DEA Archived Press Releases

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Bunthan Sam Sentenced To 10 Years For Conspiracy To Distribute Heroin

(BURLINGTON, Vt.)- - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting 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 stated that Bunthan Sam, 35, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced to 120 months in prison, having pleaded guilty...
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Convicted Drug Trafficker Arrested And Detained In Federal Custody For Allegedly Attempting To Possess A Kilo Of Cocaine With The Intent To Distribute

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Jose Ignacio Goris, 39, of Providence, was ordered detained in federal custody today, charged with attempt to possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. Goris was arrested on Thursday by DEA Drug Task Force agents moments after he allegedly took custody of...
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Guilty Plea In Interstate Prescription Pill Trafficking Conspiracy

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Charles Connor, 34, of Anchorage, Alaska, pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute oxycodone. According to court documents, on December 17, 2012, the postal service in Anchorage intercepted a package addressed to Connor that contained 300 oxycodone tablets. Law enforcement...
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Providence Woman Sentenced To Four Years In Federal Prison For Trafficking Cocaine And Crack Cocaine In South Kingstown And Narragansett

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Ashley Sekator-Graham, 31, of Providence, was sentenced to 48 months in federal prison for her role in a drug trafficking conspiracy to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine in South Kingstown and Narragansett, announced Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England field...
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Hamden Man Sentenced To 63 Months In Federal Prison For Trafficking Cocaine

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting 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 Daniel L. Mills, also known as “Boone,” 35, of Hamden, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge...
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Hartford Man Sentenced To 7 Years In Prison For Role In Armed Robbery

HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting 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 Ellis Thomas, also known as “L” and “Big Homey,” 30, of Hartford, was sentenced yesterday by U.S...
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Mother And Son Sentenced To Federal Prison For Trying To Sell More Than 50 Pounds Of Crystal Methamphetamine

FRESNO, Calif. - United States District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill sentenced Patricia Renteria, 40, and her son Steve Renteria, 21, both of Cathedral City, to five years and 10 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiring to possess and distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents...
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Repeat Marijuana Grower Pleads Guilty To 2013 Grow

FRESNO, Calif. - Phloch Ouk, 46, of San Jose, pleaded guilty today to growing fifty or more marijuana plants. According to court documents, Ouk was arrested on August 1, 2013, in Fresno County. He was one of about 60 people found on a rural parcel of land on E. Kings...
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Mexican National Sentenced To Fourteen Years In Prison For Methamphetamine Trafficking

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Jose Corona-Mata was sentenced yesterday to 14 years in prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Jay Fitzpatrick. Corona-Mata previously pleaded guilty pursuant to a plea...
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Two Sentenced To 6 Years In Federal Prison For Conspiring To Traffic Crystal Methamphetamine

The delivery of 9 kilos of crystal meth was orchestrated from inside a Massachusetts jail PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Michael Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) New England Field Division and United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha announced Doneri Aguilar Sandoval, 53, of Attleboro, Mass., was...