DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Sarasota Man Sentenced To More Than 20 Years For Drug Related Offenses

TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich has sentenced Kewarren Lamar (44, Sarasota) to 20 years and 5 months in federal prison for distributing 28 grams or more of crack cocaine and a related violation of his federal supervised release. As part of his sentence, the Court also...
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Largo Armed Drug Dealer Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison

TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew today sentenced Antwon (39, Largo) to 15 years in federal prison for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. The Court also ordered Scott to forfeit the firearm and ammunition involved in the offense. He pleaded guilty...
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Authorities Arrest 5 Linked To LA "Pill Mill"

LOS ANGELES - After a federal grand jury issued a 33-count indictment last week, authorities in Texas and Southern California this morning arrested five defendants linked to a narcotics trafficking ring that sold illegal prescriptions for cash and obtained drugs that were shipped to Texas for sale on the black...
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Member Of Large Scale Pensacola Cocaine Trafficking Organization Sentenced To Federal Prison

PENSACOLA, Fla. - Victor D. Rome, 39, from the Pensacola area, was sentenced in federal court today on drug trafficking conspiracy charges. Rome was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge M. Casey Rodgers to 280 months’ imprisonment and 10 years of supervision upon his release. Rome’s indictment was part...
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Jury Convicts Titusville Police Officer For Federal Drug Crimes

ORLANDO, Fla. - A.D. Wright, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces that a federal jury has found Richard (45, Viera) guilty of attempting to help distribute one kilogram of cocaine...
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Pinellas Pain Management Doctor Indicted For Distributing Controlled Substances Outside Usual Course Of Professional Practice, Which Resulted In Deaths Of Patients

TAMPA, Fla. - A.D. Wright, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announce the unsealing of an indictment charging (Dr.) Edward Neil Feldman, M.D. (75, Tampa) and his wife, Kim Xuan (65...
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SoCal Doctor Sentenced To Over 5 Years In Federal Prison

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles-area doctor who was convicted last summer of narcotics trafficking for illegally distributing the powerful painkiller best known by the brand names Vicodin and Norco was sentenced today to 63 months in federal prison. Dr. Andrew Sun, 79, of La Mirada, was sentenced January 5...
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DEA Operation Adam Bomb Leads To Major Tax Fraud Investigation By The IRS And Issuance Of Federal “John Doe” Summonses

NEW YORK - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, David Hubbert, the Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Civil Trial Matters in the Department of Justice’s Tax Division, John Koskinen, the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue (IRS), and Anthony D. Williams, the Special Agent...
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Orlando Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced To 15 Years

ORLANDO, Fla. - Senior U.S. District Judge G. Kendall Sharp has sentenced Garry (48, Orlando) to 15 years in federal prison for cocaine trafficking. The Court also ordered him to forfeit approximately $611,613, two automobiles, and his home on South Buena Vista Avenue in Orlando, all of which were either...
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Honduran Nationals Charged With Drug Trafficking Arrived In South Florida After Being Extradited

MIAMI - Two Honduran nationals were extradited from Honduras to the United States as a result of their alleged participation in a large-scale drug trafficking organization that operates in the western portion of Honduras. These individuals allegedly knew that the large amounts of cocaine they were trafficking would end up...