DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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DEA News: Designer Synthetic Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison

PHOENIX - DEA Special Agent in-Charge Doug Coleman and U.S. Attorney John S. Leonardo, District of Arizona today announced that Michael Rocky Lane, 52, of Scottsdale, Ariz., was sentenced on Dec. 17, 2013 by U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell to 180 months' imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised...
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New Jersey Doctor Sentenced To More Than 11 Years For Writing Illegal Oxycodone Prescriptions In Drug Distribution Conspiracy Also Ordered To Pay Approximately $630,000 In Fines And Forfeiture

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 an internal medicine specialist who wrote illegal prescriptions for oxycodone was sentenced today to 136 months in prison for...
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Mother And Son Sentenced For Heroin Distribution And Operating Fairview Heights "Drug House"

ST. LOUIS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) St. Louis, Acting Special Agent in Charge, James Shroba and the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today that Deborah A. Perkins and her son, Douglas A. Oliver, were sentenced in United States District Court for Distribution...
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Two Defendants Admit Roles In $65 Million Stolen Identity Income Tax Refund Fraud Scheme

NEWARK, N.J. - Two defendants have admitted their roles in one of the nation’s largest and longest running stolen identity refund fraud schemes ever identified, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced today. The scheme caused more than 8,000 fraudulent U.S. income tax returns to be filed, which sought more than...
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Pharmacist Arrested, Charged With Assembling Illegal Drug Lab

NEWARK, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) New Jersey Division announced special agents of the DEA and FBI arrested a pharmacist early this morning in Jersey City, N.J., on federal charges alleging he assembled equipment for an illegal drug lab. Jordan Gonzalez...
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New Jersey Residents Turn In Nearly 15,000 Pounds Of Expired And Unwanted Prescriptions

NEWARK, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, announced that this past weekend’s National Prescription Take Back Day resulted in the collection and destruction of almost 15,000 pounds, or 7.5 tons, of expired, unused, and unwanted prescriptions throughout New Jersey...
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against Owners Of Three Pharmacies, Pharmacists, And Others For Illegal Distribution Of Millions Of Dollars’ Worth Of Oxycodone And Other Painkillers Nine Individuals Allegedly Used New York And New Jersey

NEW YORK - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, today announced charges against nine individuals - Paul Wiseberg, Robert Kalaba, Gerald Wiseberg, Stephanie Tomasini, Lana...
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DEA And New Jersey State Police Take Down International Drug Ring In “Operation Next Day Air”

WEST TRENTON, N.J. - The New Jersey State Police Crime Suppression South Unit and the Drug Enforcement (DEA) arrested nine people in connection with an international drug ring that was based in Jamaica and operated in New Jersey and California, supplying drugs across the United States. Members of this international...
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International Narcotics Trafficker Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Conspiring To Distribute One Ton Of Cocaine Using A U.S.-Registered Aircraft

NEW YORK - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Rawson Edward Watson, a citizen of the United Kingdom, pled guilty today in Manhattan...
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Alleged Gang Leader Arrested In Connection With Camden Drug Trafficking Operation

CAMDEN, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman, the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced special agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration Camden High Intensity Drug Trafficking (HIDTA) Task Force...