DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against Supplier Of “Molly” That Resulted In A Death At Electric Zoo Concert

NEW YORK - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James J. Hunt, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division, announced today that Patrick Morgan was arrested this morning in Buffalo, NY on narcotics distribution and narcotics conspiracy charges...
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Charges 27 In The Fordham/Kingsbridge Neighborhoods Of The Bronx, Including 20 Members And Associates Of The Trinitarios Street Gang, With Narcotics And Firearms Offenses

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William J. Bratton, the Commissioner of the Police Department for the City of New (NYPD), James J. Hunt, the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA)...
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Long Island Doctor Sentenced To 10 Years’ Imprisonment For Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone And Distribution Of Oxycodone

NEW YORK - Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, New York, Long Island doctor Leonard I. Stambler was sentenced to 10 years in prison by United States District Court Judge Joseph F. Bianco. Stambler was convicted by a jury in October 2013 following three weeks of trial...
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Doctor Convicted Of Manslaughter And Reckless Endangerment: Illegally Sold Prescriptions To 20 Patients

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - On July 18, 2014 Bridget Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor announced the conviction of Stan Xuhui Li, a physician specializing in pain management and anesthesiology, on 198 charges, including Manslaughter, Reckless Endangerment, Criminal Sale of a Prescription for a Controlled Substance, Scheme to Defraud, Grand...
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Seven Individuals Face Drug Charges Following Multi-Agency Sting Operation

WHEATON, Ill. - DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin, Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration Jack Riley, and Naperville Police Chief Robert Marshall announced today that felony drug conspiracy and sales charges have been filed against seven individuals as the result of...
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Member Of Violent Home Invasion Robbery Crew Sentenced To 264 Months For Conspiring To Commit Drug Robberies, Conspiring To Distribute Cocaine And Heroin, And Illegally Using A Firearm

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - - Randall Martinez was sentenced late yesterday to 264 months in prison by United States District Judge Sandra L. Townes at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn. Previously, Martinez pleaded guilty to robbery conspiracy, cocaine trafficking conspiracy, and firearm charges. The sentence was announced by Loretta E. Lynch...
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International Narcotics Trafficker Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To 54 Years In Prison For The Manufacture, Shipment, And Importation Of Tons Of Cocaine Into The United States And Other Countries

NEW YORK - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and James J. Hunt, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration announced that Yesid Rios Suarez was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 54 years in...
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Rochester Doctor Sentenced For Illegal Drug Trafficking

BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul announced today that John E. Maye, 59, of Rochester, N.Y., who was convicted following a federal jury trial of unlawful distribution and dispensing of a controlled substance, was sentenced to 12 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny...
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Two Dutchess County Men Charged In White Plains Federal Court With Distribution Of ‘Breaking Bad’ Heroin Causing The Deaths Of Three Individuals

NEW YORK - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James J. Hunt, the Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Division of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, William V. Grady, the Dutchess County District Attorney and Adrian H. Anderson, the Dutchess County...
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Former New York City Police Officer Convicted Of Armed Robbery And Drug Trafficking Charges

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Earlier today, following a two-week trial, a federal jury in Brooklyn, New York, returned a guilty verdict against former New York City Police Officer Jose Tejada on charges of armed robbery conspiracy and narcotics distribution conspiracy. Tejada was a 17-year veteran of the New York City Police...