DEA Archived Press Releases

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Heroin Trafficker Sentenced To Four Years In Federal Prison; Forfeits $382,227 And A $39,000 Rolex Watch Gained From The Sale Of Heroin

(PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Michael Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) New England Field Division and United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha announced that Neftali Reyes, a/k/a Popi, 32, of Providence, was sentenced today to 48 months in federal prison for trafficking heroin. Additionally, Reyes forfeited...
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Newington Man Sentenced To Six Years In Prison For Role In Coast-To-Coast Cocaine Trafficking Ring

(HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Jermaine Jenkins, 34, formerly of Newington, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in...
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Towns Rally Behind Families In Support Of Their Drug Free Message

ST. LOUIS - The Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division takes the prize with two Regional Winners in the 2014, National Red Ribbon Photo Contest. The Larson Family in Gayville, South Dakota and the Clark family in Sigourney, Iowa both had the winning entries for this year’s theme “Love Yourself...
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Nutritional Supplement Chain Reaches Settlement In Connection With Drug Diversion

(BOSTON - New England Field Division Acting Special Agent in Charge Michael J. Ferguson and U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz announced that the United States reached a civil settlement yesterday with Performance Nutrition, a Seekonk, Mass.-based business that sells nutritional supplements online and in retail stores in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and...
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Two Illinois Women Sentenced On Charges For Illegally Obtaining Controlled Substances By Fraud

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced that Abbe L. Terry, 51, of East Alton, Illinois, and Jacklyn McCormack, 26, of Belleville, Illinois, were sentenced this week in the United States District Court in East Saint Louis for illegally obtaining controlled substances by fraud...
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Joplin Man Sentenced To 22 Years For Meth Conspiracy & Firearms

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Special Agent in Charge James P. Shroba announced today that Jose DeLeon Cazares was sentenced in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine and for illegally possessing firearms. Jose DeLeon Cazares, 29, of Joplin, was sentenced to 22 years in...
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Mexican National Sentenced For Meth, Illegal Reentry

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Bardomiano Jungo, 36, a Mexican national, was sentenced in federal court today for his role in the conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and for illegally reentering the United States after having been deported. Bardomiano Jungo was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gary A. Fenner to 10 years...
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Doctor From Effingham, Illinois Convicted Of Illegal Dispensation Of Controlled Substances

EFFINGHAM, Ill. - Naeem Mahmood Kohli60, of Effingham, Illinois, was convicted of seven counts of illegal dispensation of a Schedule II Controlled Substance following a 17-day jury trial held in federal district court, in the Southern District of Illinois. Evidence showed that from May 2009 through May 2013, Kohli wrote...
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New York Man Involved In Danbury Home Invasion Drug Robberies Sentenced To 7 Years In Prison

(NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that on Friday, January 23, Scott Myrie, also known as “Venom,” 27, of Bedford Hills, N.Y., was...
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Blaine Man Pleads Guilty To Bath Salts Distribution Conspiracy

(BANGOR, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Nate Brewer - , 34, of Blaine, Maine, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to possess with intent to...