DEA Archived Press Releases

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Texas Man Sentenced To 10 Years For Production And Distribution Of Methamphetamine

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that a Lufkin, Texas, man, Joshua L. McMurray, 32, convicted of Conspiracy to Manufacture and Distribute (Count 1), and Distribution of (Counts 2 -4), was sentenced to 10 years in federal...
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Eleven Southern Illinois Residents Indicted In Methamphetamine Conspiracy

BENTON, IL. - Eleven southern Illinois residents were indicted on May 3, 2011, in a second superseding indictment, charging conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today. Eddie O. Allen, III, 33, Heidi R. Libbert, 29, Harry R. Libbert...
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DEA, ICE, PRPD Arrests 3 And Seize Nearly 560 Kilograms Cocaine

FAJARDO, P.R. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) special agents, U.S. Immigration and Customs (ICE), Homeland Security (HSI) special agents and Puerto Rico Police (PRPD) officers stopped "The Islander," a ferry boat carrying vehicles from neighboring island Vieques, for a routine inspection. That inspection led to the seizure of nearly 560 kilograms...
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Twenty Years In Prison For Carbondale Man Convicted In Drug Ring

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL - Stephen R. Wigginton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that on May 12, 2011, a Carbondale man was sentenced in United States District Court on a two count superseding indictment charging Conspiracy to Distribute Heroin and Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine...
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Kansas City Man Sentenced To 19+ Years In Crack Case

KANSAS CITY, KS - . - Alejandro Ray Williams , 40, of Kansas City, KS, was sentenced on May 11, 2011 in Federal District Court to 235 months in federal prison on charges of distributing crack cocaine. In January, a jury found Williams guilty on one count of conspiracy to...
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Cocaine Sales Net Eight Years In Prison For Sauk Village Man

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that a Sauk Village, IL, man was sentenced in United States District Court on May 11, 2011, on two-count indictment charging Distribution of Crack Cocaine and Possession with Intent to Distribute...
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DEA, ICE, PRPD Arrests Four Individuals For Participation In Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

SAN JUAN, P.R. - A grand jury returned an indictment against Eliezer Delgado-Ramos, Julio Meléndez-Rivera and Inocencio Santana-Nieves, and a criminal complaint was filed against Raymond González-Mercado, aka “Indio,” for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, announced today Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of...
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Floridian Fuzz Guilty Of Hauling Cocaine Through East Texas

BEAUMONT, TX - A 51-year-old Spring Hill, Florida man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking in the Eastern District of Texas announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge, Thomas Hinojosa and U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today. Tony Darrell Fuzz pleaded guilty to possession with intent to...
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DEA, FBI, VIPD Arrests Seven Individuals On Federal Drug Trafficking Charges In The U.S. Virgin Islands

ST. JOHN, VI - On May 6, 2011, Jerome Potter, Herbert Mason Ferguson, Sr., Herbert Mason Ferguson, Jr., Marisol Ferguson, Terrance Martin, Robert Shinners and Earl Skelton were arrested in connection with violations of various narcotic trafficking charges and remain in custody. Arraignments will be held on Monday, May 9...
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Ten Arrests Made In Connection With Alleged Crystal City Cocaine And Heroin Trafficking

CRYSTAL CITY, TX -- - The Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge, Thomas E. Hinojosa and United States Attorney John E. Murphy announced that federal, state and local authorities have arrested 10 individuals in the Crystal City area on federal drug trafficking charges. Those arrested yesterday include: 24-year-old...