DEA Archived Press Releases

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Crack-Cocaine Wholesaler For The New Jersey Grape Street Crips Gang Pleads Guilty To Drug Trafficking Charges

NEWARK, N.J. - -Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a Passaic County, New Jersey, member of the New Jersey set of the Grape Street Crips admitted his leadership...
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Ashland Man Sentenced To Two Years In Federal Prison For Money Laundering Profits From Marijuana Sales

MEDFORD, Ore. - Jonathan Robert Quaccia, 35, originally of Ashland, Oregon, was sentenced on February 17, 2016, to two years in federal prison for conspiracy to commit money laundering. U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken also ordered the defendant to serve three years of supervised release upon his release from prison...
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Palmer Man Indicted For Role In Heroin Related Death

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - On February 17, 2016, a Federal Grand Jury in the District of Alaska returned an indictment charging a Palmer man with multiple drug felonies, including one count of distributing heroin that led to the death of a young man who used the heroin. “Nationwide, a drug overdose...
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San Clemente, California Man Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Distribute 15 Kilograms Of Cocaine

BOISE, Idaho - Christopher “Farley” Woods, 57, of San Clemente, California, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Woods was indicted by a federal grand jury in Boise on August 11, 2015. According to the plea agreement, Woods admitted that between 2008, and June 9, 2015, he conspired to...
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Florida Man Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison For Methamphetamine And Gun Charges

BOISE, Idaho - Michael Angelo Sapp, 40, of Pensacola, Florida, was sentenced today in United States District Court to 300 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and unlawful possession of a firearm. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge...
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Alleged Leader Of Grape Street Crips Street Gang Charged In Connection With Four Murders, Three Attempted Murders As Part Of Decades-Long Racketeering Conspiracy

NEWARK, N.J. - -Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced the alleged long-time leader of the Grape Street Crips will appear in court today on charges linking him to...
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Owner Of Several Clean And Sober Residential Facilities Arrested For Drug Trafficking

SEATTLE - Investigators with the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and the Seattle Police (SPD) arrested the owner and operator of a number of ‘clean and sober’ residential facilities on February 9, 2016, following an investigation that revealed the man was dealing illegal drugs. Timothy Rehberg, 50, of Everett was arrested Tuesday...
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Trenton Man Admits Intent To Distribute Over 100 Grams Of Heroin

TRENTON, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge for the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a Trenton man who was found in possession of 143 grams of heroin and a loaded firearm pleaded...
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Five Men Charged With Conspiracy To Distribute 55 Kilograms Of Narcotics

NEWARK, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced five men were arrested in Passaic County, New Jersey, with a combined 55 kilograms of heroin and cocaine...
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Las Vegas Airport Employee Sentenced To Prison For Role In Large Scale Cocaine Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Bryan M. Bledsoe, of Las Vegas, was sentenced to 36 months in prison on February 2, 2016, for using his employment at McCarran International Airport to aid drug traffickers in sneaking large quantities of cocaine past security and onto Alaska-bound flights. Bledsoe previously pleaded guilty to conspiring...