DEA Archived Press Releases

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Fourth Defendant Sentenced For Marijuana Cultivation Operation In Sequoia National Forest

FRESNO, Calif. - David Arreola, 29, of Michoacán, Mexico, was sentenced today to seven and a half years in prison for conspiring to manufacture, distribute and possess with intent to distribute marijuana grown on public land and possessing a firearm in furtherance of the conspiracy. According to court documents, Arreola...
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Jury Convicts Ohio Man For Role In Cocaine Distribution Ring

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A United States District Court jury convicted Osvaldo Ortega-Amaya, 29, of Hilliard, Ohio, of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. Carter M. Stewart, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio; Joseph P...
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Bakersfield Man Charged With Possession With Intent To Distribute 12 Kilograms Of Cocaine

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a single-count indictment on Thursday against Jonathan Arturo Alvarez, 25, of Bakersfield, charging him with possession with intent to distribute cocaine. According to court documents, on April 2, 2015, a California Highway Patrol officer conducted a traffic stop of the vehicle driven...
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Three Indicted For Methamphetamine Trafficking

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an 11-count indictment Thursday against Donnie Phillips, 56, of Concord; Gordon Miller, 57, of Clayton; and Phyliss Mosher, 51, of Vallejo, charging them with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and related methamphetamine trafficking charges. According to court documents, between June 2014 and February...
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Coloradan Sentenced For California Marijuana Conspiracy

FRESNO, Calif. - Mark Jeff Zeldes, 53, of Broomfield, Colorado, was sentenced today to three years and eight months in prison for a conspiracy in California to manufacture, distribute and possess with intent to distribute marijuana. Zeldes was also ordered to forfeit over 300 pieces of equipment used for the...
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Detroit Police Lieutenant And Officer Charged With Drug, Robbery And Extortion Offenses

DETROIT - A Detroit Police lieutenant and an officer were indicted yesterday on charges of robbing drug dealers and stealing drugs and money obtained in police searches, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. The indictment was sealed until this morning. Joining McQuade in the announcement were Special Agent in...
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Western Ohio Couple Indicted On Marijuana And Money Laundering Charges

DAYTON, Ohio - A federal grand jury has charged Dennis S. Hunter, 51, and Sivan D. Hunter, 45, both of Dayton, with conspiracy to distribute marijuana and money laundering in an indictment returned in Dayton. Carter M. Stewart, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Joseph P. Reagan...
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Four Members Of Ohio Gang Charged With Murder

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal grand jury in Columbus, Ohio, has returned an indictment charging Robert D. Ledbetter, 35; Christopher A. Harris, 27; Rashad A. Liston, 25; and Deounte Ussury, 30, all formerly of Columbus, Ohio, with murder and violent crimes in aid of racketeering activity. Carter M. Stewart, United...
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Northern Michigan Woman Sentenced To 12 Years In Federal Prison For Cocaine Conviction

MARQUETTE, Mich. - Rachel Lynn Hansen, age 32, of Ishpeming, Michigan, was sentenced to 151 months in prison, U.S. Attorney Patrick A. Miles, Jr., announced today. After her release, she will serve three years of court supervision. Hanson, a mother of three, was convicted of possession of cocaine with intent...
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Marijuana Trafficker Receives 7 Year Prison Sentence In Michigan After Fleeing To Mexico For 3 Years

MARQUETTE, Mich. - Pedro Andres Kobasic, 45, formerly of Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced to 87 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Patrick Miles, Jr. announced today. Kobasic was convicted of conspiracy to distribute more than 50 kilograms of marijuana after fleeing from justice and...