DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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DEA Holds Its Fifth Prescription Drug Take-Back Day September 29 As Public Participation Continues To Rise

MIAMI, Fla. - With public participation at an all-time high after four prior events in two years, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and its national, tribal, and community partners will hold a fifth National Prescription Drug Take Back Day at thousands of sites across America on Saturday the 29th. These Take...
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Convicted Drug Trafficker Found Guilty

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O’Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced today that a federal jury found Calvin Joseph (41, Bradenton) guilty of attempting to possess with the intent to distribute...
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Tampa Man Convicted In Oxycodone Prescription Scheme

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and U.S. Attorney Robert E. O'Neill for the Middle District of Florida, announces that a federal jury has found Samuel (42,Tampa) guilty of one count of conspiracy to distribute and dispense oxycodone outside the...
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Jury Convicts Two Orlando Men Of Heroin Conspiracy

ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and U.S. Attorney Robert E. O'Neill for the Middle District of Florida, announced yesterday that a federal jury found Jose Manuel (41, Orlando) and Julian (45, Miami) guilty of conspiracy to possess with intent...
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Two Individuals Convicted On Large-Scale Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy

PANAMA CITY, 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 today a federal jury convicted two local Panama City residents of conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent...
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Local Rapper Sentenced To 30 Years For Drug Trafficking

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O’Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced yesterday that U.S. District Judge William J. Castagna sentenced Demetrius Gregory (34, Tampa) to 30 years in federal prison for...
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Bradenton Man Sentenced To 60 Years In Federal Prison For Drug Trafficking And Gun Offenses

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O'Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced today that Senior U.S. District Judge William J. Castagna sentenced Michael Renard Albury, Jr. (27, Bradenton), to 60 years in...
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Nine Charged In Florida-Delaware Oxycodone Conspiracy

MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Vito S. Guarino, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Philadelphia Division, and Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, announce the arrests of Scott Evan Thomas, 42, Ryan...
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Texas Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced To 25 Years In Federal Prison

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O'Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced today that U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan sentenced Amadeo Hernandez Jaimes, a/k/a "Amadeo" and "Mayo" (39, Mission, Texas) to...
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Accused Drug Trafficker Arrested In Panama Appears In Miami Federal Court

MIAMI - Michele M. Leonhart, Administrator, Drug Enforcement (DEA), 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, announce the unsealing of the indictment against Roberto Lopez Perdigon, 41, of Caracas, Venezuela. Lopez...