DEA Archived Press Releases

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Snohomish Nurse Sentenced To Prison For Stealing Pain Medication From Nursing Home

SEATTLE - Jolene Larsen, 38, a Licensed Practical (LPN) at a Snohomish, Washington nursing home, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to a year in prison and three years of supervised release for tampering with consumer products. In her plea agreement dated November 11, 2010, Larsen admitted...
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Arizona Man Sentenced For Marijuana Distribution Conspiracy

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that on February 25, 2011, Raul R. Teran , age 27, of Tucson, Ariz., was sentenced to 121 months in federal prison for his participation in a marijuana distribution ring. In addition...
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Dalgren Man Pleads Guilty To Obtaining Pseudoephedrine For Use In Manufacturing Meth

BENTON, IL - Stephen R. Wigginton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Ray M. Cross of Dalgren, Ill., plead guilty on February 25, 2010, in United States District Court at Benton, Ill., to a one count indictment charging him with possession of a...
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Federal Grand Jury Indicts Man For Conspiracy To Distribute Methamphetamine In Fairbanks

TACOMA, WASH - Billy Miranda Flores, 41, of Puyallup and Danny Lee Sherwood, 26, of Federal Way, were convicted today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma of a drug distribution conspiracy operated out of two smoke shops on Tribal Trust Land. Flores was convicted of conspiracy to distribute oxycodone, distribution...
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East St. Louis Man Convicted In Heroin Overdose Death

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that TAVIS D. DOYLE - , age 42, of East St. Louis, Illinois, was found guilty by a jury in United States District Court on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 of three federal...
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Federal Grand Jury Indicts Man For Conspiracy To Distribute Methamphetamine In Fairbanks

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Acting Special Agent in Charge, Mark Thomas and United States Attorney Karen Loeffler announced today that a Wasilla man was indicted by a federal grand jury in Anchorage for drug conspiracy. The one-count indictment names Jory Kenneth Pritchett, 20, of Wasilla, Alaska, as the sole defendant. The...
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Boise Narcotics And Firearms Traffickers Arrested

BOISE, IDAHO - Ten people were indicted in U.S. District Court in Boise, Idaho, on February 10, 2011, on numerous narcotics trafficking and firearms charges. According to the four separate indictments, which were unsealed today, the defendants are accused of conspiring together and with others to distribute controlled substances, including...
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Oxycodone Trafficker Gets 24 Months In Prison

BOISE - - Acting Special Agent in Charge, Mark Thomas and U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced February 14, 2011, that Troy Daniel Sabrosky, 21, of Casper, Wyoming, was sentenced in federal court in Boise to 24 months in person for conspiracy to traffic oxycodone. Sabrosky was also ordered to...
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Physician Pleads Guilty To $1 Million Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

KANSAS CITY, MO. - Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri announced that on February 16, 2011, an Independence, Mo., physician has pleaded guilty in federal court to his role in a conspiracy to illegally distribute more than $1 million worth of OxyContin and oxycodone. Bruce...
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21 Charged In Operation Flamethrower

BOISE, IDAHO - A federal grand jury in Boise indicted 13 people on February 8, 2011, for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, employment of people under age 18 in drug operations, distributing methamphetamine, using a telephone to commit drug trafficking crimes, possession of controlled substances with intent to distribute, possession...