DEA Archived Press Releases

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Over 250 Pounds Of Illegal Psychedelic Mushrooms Seized From Major Grow House In Sheepshead Bay

(BROOKLYN, N.Y - - Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt of the DEA, New York Division; Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez; New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill; New York State Police Superintendent George P. Beach and Special Agent in Charge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland...
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Hartford Man Pleads Guilty To Distributing Heroin, Possessing Firearm

DEC 16 - HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration New England Division and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that Daniel Gamero, 24, of Hartford, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Michael P...
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Niagara Falls Police Officer, Two Others Charged With Selling Cocaine

(BUFFALO, N.Y - - Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division and Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Raymond C. Hopson, Lindsay R. Carrier, Jr., and Stephanie A. Costanzo, a Niagara Falls Police Officer, who has since resigned, were...
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Hartford Man Charged With Distributing Heroin Involved In Overdose Of East Haddam Resident

DEC 15 - HARTFORD, 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 Hector Raul Cintron, also known as “G” and “Big G,” 22, of Hartford, was arrested...
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Etna Man Sentenced To 15 Years For Heroin Conspiracy

DEC 15 - BANGOR, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration New England Division and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Don Grace, 54, of Etna, Maine, was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr...
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Overdose Investigation Results In 30-Month Sentence For Norwich Man

DEC 14 - HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration New England Division and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Jonathan Fisher, 35, of Norwich, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in...
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Rensselaer Man Pleads Guilty To Oxycodone Conspiracy

(ALBANY, N.Y - - Justin M. Brooks, age 27, of Rensselaer, New York, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute oxycodone. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA). Brooks faces up to...
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20 Individuals Charged With Trafficking Heroin And Fentanyl

DEC 13 - BOSTON - Twenty individuals were charged today in connection with trafficking heroin, Fentanyl and cocaine from Mexico and the Dominican Republic to Massachusetts and Rhode Island. In a series of arrests and searches conducted early this morning, approximately 8 kilograms of heroin, a number of firearms, and...
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West Hartford Man Sentenced To 45 Months In Federal Prison For Distributing Crack, Heroin And Fentanyl

DEC 08 - HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration New England Division and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Eros Diaz, also known as “Red,” 21, of West Hartford, was sentenced by Senior U.S...
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Maine Man Gets 7 Year Sentence For Heroin, Bath Salts Trafficking

DEC 07 - PORTLAND, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Luke Greenlaw, 43, of Gardiner, Maine, was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Judge Jon D. Levy to seven years in...