DEA Archived Press Releases

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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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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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West Hartford Doctor Pays $42,500 To Settle Allegations Under The Controlled Substances Act

WEST HARTFORD, CT. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that MURRAY WELLNER, M.D., with an office at 10 Dale Street, West Hartford, has entered into a...
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ATF, DEA, ICE, PRPD Arrests Two Convicted Felons In Possession Of Multiple Firearms, Ammunitions And Magazines

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO - - Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, the United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico announced the arrest of two convicted felons in possession of multiple firearms and ammunition. On April 15, 2011, Julio Pastrana-Arroyo and Alexander Ortiz-Murphy were arrested by Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms...
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Stamford Man Found Guilty Of Federal Crack Cocaine Distribution Charges

STAMFORD, CT. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal jury in Hartford has found CHARLES HANDY, 43, of Sherman Avenue, Stamford, guilty of one...
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Supplier To Stamford Drug Dealers Sentenced To More Than 10 Years In Federal Prison

STAMFORD, CT. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CARLOS MARTE SANTOS, also known as “Julio Cesar Santos,” “Cesar” and “Shorty,” 40, a citizen of the Dominican...
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Former Corrections Officer Sentenced To Two Years On Drug Conspiracy Charges

BOSTON, MA. - A Bellingham man was sentenced today in federal court after pleading guilty to conspiring to distribute Oxycodone and cocaine. Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration - Boston Field Office and United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz announced that STEVEN J. MOGRASS...
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DEA, PRPD Arrest Two Individuals, Seize Crack, Cocaine, Guns, Automatic Rifles And Ammunition

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO - Javier F. Peña, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Caribbean Division, announced the arrest of two individuals in possession crack, cocaine of multiple firearms and ammunition. On April 9, 2011, Mancio VICENTE-Lucas and Josue DIAZ-Bermudez were arrested by DEA and PRPD Agents...
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DEA, DHS Agencies Arrest Two Drug Smugglers; Seize $1.6 Million Cocaine Shipment In The Mona Passage

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO - Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Department of Homeland (DHS) law enforcement officers arrested two suspected Dominican smugglers Thursday, seizing 155 pounds of cocaine with a street value of approximately $1.6 million and a 20-foot (vola) following a multi-agency at-sea interdiction in the Mona Passage. The crew...
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Federal Grand Jury Indicts Boston Attorney On Money Laundering Charges

BOSTON, MA. - A federal grand jury today indicted a Boston attorney, charging him with money laundering. Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Boston Field Division; United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz; and William Offord, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service’s...