DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Eight More Individuals Sentenced In Operation Sooner Or Later

JACKSONVILLE, 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 Chief U.S. District Judge Anne C. Conway sentenced eight individuals in a cocaine trafficking investigation, dubbed Operation...
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Orlando Felon Sentenced For Possession Of Firearm And Impersonating A DEA Agent

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 today that Senior U.S. District Judge Gregory A. Presnell sentenced Benjamin William (43, Orlando) to 18 months in federal...
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Two Heroin Smugglers Sentenced In Orlando

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 today that Senior U.S. District Judge John Antoon, II sentenced Jorge Luis Alomar-(43, Orlando) to 15 years in federal...
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Heroin Dealer Endangering Children Sentenced To An Additional Three Years In Prison

ORLANDO, Fla. - Today, U.S. District Judge John Antoon, II sentenced Damion Rashaad (36, Cocoa) to three years in federal prison for violating his supervised release. Carder was under supervision of the court as a result of a cocaine conviction in 2006. On March 11, 2014, Carder was found guilty...
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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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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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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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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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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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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...