DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Smoke Shop Owner And Realtor Head To Federal Prison For Structuring Financial Transactions

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The co-owner of Mr. Nice Guys Smoke Shop and a local real estate agent have been ordered to federal prison following their convictions related to a multi-agency investigation into the structuring of financial transactions announced Javier F. Peña, Special Agent in Charge of the United States...
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New York Man Sentenced To Over 12 Years For Heroin Trafficking

PORTLAND, Maine - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced today that Roger Burke, 31, of New York, New York, was sentenced yesterday by Judge D. Brock Hornby in U.S. District Court in...
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Cambridge Pharmacy Robber Indicted

BURLINGTON, Vt. - - John J. Arvanits, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) for New England and The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Friday, Russell John Thaxton, 48, of Morrisville, was presented in United States District Court for arraignment...
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Seven Individuals Indicted For Operating Million Dollar Marijuana Conspiracy

BOSTON - Seven individuals from central Massachusetts were charged today in U.S. District Court in Worcester for operating a million dollar marijuana conspiracy. John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Boston Field Division; United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz; Daniel J. Kumor, Special Agent in...
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New Fairfield Resident Sentenced To More Than Five Years In Federal Prison For Trafficking Marijuana

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, 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 Nicholas Calamaras, 30, of New Fairfield, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in...
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Two Sentenced For Conspiring To Transport Marijuana

LAREDO, Texas - Javier F. Peña, Special Agent in Charge of the United States Drug Enforcement (DEA), Houston Division and Kenneth Magidson, United States Attorney, Southern District of Texas announced today Roberto Garcia, 29, and Juan Javier Reyna, 33, both of Houston, have been sentenced to federal prison for conspiring...
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Brownsville Drug Dealer Gets Four Life Sentences

BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Javier F. Peña, Special Agent in Charge of the United States Drug Enforcement (DEA), Houston Division and Kenneth Magidson, United States Attorney, Southern District of Texas announced today Julio Cesar Cardenas, 40, has been given four life sentences in federal prison for his involvement in leading a...
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Connecticut Pharmacies Pay $90,000 To Settle Allegations Under The Controlled Substances Act

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that HOWE'S PHARMACY of Milford and NELSON'S PHARMACY of Naugatuck have each entered into a civil settlement...
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Jury Finds Two New Haven Men Guilty Of Narcotics Distribution Offenses

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that a federal jury in New Haven today found Michael Thompson, 34, and Tylon Vaughn, also known...
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Last Of 24 Arrested In Massive Marijuana Grow House Case Ordered To Prison

HOUSTON - Those arrested as a result of the discovery of approximately 14,000 marijuana plants from 43 marijuana grow houses in Harris, Fort Bend and Montgomery Counties in August 2012 have now been ordered to prison announced, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña along with United States...