DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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St. Jude's Pharmacy Owner & Wife Indicted On Federal Charges

FORT MYERS, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC), Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O'Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces the return of an indictment charging Cape Coral residents Jorge (51) and his wife, Martha (41). Jorge Otano, the...
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Seven Charged With Oxycodone Conspiracy In Broward County Pill Mill Operation

MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Scott Israel, Sheriff, Broward Sheriff’s (BSO), announced the unsealing of a federal indictment charging seven defendants for their participation in the illegal...
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Three Plead Guilty In Marijuana Distribution Conspiracy

TAMPA, Fla. - - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC), Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O'Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District, announces that Chad (37, St. George, Utah), Jason (38, St. George, Utah), and Timothy (39, Tampa) have pleaded guilty to conspiring to...
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St. Johns County Man Sentenced To More Than 15 Years In Prison In Methamphetamine Case

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O’Neill, United States Attorney’s (USAO) for the Middle District of Florida, announces that U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard sentenced Frank (36, Hastings, Florida) to 15 years and 10 months in...
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Jury Finds Davenport Man Guilty Of Conspiracy To Distribute More Than 100 Grams Of Heroin

ORLANDO, Fla. - - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC), Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O'Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces that a federal jury found Henry (59, Davenport) guilty of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute over 100...
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34 Individuals From St Johns County Arrested For Methamphetamine Production And Distribution

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC), Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and David B. Short, Sheriff, St. Johns Sheriff’s (SJSO), announce the results of an 18 months investigation involving several methamphetamine trafficking organizations in the St. Johns County area. Over the past two days, the...
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DEA Denver Field Division Investigates Walgreens As Part Of National Investigation; Settlement Announced In Which Walgreens Agrees To Pay $80 Million For Violations Of The Controlled Substances Act

DENVER - Walgreens (Walgreens), the nation’s largest drug store chain, has agreed to pay $80 million in civil penalties for violations of the Controlled Substances Act, resolving an investigation in which the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado and the DEA’s Denver Field Division participated. The agreement...
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Walgreens Agrees To Pay A Record Settlement Of $80 Million For Civil Penalties Under The Controlled Substances Act

MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, announced that Walgreens (Walgreens), the nation’s largest drug store chain, has agreed to pay $80 million in civil penalties, resolving the DEA’s...
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Mulberry Man Sentenced To 30 Years In Federal Prison For Drug Trafficking

TAMPA - U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew today sentenced Earl Eugene (58, Mulberry) to 30 years in federal prison for conspiring with others to distribute cocaine. The court also ordered Hampton to forfeit a 2004 Dodge Quad Cab ST recreational (RV), which was traceable to proceeds of the offense...
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Drug Investigation Targets Prison Gang; 45 Defendants Indicted In Racketeering Case

DENVER - This morning, the Drug Enforcement (DEA), North Metro Task Force, and the 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office executed eight search warrants and made numerous arrests as part of a methamphetamine and cocaine trafficking investigation that has resulted in the grand jury indictment of 45 defendants and the seizure...