DEA Archived Press Releases

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10 People Arrested In Two Separate Cases For Heroin And Cocaine Trafficking Affecting Multiple Western New York Communities

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) New York Division and U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr., Western District of New York, announced today that a federal grand jury has returned two separate indictments charging 10 individuals with narcotics trafficking in the cities...
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Forty Eight Columbia Point Dawgs Charged In Federal Sweep

BOSTON - Over 500 federal, state, and local law enforcement officers carried out arrests and executed more than 30 federal search warrants early this morning as a result of a two-year federal, state, and local wiretap investigation dubbed, “Operation Rising Tide.” Six federal indictments charging 48 leaders, members, and associates...
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Eleven Defendants Charged In Manhattan Federal Court With Selling Crack Cocaine And Heroin In The Bronx

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), and William J. Bratton, the Commissioner of the New York City Police (NYPD), today announced the...
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Queens Doctor Sentenced To 54 Months’ Imprisonment For Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, New York, Gracia L. Mayard, a Queens doctor, was sentenced to 54 months in prison and $20,000 forfeiture by United States District Judge Joseph F. Bianco. Mayard pleaded guilty to conspiring to illegally distribute oxycodone, a highly addictive...
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Bronx-to-Suffolk County Heroin Distribution Network Dismantled Ten Suspects Arraigned On Conspiracy To Distribute Heroin Deer Park Man And His Brother Charged As Major Traffickers

SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y. - U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota and the Special Narcotics Prosecutor for the City of New York Bridget G. Brennan today announced at a news conference in Riverhead the arraignments of an alleged Deer Park...
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DEA Seizes Approximately 325 Grams Of Opiates

CONCORD, N.H. - Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement for New England and Acting New Hampshire United States Attorney Donald Feith announced that Tiffany Ramos, 26, of Manchester, was arrested on a complaint charging her with possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance. The...
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Woonsocket Resident Sentenced To 13 A½ Years In Federal Prison In Armed Drug-Rip And Assault

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Tyronne Seams, 29, of Woonsocket, was sentenced on Friday to 161 months in federal prison for his role in a September 2013 armed robbery and drug-rip at a Woonsocket residence, during which time he and an accomplice opened fire at the occupants of the residence, announced Michael...
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Second Of Cape Cod Brothers Sentenced To 25 Years For Oxycodone Trafficking Scheme

BOSTON - The second of a pair of Cape Cod brothers was sentenced today for his role in a three-year, multi-million dollar oxycodone distribution conspiracy that flooded Cape Cod with highly addictive opiates. Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England; U.S. Attorney...
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New Haven Man Sentenced To Four Years In Federal Prison For Distributing Crack Cocaine

NEW HAVEN, 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, today announced that Thomas Carr, also known as “Tommy Love,” 27, of New Haven, was sentenced by U.S. District...
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Upper West Side Doctor And Wife Indicted For Conspiracy And 37 Illegal Prescription Sales: Over $600,000 Cash Seized

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) New York Division, Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton and Steven Banks, Commissioner of the New York City Human Resources (HRA), Department of...