DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Florida Man Gets 17 Months In Prison For Role In $65 Million Stolen Identity Income Tax Refund Scheme

NEWARK, N.J. - A Miami man was sentenced today to 17 months in prison for depositing over $4.7 million in fraudulently obtained tax refund checks as part of a massive stolen identity income tax scheme, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced. Roberto Diaz, 48, formerly of Demarest, New Jersey...
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Two Atlantic County Men Sentenced For Their Roles In Large-Scale Crack Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

CAMDEN, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and William E. Fitzpatrick, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced two Atlantic County, New Jersey, men were each given multi-year prison sentences for their participation in a nearly...
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Bergen County Man Sentenced To 162 Months In Prison For Conspiracy To Distribute More Than Three Kilograms Of Heroin

NEWARK, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and William E. Fitzpatrick, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced a Bergen County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 162 months in prison for purchasing more than...
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Member Of Violent Grape Street Crips Gang Admits Witness Intimidation As Part Of Racketeering Conspiracy

NEWARK, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and William E. Fitzpatrick, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a member of the New Jersey set of the Grape Street Crips today admitted his role in a...
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Broward County School District Employee Sentenced To Three Years In Prison For Obstructing Drug Investigation

JUN 28 - (FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.) - Porsha Session, 31, of Boynton Beach, Florida, a Broward County School District employee was sentenced in federal court to three years in prison for obstructing a drug investigation. Session previously pled guilty to obstructing an official proceeding. According to the court record, federal...
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Member Of Violent Grape Street Crips Gang Admits Racketeering Conspiracy

NEWARK, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and William E. Fitzpatrick, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a member of the New Jersey set of the Grape Street Crips today admitted his role in a...
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Middlesex County, New Jersey, Man Admits Role In Ethylone Distribution Conspiracy

NEWARK, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and William E. Fitzpatrick announced a Perth Amboy, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a conspiracy to distribute approximately 1.5 kilograms of ethylone, a Schedule I controlled substance. Paul Hutchison...
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Essex County, New Jersey, Man Gets 9 Years In Prison For Crack-Cocaine Distribution

NEWARK, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and William E. Fitzpatrick, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced an Irvington, New Jersey, man who distributed multiple kilograms of crack-cocaine and powder cocaine was sentenced today to...
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Another Member Of The Grape Street Crips Sentenced For Racketeering, Drug Trafficking Charges

NEWARK, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and William E. Fitzpatrick, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced a crack-cocaine wholesaler for the New Jersey set of the Grape Street Crips was sentenced today to 132...
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DEA Seeking Art Submissions For 2nd Heroin/Opioid Art Exhibit

NEWARK, N.J. - The Drug Enforcement Administration-New Jersey (DEA) and the New York/New Jersey High Intensity Drug Trafficking (HIDTA) in conjunction with the Partnership for a Drug Free New Jersey and the Governor’s Council on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse are seeking art submissions from the public for their 2nd Heroin/Opioid...