DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Poly-Drug Trafficking Ring Shut Down By State And Federal Authorities In Stuart

STUART, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and David Dyess, Chief of Police, Stuart Police (SPD), announce the results of a joint local impact investigation into the gang and drug activities centered in the east Stuart community. The three month investigation...
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Dade City Man Sentenced To Nineteen Years In Federal Prison For Armed Drug Trafficking

TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich today sentenced Angel (34, Dade City) to nineteen years in federal prison for possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute, and possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The sentence consists of 14 years in federal prison for the drug...
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Colombian Nationals Charged In International Drug Money Laundering Conspiracy And Designated Under The Kingpin

MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC), Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of (SDFL), announced the filing of one count indictment charging four defendants for their participation in an international money laundering in which they laundered...
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DEA, Along With Manhattan, Brooklyn, And Miami U.S. Attorneys Announce Extradition Of Colombian Narcotics Kingpin

MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wilfredo A. Ferrer, Preet Bharara, and Loretta E. Lynch, and the United States Attorneys for the Southern District of (SDFL), Eastern District of New (EDNY), and Southern District of New (SDNY), respectively - James Dinkins...
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New Haven Resident Sentenced To 54 Months In Federal Prison For Distributing Crack Cocaine

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 Vincent Mescrea, also known as “Jose Jimenez,” 43, a citizen of the Dominican Republic last residing...
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St. Jude's Pharmacy Owner & Wife Indicted On Federal Charges

FORT MYERS, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC), Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O'Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces the return of an indictment charging Cape Coral residents Jorge (51) and his wife, Martha (41). Jorge Otano, the...
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New Fairfield Brothers Sentenced To Federal Prison For Distributing Oxycodone

BRIDGEPORT 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 two New Fairfield men were sentenced today in Bridgeport federal court for trafficking oxycodone and other controlled...
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Seven Charged With Oxycodone Conspiracy In Broward County Pill Mill Operation

MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Scott Israel, Sheriff, Broward Sheriff’s (BSO), announced the unsealing of a federal indictment charging seven defendants for their participation in the illegal...
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Three Plead Guilty In Marijuana Distribution Conspiracy

TAMPA, Fla. - - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC), Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O'Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District, announces that Chad (37, St. George, Utah), Jason (38, St. George, Utah), and Timothy (39, Tampa) have pleaded guilty to conspiring to...
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Man Sentenced To 63 Months For Conspiracy To Distribute Cocaine

BURLINGTON,Vt. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that on June 24, 2013, Matthew Burt, 38, of South Burlington, Vermont was sentenced to 63 months imprisonment by...