DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
2160 Results - Showing 2011 to 2020
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Cranston Felon Sentenced To 12 Years In Federal Prison On Heroin Trafficking And Firearms Charges

(PROVIDENCE, R.I.) - - Abel Perez, 31, of Cranston, was sentenced on Friday to 12 years in federal prison for trafficking heroin, being a felon in possession of a firearm and for use of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, announced John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of...
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William G. Parker Sentenced To 150 Months In Prison And Four Years Of Supervised Release For Conspiracy To Distribute Crack Cocaine And Assault Of A Police Officer

(BURLINGTON, Vt.) - - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that William G. Parker, 35, of North Carolina, was sentenced yesterday to 150 months in prison, having...
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Bronx Man Sentenced To Almost Four Years On Drug And Health Care Fraud Charges

(PORTLAND, MAINE) - - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Devine Harvin, 33, of Bronx, New York, was sentenced on Friday by United States District Judge George Z. Singal to 46...
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New Haven Man Sentenced To 30 Months In Federal Prison For Distributing Heroin

(NEW HAVEN, Conn.)- - John J. Arvanitis, 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 Carl Hailey, also known as “Squirt,” 48, of New Haven, was sentenced today by Senior United States...
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Four Charged For Heroin Conspiracy

RUTLAND, Vt. - -John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Tristram J. Coffin United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that a federal grand jury has indicted Justin Billings, 25, of Hampton, New York, Jeffrey York, 42, of Castleton...
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Springfield Man Convicted Of Drug Conspiracy

BOSTON - A Springfield man was convicted late yesterday in U.S. District Court in Springfield of drug conspiracy charges. John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England Field Division; United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz; Mark G. Mastroianni, Hampden County District Attorney; and Springfield...
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Two Fitchburg Men Convicted Of Distributing Cocaine

BOSTON - - Two Fitchburg men were convicted today in U.S. District Court in Worcester of conspiracy and multiple counts of distributing crack cocaine. John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England Field Division; United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz; Richard DesLauriers, Special Agent...
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Man Indicted In International Drug Conspiracy Extradited To Boston From Colombia

BOSTON - - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) for New England and United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz announced today that a man from Colombia, charged in an international cocaine conspiracy in 2010, made his initial appearance in federal court today after he...
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Former Watertown Police Officer Charged With Passing False Prescriptions Using Another’s Identity

BOSTON - A Framingham man was charged in federal court in connection to crimes committed while in his official capacity as a Watertown police officer. John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, Carmen...
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Top Department Of Justice Award Recognizes Federal, State, Local Law Enforcement Efforts Along The “Heroin Highway”

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Sixteen federal, state and local Rhode Island law enforcement agents and officers, and a federal prosecutor from the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Rhode Island, were recognized today with a top Department of Justice award for their achievements significantly impacting the trafficking of heroin...