DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Two Leaders Of El Monte Street Gang Plead Guilty To Federal Racketeering Offenses

LOS ANGELES - A Mexican Mafia member who is also a member of the El Monte Flores street gang, and another man who was a “shot caller” of the gang, have pleaded guilty to federal racketeering offenses. The two gang leaders pleaded guilty Thursday in United States District Court after...
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Former Baggage Handlers At LAX Arrested On Federal Drug Charges For Allegedly Using Credentials To Bring Cocaine Past Security

LOS ANGELES - Two former baggage handlers who worked at Los Angeles International (LAX) were arrested today by law enforcement authorities investigating the use of employee credentials to breach airport security. Adrian Ponce, 27, and Alberto Preciado Gutierrez, 26, both of South Gate, were arrested this morning without incident by...
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Ohio Men Plead Guilty To Selling “Blue Drop” Heroin Mixed With Fentanyl That Resulted In Death

MARION, Ohio - Two Marion, Ohio, men have pleaded guilty to selling a mixture of heroin and fentanyl that resulted in an overdose death last year, law enforcement officials said. Eric Creagh, 32, and Rashawn D. Thomas, 27, each pleaded guilty to one count of drug trafficking that resulted in...
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Flight Attendant Who Allegedly Tried To Smuggle Nearly 70 Pounds Of Cocaine Through Security At LAX Arrested On Federal Drug Charges

LOS ANGELES - A JetBlue flight attendant who allegedly attempted to use her credentials to bring nearly 70 pounds of cocaine through a security checkpoint at Los Angeles International (LAX) on Friday has been charged with a federal narcotics trafficking offense. Marsha Reynolds, 31, of Jamaica, New York, was taken...
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Las Vegas Couple Guilty Of Oxycodone Distribution Conspiracy And Money Laundering In Columbus, OH

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Today, Danny R. Williams, 29, and Sukita M. Williams, 43, both of Las Vegas, Nevada, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute Oxycodone and money laundering. Benjamin C. Glassman, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, David...
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DEA Agents Arrest Four Men On Federal Charges Of Distributing Narcotics, Including Pills Manufactured With A Fentanyl Analogue

LOS ANGELES - Capping a year-long investigation, special agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration have arrested four Southland men on federal narcotics and money laundering charges. The subjects of the investigation allegedly imported a powerful synthetic opiate from China and produced their own pills that were then distributed in bulk...
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Three Metro Detroit Doctors Among Conspirators Charged With Illegal Distribution Of Opiate Prescription Drugs

DETROIT - U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today that a superseding indictment was unsealed charging three doctors and seven other individuals with conspiracy to illegally distribute prescription drugs. McQuade was joined in the announcement by Acting Special Agent in Charge David A. Grant of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA)...
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Former Mount Vernon (OH) Police Officer Pleads Guilty To Extortion In Federal Court

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Matthew L. Dailey, age 45, of Howard, Ohio, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to Hobbs Act extortion under color of official right. Carter M. Stewart, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Angela L. Byers, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of (FBI), Cincinnati...
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Racketeering Indictment Charges Multiple Members Of Detroit’s Seven Mile Bloods Street Gang

DETROIT - The work of the Detroit One partnership of local, state and federal law enforcement resulted in the indictment today of 12 more members of Seven Mile Bloods street gang, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced. Joining McQuade in the announcement were David A. Grant, Acting Special Agent...
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Doctor Receives 30 Years To Life In Prescription Drug Overdose Case

LOS ANGELES - A Rowland Heights doctor was sentenced to 30 years to life in state prison for prescribing large amounts of addictive and dangerous drugs to patients with no legitimate need, three of whom died of overdoses. Hsiu Ying “Lisa” Tseng, 46, was sentenced by Los Angeles County Superior...