DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Overdose Investigations Lead To Heroin And Cocaine Distribution Charges Against Bethel Man

DEC 29 - NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Paul Mignani, 51, of Bethel, was arrested on cocaine and heroin distribution offenses. The...
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Fentanyl And Heroin Distributor Pleads Guilty

DEC 28 - CONCORD, N.H. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration New England Division and Emily Gray Rice, United States Attorney for the District of New Hampshire, announced that Luis Martin Carvajal Gonzalez, also known as Wilfredo Laboy, pleaded guilty to distributing fentanyl...
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Las Cruces Man Pleads Guilty To Participating In Dona Ana County Cocaine Trafficking Ring

ALBUQUERQUE - Juan Velazquez, 26, of Las Cruces, N.M., pleaded guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to distributing cocaine and participating in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine in Doña Ana County, N.M. Velazquez was arrested in Sept. 2016, on an indictment alleging cocaine trafficking charges. The 18-count...
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Eight Years For New Haven Heroin Trafficker

DEC 22 - NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Elio Delima, also known as “Victor Cuevas” and “Ely,” 39, of New Haven, was sentenced by...
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Investigation Leads To Sentencing Of Significant Connecticut Cocaine Trafficker

DEC 21 - NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that that Tyshawn Welborn, also known as “Black,” 38, of Bloomfield, Connecticut was sentenced by U.S. District...
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Former Pharmacy Technician From Carlsbad Pleads Guilty To Misdemeanor Crime For Unlawful Possession Of Oxycodone

ALBUQUERQUE - Amber Kay Otero, 31, of Carlsbad, N.M., pleaded guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to the misdemeanor offense of unlawfully possessing a controlled substance. Otero was arrested on Sept. 23, 2016, following an investigation initiated after the DEA received a report of theft or loss...
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Ledyard Man Who Distributed Heroin Involved In Overdose Death Pleads Guilty

DEC 20 - HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Timothy Paprocki, 33, of Ledyard, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to...
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New Haven Man Sentenced To Nearly Seven Years In Federal Prison For Role In Heroin Distribution Ring

DEC 20 - BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, New England Division and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Victor Rivera, 44, of New Haven, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Victor A...
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Hartford Man Pleads Guilty To Distributing Heroin, Possessing Firearm

DEC 16 - HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration New England Division and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that Daniel Gamero, 24, of Hartford, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Michael P...
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Hartford Man Charged With Distributing Heroin Involved In Overdose Of East Haddam Resident

DEC 15 - HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Hector Raul Cintron, also known as “G” and “Big G,” 22, of Hartford, was arrested...