DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Destin Physician Convicted Of Drug Offenses Resulting In Patients’ Deaths

PENSACOLA, FL. - Destin physician Robert Bourlier, 55, was convicted today of 17 counts of health care fraud and 126 counts of unlawful dispensing of controlled substances, announced Mark R. Trouville, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division Special Agent in Charge and Pamela C. Marsh, U.S. Attorney for the Northern...
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Lake Worth Doctor Arrested On Fifty-Five Counts Of Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone At Lake Worth Clinic

MIAMI, FL. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division and Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, announce the indictment of Cesar Deleon, 65, a doctor from Lake Worth, for his participation in the illegal distribution of pain...
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Floridian Fuzz Guilty Of Hauling Cocaine Through East Texas

BEAUMONT, TX - A 51-year-old Spring Hill, Florida man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking in the Eastern District of Texas announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge, Thomas Hinojosa and U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today. Tony Darrell Fuzz pleaded guilty to possession with intent to...
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DEA Destroys 5 3/4 Tons Of Drugs

WESTON, FL. - On April 30th, Floridians turned in approximately 11,567 (5 ¾ tons) of unwanted or expired prescription drugs at 228 collection sites across the state during the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) second National Prescription Drug Take-Back Initiative. In the Tampa area, 2 ½ tons were collected, Orlando area, 1...
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Drug Investigation Leads To Indictments And Arrests In Darby, Pennsylvania

PHILADELPHIA, PA. - Indictments were unsealed today upon the arrests of ten individuals named in separate cases stemming from a long-term investigation into drug dealing in and around Darby Township, PA that included the Third Street Boys Crack Cocaine (“TSBCCO”), announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger and Drug Enforcement...
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Financier Of A Network Of High-Tech Marijuana Grow Facilities Sentenced To 16 Years In Prison

PHILADELPHIA, PA. - Anthony Bui, 57, of Philadelphia, PA, and owner of Asian Fish, Inc., of Egg Harbor, New Jersey, was sentenced to 16 years in prison for his role in organizing and financing a network of high-tech, indoor, marijuana grow facilities stretching from Florida to Connecticut. Each of these...
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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Resident Charged In Methamphetamine Deal

ALLENTOWN, PA. - Garrett Dudeck was charged today by information with conspiracy to distribute five grams or more of methamphetamine, announced Zane David Memeger, United States Attorney in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. According to the information, on January 31, 2011 and February 10, 2011, Dudeck and Edward Shelton, charged...
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Former Medellin Cartel Associate Pleads Guilty To Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

MIAMI, FL. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration, Miami Field Division, and Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, announced that defendant Sigifredo Maya, 48, of Medellin, Colombia, pled guilty today to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent...
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Pittsburgh Cocaine Ringleader Sentenced To 30 Years

PITTSBURGH, PA. - The drug kingpin everyone called "Ali" in the Linmar section of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison last Thursday, but he's likely to get out early because of his cooperation against his underlings in the drug investigation and a related 2006 homicide. Senior...
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Ten Arrests Made In Connection With Alleged Crystal City Cocaine And Heroin Trafficking

CRYSTAL CITY, TX -- - The Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge, Thomas E. Hinojosa and United States Attorney John E. Murphy announced that federal, state and local authorities have arrested 10 individuals in the Crystal City area on federal drug trafficking charges. Those arrested yesterday include: 24-year-old...