DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Orlando resident arrested for distributing drugs containing fentanyl

Orlando, Fla. – Jonathan Bohn, aka “Jonah,” 35, of Orlando, was arrested on charges of distribution of a controlled substance that resulted in death was unsealed today. If convicted, Bohn faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. According to the criminal complaint, on Dec. 16, 2017, Bohn sold...
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Winter Garden convicted felon pleads guilty

ORLANDO, Fla. – Kenneth Bernard Smith, 54, of Winter Garden, Fla., pleaded guilty today to two counts of possessing ammunition and a firearm as a convicted felon and two counts of distributing cocaine and heroin. He faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years, and up to life, in federal...
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Flagler Beach man sentenced to nearly 11 years in federal prison for selling benzoyl fentanyl and other drugs online

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Robert Richard Jodoin, 50, of Flagler Beach, was sentenced to 10 years and 10 months in federal prison for importing GHB into the United States, distributing benzoyl fentanyl, possessing with the intent to distribute N-Ethylhexedrone, maintaining a residence for the purpose of distributing controlled substances and possessing...
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Dallas-based methamphetamine trafficker sentenced to more than 17 years in prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine in Pasco County, Fla.

TAMPA, Fla. – Ruben Longoria, Jr., 31, of Dallas, aka “Scooter,” was sentenced to 17 years and 6 months in federal prison today for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine from Texas into the Middle District of Florida. Longoria had pleaded guilty on Jan. 29, 2019. According to court documents, Longoria was...
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Federal jury convicts two Colombian nationals and one Belizean national for international cocaine smuggling conspiracy

TAMPA, Fla. – A federal jury has found Rudolph Randolph Meighan, 28, of Belize; Jorge Ramon Newball-May, 48, of Colombia; and Calbot Reid-Dilbert, 59, of Colombia, each guilty of one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine while...
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Miami doctor arrested for overprescribing oxycodone resulting in death

MIAMI – Dr. Marta Elena Farinas, 48, of Miami, was arrested on May 7, 2019, at her clinic, the Pinecrest Medical Group, located at 15715 S. Dixie Highway, #219, Miami, Fla., on state charges of conspiracy to dispense controlled substances, delivery of controlled substances and manslaughter. An investigation has revealed...
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Parker doctor sentenced for illegally distributing controlled substances

DENVER – Dr. John Alan Littleford, DO, age 73, of Manhattan, Kansas and formerly of Parker, Colorado, was sentenced yesterday by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Robert E. Blackburn to serve 87 months in federal prison followed by three years on supervised release for charges related to the illegal distribution...
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DEA Denver and partners in the Rocky Mountain Region hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 27th.

DENVER – With robust public participation over the course of 16 prior events, the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Initiative continues to remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they are vulnerable to misuse, theft or abuse by family members and visitors, including...
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65 people charged in Operation Double Dippin

DENVER - In February of 2017, the HIDTA Southern Colorado Drug Task-Force initiated an investigation titled Operation Double Dippin. The HIDTA Southern Colorado Task-Force is comprised of members from the Pueblo Police Department, Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office, El Paso County Sheriff’s Office, Colorado Springs Police Department, Teller County Sherriff’s Office...
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Drug trafficking organizer sentenced to prison as part of a multi defendant drug investigation and prosecution

DENVER – Jose Tapia-Rubio, age 60, of Aurora, Colorado, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Court Judge Raymond P. Moore to serve 96 months (8 years) in federal prison followed by five years on supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms...