DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
2287 Results - Showing 2021 to 2030
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Leader Of Sarasota Oxycodone Distribution Ring Pleads Guilty

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC), Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley III, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced today that Robert (44, Sarasota) pleaded guilty to a one count information charging him with conspiring with others...
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Jury Convicts Two Doctors Of Conspiracy To Commit Money Laundering Resulting From Pill Mill Operation In Broward And Palm Beach Counties

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC), Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of (FBI), Miami Field Office, and Michael J. De Palma, Special...
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Five Arrested For Methamphetamine Manufacturing In Vero Beach

VERO BEACH, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC), Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Deryl Loar, Sheriff, Indian River County Sheriff’s Office, announce the arrest of five Vero Beach residents: Edward McElhenny, 50, Clinton...
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Melbourne Man Convicted Of Firearm And Drug Offenses

ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC), Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces today that a federal jury found Lander Carlton (39, Melbourne) guilty of possession with intent to distribute cocaine...
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RX Trafficking Ring Controlled Brooklyn Medical Practices: Nearly $3.4 Million In Pills Diverted

(MANHATTAN, N.Y.) - Brian R. Crowell, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division, Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly, Tom F. O’Donnell, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office...
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Pill Mill Doctor Pleads Guilty To Oxycodone Conspiracy

MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC), Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Michael J. DePalma, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal (IRS-CI), Miami Field Office, announced today that Dr. Scott Becker...
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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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Final Defendant Pleads Guilty In Family Drug Conspiracy Which Sought To Control Two City Streets

BUFFALO, N.Y. - -U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Leo Mellerson pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a $1,000,000 fine or both. Mellerson was one of nine...
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Long Island Doctor Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone

JULY 11-William J. Conway, a Baldwin, New York physician, pled guilty today in United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York to conspiring to illegally distribute the highly addictive painkiller oxycodone to patients, who the defendant knew were addicts and without performing any meaningful medical examination. When...
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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...