DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Jury Convicts Three Defendants Of Charges Related To Multi-Million Dollar Drug-Trafficking Conspiracy

KANSAS CITY, KS. - Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri announced that two Kansas City, Missouri men and a St. Paul, Minnesota man were convicted by a federal jury for their roles in one of the largest cocaine trafficking rings in the Kansas City area...
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Shawnee Auto Dealer Sentenced To 30 Months For Illegal Deals With Drug Traffickers

KANSAS CITY, KS. - Barry Grissom, the United States Attorney for the District of Kansas, announced that a Shawnee auto dealer has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for helping drug dealers buy vehicles used for drug trafficking without attracting the attention of law enforcement. Jon Lenie, 39...
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Multiple Arrests For Federal Drug Conspiracy And Firearms Charges Announced

MILWAUKEE, WI. - The unsealing of indictments charging 17 individuals with various drug-trafficking and firearms offences was announced by the United States Attorney James L. Santelle yesterday. The defendants are charged with conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. Several of the defendants are alleged to be members...
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Investigation Of Alleged Chicago-Based Drug Trafficking Ring Results In 38 Defendants Federally Charged

CHICAGO, IL. - Thirty-eight defendants in three states are facing federal narcotics charges here and in Ohio as a result of an investigation of an alleged Chicago-based heroin and cocaine drug-trafficking organization by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Chicago Police Department, law enforcement officials announced today. While the investigation...
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Granite City Man Pleads Guilty To Cocaine Conspiracy

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that a Granite City man, Oscar Valle, who was indicted along with twenty-two other individuals and charged with being members of a large cocaine distribution organization, has pled guilty. Ortiz...
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Kansas Man Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Grow Marijuana: Thousands Of Plants Found In Buchanan, Clinton Counties

KANSAS CITY, MO. - Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Mexican national pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a conspiracy to grow thousands of marijuana plants in two large plots near Gower, Missouri. Serafin Rodriguez Gonzalez, 24, of...
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Jasper County Pharmacists Plead Guilty To Illegal Distribution Of Controlled Substances

BENTON, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that Jeffrey Todd Chenoweth, R.Ph., 40, of Newton, Ill., and David Sherman Lustig, R.Ph., 72, of Effingham, Illinois, have each pled guilty to an indictment charging each with felonies - illegal distribution of Schedule...
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Indictments Announced Following Wisconsin Drug Trafficking And Illegal Gambling Investigation

MILWAUKEE, WI. - United States Attorney James L. Santelle, DEA Special Agent in Charge Jack Riley, Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen, and Milwaukee Police Department Chief Edward Flynn, announced today that 24 defendants were charged in federal court with various drug-trafficking and illegal gambling offenses. The defendants are charged...
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Carterville Man Sentenced For Meth-Making Offense

BENTON, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that a Carterville man was sentenced on June 1, 2011, in United States District Court at Benton, Illinois, on a one count indictment charging him with Possession of a Listed (Pseudoephedrine) Knowing it...
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Thompsonville Man Pleads Guilty In Meth Conspiracy

BENTON, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that a Thompsonville man plead guilty on May 31, 2011, in United States District Court at Benton, Illinois, to a one count indictment charging him with Conspiracy to Manufacture a Controlled (Methamphetamine). Jonathan...