DEA Archived Press Releases

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Heroin Dealer Endangering Children Sentenced To More Than 18 Years In Federal Prison

ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced that yesterday U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell sentenced Damion Rashaad (36, Cocoa) to 18 years and 9 months...
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Pill Mill Doctor Found Guilty

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced that a federal jury yesterday found Ronald John (58, Brandon) guilty of conspiracy to distribute and dispense Oxycodone and...
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Pair Indicted For Distributing Hundreds Of Pounds Of Marijuana In Sarasota, Hillsborough, And Polk Counties

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley III, United States Attorney for the Middle District, announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Aaron Edwin (39, Riverview) and Michael Allen (42, Sarasota) with conspiracy to distribute and to...
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Federal Search Warrant Executed At Golden Grove Correctional Facility In St. Croix

(ST. CROIX - , U.S. Virgin Island) -A federal search warrant authorizing federal agents to search the Golden Grove Adult Correctional and Detention (Golden Grove) in St. Croix for illegal contraband was executed last night, announced Ronald W. Sharpe, United States Attorney for the District of the Virgin Islands, Vito...
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Colombian Man Pleads Guilty To International Money Laundering Conspiracy

ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field (MFD), and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced today that Luis Alberto Marulanda-(54, Colombia) pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering. Marulanda faces a maximum penalty...
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Jamaican Drug Courier Convicted At Trial

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced yesterday that a federal jury found Santana (23, Montego Bay, Jamaica) guilty of conspiracy to possess 500 grams or...
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Caribbean Corridor Strike Force Seizes Two Tons Of Cocaine

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On March 31, 2014, the Caribbean Corridor Strike (CCSF) intercepted a Zodiac type vessel off the coast of Dorado while attempting to smuggle a load of cocaine into Puerto Rico. Two Venezuelan nationals and 1,774 kilograms of cocaine were seized during the interdiction, announced United...
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Caribbean Corridor Strike Force Dismantles Drug Trafficking Organization Responsible For Transporting Drugs And Money Between Puerto Rico-Culebra-St Thomas

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO - This morning, the Caribbean Corridor Strike (CCSF) dismantled a drug trafficking organization responsible for the importation of multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine into Puerto Rico and the transportation of drug money between Puerto Rico-Culebra-St. Thomas announced United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. On March 27, 2014...
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Two Sentenced In Connection With Sunshine Pharmacy Health Care Fraud

FORT MYERS, Fla. - United States District Judge John E. Steele today sentenced Delmer Holmes (44) and Patricia (74), both of Naples, for their roles in a conspiracy to commit health care fraud that operated from Sunshine Pharmacy in Naples, Florida. Delmer Holmes Parrish, a licensed Pharmacist, was sentenced to...
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Task Force Puts Drug Trafficking Ring Out Of Business

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced the culmination of Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Operation "King of the Trap." The operation targeted a drug trafficking...