DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Maine Heroin, Crack Dealer Pleads Guilty

BANGOR, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New England Division, and Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced that Daniel Pallis, 29, of Dresden, Maine, pled guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiring to distribute heroin and cocaine base, commonly known as “crack.” According to...
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Bronx Man Who Supplied Eastern Connecticut Drug Ring Sentenced To More Than 6 Years In Federal Prison

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson 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 Jose Miranda, also known as “Omar,” 52, of the Bronx, N.Y., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge...
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DEA’s Largest Seizure Of Fentanyl Precursor Chemical In New England - Street Value Of $570 Million

BOSTON - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New England Division, Acting United States Attorney William D. Weinreb, and Shelly Binkowski, Inspector in Charge of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Boston Field Division, made the announcement today that 50 kilograms of a fentanyl precursor chemical, with a street...
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Member Of Boston’s Columbia Point Dawgs Gang Sentenced For Trafficking Cocaine

BOSTON - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New England Division, Acting United States Attorney William D. Weinreb; Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley; Harold H. Shaw, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Field Division; Mickey D. Leadingham, Special Agent in Charge of the...
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Rockland County Drug Crew Arrested

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (“DEA”), Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Thomas Zugibe, the Rockland County District Attorney, today announced the unsealing of an...
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Maine Oxy Trafficker Sentenced

BANGOR, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New England Division, and Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced that Brandon Lancaster, 21, of Norridgewock, Maine, was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to four years in prison to be followed...
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Hartford Man Pleads Guilty In Fentanyl Overdose Case

HARTFORD, Conn. - Hector Raul Cintron, aka “G” and “Big G,” 23, of Hartford, pleaded guilty in Hartford federal court to one count of possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of heroin. The plea was announced by Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration...
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Waterbury Man Sentenced To 27 Months In Prison For Distributing Fentanyl To Naugatuck Overdose Victim

Hartford, Conn. - Aurelle Huckabee, 22, of Waterbury, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 27 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl to an overdose victim. The sentence was announced by Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge...
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Haverhill Resident Sentenced To Six Years In Federal Prison For Drug Trafficking And Firearms Offenses

CONCORD, N.H. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today that Juan Rojas, 32, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, was sentenced to six years in federal prison for his participation in two conspiracies: (1)...