DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Statement From DEA Special Agent In Charge Matthew G. Barnes

SEATTLE - The DEA is committed to the enforcement of federal drug laws in all states; however, it has never been DEA’s practice to target individuals with serious medical conditions. Marijuana remains listed as a dangerous, addictive Schedule I drug. Persons who are in the business of cultivating, selling or...
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Rhode Island Auto Dealer Pleads Guilty To Money Laundering

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The president of a used auto dealership in Providence pled guilty on Thursday in U.S. District Court in Providence to money laundering. Domingo A. Lopez, 50, of Warwick, was arrested in November 2010 following a Drug Enforcement (DEA) investigation into the sale of vehicles from Espaillat Motors...
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Central Falls Man Charged In Drug Probe By DEA And Woonsocket Police

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - An undercover investigation by the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Woonsocket Police into the alleged distribution of crack cocaine in Woonsocket has resulted in the arrest of a Central Falls man previously convicted twice on felony drug charges. Eddie Torie Barr, 35, charged by way of a Criminal...
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Federal Grand Jury Hands Down Indictment Against Alleged Oxycodone Ring Operating In Fairbanks

ANCHORAGE, AK-- - Seven people were indicted by a federal grand jury in Anchorage, Alaska, for one count of conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and four of the seven were also indicted for one count of money laundering. On September 20, 2011, Wilbert Barber, 31, Dante Whitley, 23, Alex Jurth 24...
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Four Mexican Nationals Plead Guilty To Conspiracy To Grow Marijuana On Public Lands

BOISE -- - Francisco Cardona-Rodriguez, 38, a Mexican national formerly residing in Rio Grande City, Texas, was the fourth defendant to plead guilty to conspiracy to manufacture/distribute 1,000 or more marijuana plants. Three co-defendants, also Mexican nationals, entered guilty pleas in United States District Court in September. Heber Franco-Lombera, 25...
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Bridgeport Man Sentenced To More Than Nine Years In Federal Prison For Distributing Cocaine

HARTFORD, CT. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Terence McNichol, also known as “Peanut,” 37, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Robert...
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Two Men Involved In Hartford-Area Narcotics Ring Sentenced To Federal Prison

HARTFORD, CT. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that two men involved a Hartford-area narcotics trafficking ring have been sentenced by United States District Judge Mark...
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New Haven Man Sentenced To Three Years In Federal Prison For Distributing Crack

NEW HAVEN , CT. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Ryan Moore, 22, of New Haven, was sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge Ellen...
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Four Pharmacy Technicians Charged With Stealing And Selling Prescription Drugs

NEW HAVEN , CT. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that four former pharmacy technicians were arrested today on federal charges stemming from their alleged theft of...
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Worcester Man Sentenced To Twenty Years For Selling Cocaine

BOSTON, MA. - A Worcester man was sentenced today in federal court for conspiring to distribute multiple kilograms of cocaine. Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration - Boston Field Office and United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz announced that Eric Gonzalez, 35, was sentenced...