DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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New Haven Heroin Trafficker Sentenced

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New England Division and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that that Samuel Albarran, also known as “Sam Dog,” 34, of New Haven, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in...
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Maine Heroin, Crack Dealer Pleads Guilty

BANGOR, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New England Division, and Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced that Daniel Pallis, 29, of Dresden, Maine, pled guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiring to distribute heroin and cocaine base, commonly known as “crack.” According to...
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“Operation Bad Company” Results In Additional Charges

BOSTON - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New England Division and Acting United States Attorney William D. Weinreb made the announcement today that four Dominican nationals, formerly residing in Lawrence, Massachusetts were charged in a superseding indictment for their roles in a fentanyl, heroin and cocaine distribution...
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Meriden Man Charged With Trafficking Cocaine And Heroin

BRIDGEPORT, 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 Luis Martell, also known as “Fat Boy,” 34, of Meriden, was arrested on a federal criminal complaint charging...
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Alleged Meriden Multi Kilo Cocaine, Heroin Trafficker Charged

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New England Division and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Luis Martell, also known as “Fat Boy,” 34, of Meriden, was arrested on a federal criminal complaint charging him with trafficking cocaine...
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Bronx Man Who Supplied Eastern Connecticut Drug Ring Sentenced To More Than 6 Years In Federal Prison

BRIDGEPORT, 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 Jose Miranda, also known as “Omar,” 52, of the Bronx, N.Y., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge...
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Member Of Boston’s Columbia Point Dawgs Gang Sentenced For Trafficking Cocaine

BOSTON - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New England Division, Acting United States Attorney William D. Weinreb; Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley; Harold H. Shaw, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Field Division; Mickey D. Leadingham, Special Agent in Charge of the...
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DEA’s Largest Seizure Of Fentanyl Precursor Chemical In New England - Street Value Of $570 Million

BOSTON - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New England Division, Acting United States Attorney William D. Weinreb, and Shelly Binkowski, Inspector in Charge of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Boston Field Division, made the announcement today that 50 kilograms of a fentanyl precursor chemical, with a street...
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6 “Cruces Boys” Gang Members Arrested For Cocaine Trafficking

LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Federal and state authorities arrested six members and associates of the “Cruces Boys” gang this morning on federal drug trafficking charges and seized 25 firearms announced Special Agent-in-Charge of DEA’s El Paso Division Will Glaspy; United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr.; Special Agent in Charge...
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Member Of Mexican Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Yolanda Rodriguez, 50, a U.S. citizen who formerly resided in Mexico, was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 15 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for her conviction on drug trafficking and money laundering charges. Rodriguez was convicted on...