SULLIVAN CITY, TX - Former Sullivan City Police Chief Hernan Guerra has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison without parole for drug-trafficking, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Acting Special Agent in Charge, Thomas Hinojosa and United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today. United States District Judge Randy Crane sentenced...
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DEA Atlanta Hosts Second Pill Take Back Event Over 4,000 Sites Join DEA In Nationwide Effort To Take-Back Prescription Drugs

ATLANTA, GA. - A few weeks prior to the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) second National Prescription Drug Take-Back (Saturday, April 30, 2011) more than 4,700 (hundreds more sites than were established for the event last fall) nationwide have joined the effort that seeks to prevent pill abuse and theft. The free...
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33 Indicted In Mid-State Drug Conspiracy Involving Oxycodone And Other Pharmaceuticals Upper Cumberland Region Was Target Of Investigation

NASHVILLE, TN. - Federal, state and local law enforcement officers have arrested 27 of 33 defendants charged in a three count indictment, returned by a federal grand jury last week in Nashville, Tennessee, announced Jerry E. Martin, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. Joining U.S. Attorney Martin...
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Arizona Drug Traffickers Indicted; Nine Pounds Of Heroin Seized On I-5 Near Redding

SACRAMENTO, CA - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that a federal grand jury returned a single-count indictment today charging Manuel Humberto Lopez-Camacho, 36, and Ernesto Alonso Soto-Gonzalez, 23, both of Phoenix, with possessing heroin with the intent...
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Superseding Indictment Filed Against Marijuana Cultivators Indicted For Transporting To Texas

FRESNO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams announced that a federal grand jury returned a four-count second superseding indictment today charging Timothy Duane, 30, Lorena Duane, 26, Bounsou Vorasane, 50, and Kay Viengkham, 53, all of Fresno...
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Bakersfield Man Sentenced In Relation To Marijuana Dispensary

FRESNO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams announced that John Richard Shanks, 62, of Bakersfield, was sentenced yesterday by United States District Judge Anthony W. Ishii to 20 months in prison, to be followed by three years...