DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Lawrence Heroin Ring Charged

BOSTON - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz announced that ten individuals in three states were charged in federal court yesterday with conspiracy to distribute heroin, in connection with a Lawrence-based heroin operation. The...
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Italian Fugitive Sentenced To Nine Years In Federal Prison On Drug Charges

TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Luciano (39) to nine years in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. He pleaded guilty to the charges on December 22, 2006, and subsequently fled the United States...
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South Portland Man Pleads Guilty To Gun Charge

PORTLAND, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Sean Johnson a/k/a “Thomas Butler” a/k/a “Wayne Sunderland,” 32, - of South Portland, Maine, pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court to...
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Bradenton Man Arrested For Distributing Methamphetamine Disguised As Candy

TAMPA, Fla. - A.D. Wright, 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 the filing of a criminal complaint charging Jesus Casteyano, a/k/a Jesus Castellano, a/k/a Jesus Castellano-(53, Bradenton), with conspiracy to possess...
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Fitchburg Man Sentenced For Attempting To Take Delivery Of Over 500 Pounds Of Marijuana

CONCORD, N.H. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Acting United States Attorney Donald Feith announced that Todd Burke, 52, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, was sentenced today to 28 months in prison by the United States District Court. The court’s sentence...
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Portland Man Pleads Guilty To Crack Cocaine Distribution Charges

PORTLAND, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced thatMarco Gordon, 34, of Portland and Detroit, Michigan, pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court to conspiring to distribute 28 grams or more...
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Pharmacist Sentenced To More Than Eight Years In Federal Prison

TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich has sentenced Brian C. (56, Melbourne) to eight years and one month in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute and dispense oxycodone not in the usual course of professional practice. The Court also ordered him to forfeit his Florida pharmacist license...
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Convicted Felon Sentenced To 14.5 Years For Federal Firearm Offenses

PENSACOLA, Fla. - Darius D. Williams, 24, of Pensacola, Florida, was sentenced to 14.5 years in prison late yesterday for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and for possession of a stolen firearm. The sentence was announced by A.D. Wright, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami...
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Fitchburg Man Sentenced To Seven Years On Federal Drug And Gun Charges

BOSTON - A Fitchburg man was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Worcester for selling heroin to a cooperating witness and being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Miguel Rivera, 31, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman to seven years in prison and...
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Three Plead Guilty To Trafficking Heroin From West Warwick Mill & Stash House

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Michael Santana Guilermo, 33, of Cranston, R.I., Carlos Ramos Rosa, 37, and Felix Fuentes Perez, 35, of Boston, Mass., pleaded guilty in federal court in Providence today to operating a heroin mill & stash house in West Warwick, R.I., where they cut and packaged for sale large...