DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Armed Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Three Years in Prison

BURLINGTON, Vt.- The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Ramzi Kori, 21, of Burlington, Vermont, was sentenced today to serve three years in prison after his convictions for possession with intent to distribute heroin and for being a felon in possession of a...
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Winooski Woman Charged with Distribution of Methamphetamine

WINOOSKI, Vt. - The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced today that Julie Overfield, 62, of Winooski, Vermont was arrested Wednesday during the execution of a search warrant at her residence. Overfield was charged by criminal complaint with Distribution of Methamphetamine. Overfield is scheduled...
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Two Men Face Federal Drug Charges After Multi-Agency Enforcement Operation at Rutland Motel

RUTLAND, Vt. - The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced today that Daniel Ruiz, 34, of Springfield, Massachusetts, and Joel Ivan Caquias Aviles, 21, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, were arrested Wednesday evening and charged yesterday by criminal complaint with Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances. Both...
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Assassin for Mexican Cartel Sentenced to Life in Prison

EL PASO – A Mexican national was sentenced today to life in prison and ordered to pay a $100,000 fine for his role in the Sinaloa Cartel’s operations. According to court documents, Mario Iglesias-Villegas, aka “Dos,” “El 2,” “Delta,” “Parka,” “Grim Reaper,” 37, of Villa Ahumada, became a member of...
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Six Indicted In Northern New England Fentanyl Trafficking Operation

BOSTON – Six individuals have been indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with a fentanyl trafficking operation that spanned across northern New England. Randell Starlin Medina Rodriguez, 26, of Andover, Mass.; Williams Colon Sanchez, 26, or Lawrence, Mass.; Douglas Morris, 31, of Bangor, Maine; Robert Rodriguez Jr., 48...
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Bridgeport Gang Member Involved In Courthouse Shootings Sentenced To 15 Years In Federal Prison

BRIDGEPORT, Conn - DIOMIE BLACKWELL, also known as “Yamo,” 25, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 180 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for participating in gang-related shootings, including a shooting in front of a state...
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Chicopee Business Man Sentenced In Cocaine And Heroin Conspiracy Sourced From Mexico

BOSTON – A Chicopee businessman and the former owner and operator of TWC Auto Body in Holyoke was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Springfield for his role in a cocaine and heroin conspiracy. Jamil Roman, 44, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Mark G. Mastroianni to seven months...
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Boston Man Pleads Guilty To Trafficking Wholesale Quantities Of Cocaine

BOSTON – A Boston man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to trafficking cocaine as part of a larger drug trafficking conspiracy. Russell Hankerson, 40 of Boston, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute cocaine. U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns...
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Midland Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl and Gun Charges

ALPINE – A Midland man pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to possess fentanyl and one count of illegal possession of a firearm. According to court documents, between August and October 2021, Edgar Parra, 36, sold a total of 112.3 grams of fentanyl to undercover DEA operatives on...
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Two Dominican Nationals Charged With Trafficking Massive Quantity Of Fentanyl

HARTFORD, Conn - Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven returned an eight-count indictment yesterday charging ERASMO ROSARIO-HERNANDEZ, also known...