DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Doctor Sentenced For His Role In Operation Of Pill Mill

APR 24 (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, Kathryn Keneally, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Tax Division, and Jose A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue...
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Prescription Drug Take-Back To Be Held Saturday, April 26, 2014

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - On April 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local law enforcement and the Drug Enforcement (DEA) will give the public its eighth opportunity in three years to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. Bring...
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DEA Holds Its Eighth Prescription Drug Take Back Day On Saturday April 26

MIAMI - After collecting more than 1,700 tons of expired, unwanted prescription medications over the past three-and-a-half years, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and more than 4,200 national, tribal, and community law enforcement partners will hold another National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, April 26th. Americans can take their pills...
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Heroin Dealer Endangering Children Sentenced To More Than 18 Years In Federal Prison

ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced that yesterday U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell sentenced Damion Rashaad (36, Cocoa) to 18 years and 9 months...
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Pill Mill Doctor Found Guilty

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced that a federal jury yesterday found Ronald John (58, Brandon) guilty of conspiracy to distribute and dispense Oxycodone and...
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Pair Indicted For Distributing Hundreds Of Pounds Of Marijuana In Sarasota, Hillsborough, And Polk Counties

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley III, United States Attorney for the Middle District, announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Aaron Edwin (39, Riverview) and Michael Allen (42, Sarasota) with conspiracy to distribute and to...
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Six Arrested In Drug Raid Involving Correctional Facilities

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - A drug distribution operation that involved inmates and a correction officer has been dismantled and six people have been arrested due to the joint efforts of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and the Alabama Department of Corrections, announced Keith Brown, DEA Special Agent in Charge of the New...
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Colombian Man Pleads Guilty To International Money Laundering Conspiracy

ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field (MFD), and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced today that Luis Alberto Marulanda-(54, Colombia) pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering. Marulanda faces a maximum penalty...
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Jamaican Drug Courier Convicted At Trial

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced yesterday that a federal jury found Santana (23, Montego Bay, Jamaica) guilty of conspiracy to possess 500 grams or...
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Twelve Indicted In Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy; Two Charged With Distribution Resulting In Death

APR 02 (NEW ORLEANS) - Twelve individuals indicted in the Eastern District of Louisiana face drug and conspiracy charges as a result of an extensive three-year investigation that targeted a heroin drug trafficking organization in New Orleans, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown and U. S...