DEA Archived Press Releases

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New Jersey man sentenced to 97 months in prison

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Stanford Wylie, age 51, of Palisades Park, NJ, was sentenced before United States District Court Judge Robert L. Miller upon his plea of guilty to possession with the intent to distribute more than 5 kilograms of cocaine, announced United States Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Division Special...
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Angola man sentenced to 121 months in prison

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Andrew L. Fitch, 32 years old, of Angola, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Holly A. Brady after pleading guilty to possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced United States Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Division Special Agent in Charge Brian M. McKnight and...
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Former NYPD detective sentenced to 24 months in prison for obstructing narcotics investigation

NEW YORK – United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey S. Berman and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced that former New York City Police Department detective Saed Rabah was sentenced to 24 months in prison for knowingly providing misinformation to...
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Rochester man sentenced to serve 30 years in federal prison

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – United States Attorney James Kennedy, Jr., and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced that Juan Sampel, 48, of Rochester, N.Y., who was convicted following a jury trial of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, was...
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Treasury sanctions Argentina-based Goldpharma drug trafficking and money laundering organization

CHICAGO – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control identified the Argentina-based Goldpharma drug trafficking and money laundering organization as a significant foreign narcotics trafficker pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act. OFAC also designated eight Argentine nationals for their role in the Goldpharma...
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Fentanyl and oxycodone trafficker sentenced to 235 months in prison in Buffalo, N.Y.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – United States Attorney James Kennedy, Jr., and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced that Calvin Elston, Jr., 41, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 400 grams or more of fentanyl, was...
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Jamestown man going to prison for selling heroin

BUFFALO, N.Y. – United States Attorney James Kennedy, Jr., and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced today that Alex Mercado, 40, of Jamestown, New York, who was convicted of conspiracy to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin, was sentenced to serve 120 months in...
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Western New York to Puerto Rico drug trafficking network dismantled

BUFFALO, N.Y. – DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and United States Attorney James Kennedy, Jr., announced today that eight defendants have been arrested and charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine, heroin and fentanyl which carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a...
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Twelve men charged in Syracuse-based heroin/fentanyl trafficking conspiracy

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – A federal grand jury has indicted 12 members of a Syracuse-based drug trafficking organization that distributed more than two kilograms of heroin and mixtures of heroin and fentanyl, announced DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith. “DEA’s...
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Bronx man pleads guilty in heroin conspiracy

ALBANY, N.Y. –Saul E. Pacheco, age 38, of the Bronx, N.Y., pled guilty today to conspiring with another person to distribute more than 100 grams of heroin in Columbia County. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith, DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray...