DEA Archived Press Releases

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Bulger Sentenced To Two Life Terms

BOSTON - In U.S. District Court in Boston today, James J. Bulger was sentenced for operating a criminal enterprise that was responsible for the murder of 11 people, as well as numerous counts of extortion, money laundering, drug dealing, and firearms possession. John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of...
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Alleged Dominican Drug Supplier Extradited To The United States To Face Narcotics Trafficking Charges

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Angel Gregorio Liriano Cruz will be arraigned this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge Roanne L. Mann, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, on heroin and cocaine trafficking charges. Liriano Cruz is alleged to be the leader of an international drug organization responsible for shipping...
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Voluntown Man Charged With Distributing Designer Drugs Over The Internet, Possessing LSD

HARTFORD, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration in New England, and Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Aaron Mioduszewski, 33, of Voluntown, was arrested today on a six-count indictment charging him with possessing and...
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New Haven Man Sentenced To 50 Months In Federal Prison For Distributing Crack Cocaine, Marijuana

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Antwain Yopp, 31, of New Haven, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Ellen Bree...
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Danbury Woman Sentenced To 57 Months In Federal Prison For Trafficking Oxycodone

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Vasiliki Papadakos, 61, of Danbury, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Warren W. Eginton in...
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Two Dozen Charged After DEA Task Force Takes Down Coast To Coast Narcotics Distribution Ring

HARTFORD, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration in New England, Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, New Britain Police Chief James Wardwell and Wethersfield Police Chief James Cetran today announced that 24 individuals have been charged...
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Meriden Man Sentenced To 30 Months In Federal Prison For Distributing Cocaine And Oxycodone

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the New England Field Division and Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Andrew Melillo, 28, of Meriden, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Ellen Bree Burns in New...
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Former Hip-Hop Manager James Rosemond, Leader Of A Notorious Drug Trafficking Organization, Sentenced To Life In Prison

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - On Friday, October 25, 2013, James Rosemond, also known as “Jimmy Henchman,” was sentenced to mandatory life imprisonment in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, for leading a continuing criminal (the “Rosemond Organization”) that distributed thousands of pounds of cocaine, the majority of which was sold on...
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Seizure Of Additional $28 Million Worth Of Bitcoins Belonging To Ross William Ulbricht, Alleged Owner And Operator Of “Silk Road” Website

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge for the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of (FBI)...
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Tonawanda Man Convicted By Jury Of Drug Charges

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Brian R. Crowell, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) New York Division and Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced yesterday that Anthony Bishop, 42, of Tonawanda, New York, was convicted by a federal jury of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more...