DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Colombian Drug Kingpin Charged With Smuggling 35 Pounds Of Heroin Destined For New York In Freight Containers

MANHATTAN - Brian R. Crowell, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York (DEA), Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly and Joseph A. D’Amico, Superintendent of the New York State Police announced today the indictment...
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Drug Kingpin And Eight Others Indicted For Smuggling Millions Of Dollars In Heroin From Colombia To New York City

MANHATTAN - Brian R. Crowell, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York (DEA), Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly and Joseph A. D’Amico, Superintendent of the New York State Police, announced today the indictment...
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Heroin Pipeline From The Bronx To Otsego County Shut Down

OTSEGO COUNTY, N.Y. - Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) Brian R. Crowell, Otsego County Sheriff Richard J. Devlin, Jr, Oneonta Police Chief Dennis R. Nayor and Otsego County District Attorney John M. Muehl announce the arrest of a major trafficking ring...
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Doctor Pleads Guilty In White Plains Federal Court To Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced today that Felix Rodriguez, a licensed medical doctor, pled guilty to a one-count...
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Prescription Drug Conspiracy Dismantled In Northern Kentucky

CINCINNATI - Today, Robert L. Corso, Special Agent in Charge, Detroit Field Division, Drug Enforcement (DEA), along with Kerry B. Harvey, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, and Carter M. Stewart, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, jointly announced the culmination of an Organized...
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Undercover Operation Nabs Two Defendants Charged In Federal Court With Distribution Of Synthetic Drug Known As “Bath Salts”

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and Chief Egidio Tinti of the (N.Y.) Police Department, announced the arrest today of...
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Two Members Of Manhattan Trinitarios Gang Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court For Racketeering And Firearms Offenses

MANHATTAN - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division Office of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) announced today that Jonathan Feliz, the former leader of the Manhattan branch of the “Trinitarios,”...
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Jury Convicts Ohio Heroin Trafficker

Four additional co-conspirators previously pled guilty COLUMBUS, Ohio - A U.S. District Court jury here today convicted Sontay T. Smotherman, 36, of Columbus of operating a drug house at his residence. Carter M. Stewart, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Robert L. Corso, Special Agent in Charge...
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Kentucky Career Criminal Sentenced To 20 + Years For Head Role In Cocaine Conspiracy

LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Richmond, Kentucky man with a lengthy criminal history was sentenced today to more than 250 months for dealing cocaine and using his retail store to conceal his drug trafficking activity. U.S. District Court Judge Joseph M. Hood sentenced 30-year-old Jakolbe Chenault, aka, “Kolbe Cheese,” for conspiracies...
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Detroit Area Pharmacist/Pharmacy Owner Sentenced To 17 Years For Drug Conspiracy And Health Care Fraud

DETROIT - A 50 year old Canton pharmacist who owned and operated 26 pharmacies in the metro-Detroit area was sentenced today to 17 years in prison, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. McQuade was joined in the announcement by Robert L. Corso, Special Agent in Charge, of the U.S...