DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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DEA Assists With Donation Of Baseball Equipment From New Jersey To Puerto Rico

NORTHFIELD, N.J. - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) Atlantic City Resident Office has joined forces with the Northfield Little League to assist in getting donated baseball equipment from New Jersey to little league players in Puerto Rico. Players from the Northfield Little League in Northfield, New Jersey have collected baseball equipment...
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Pizzaro Convicted Of Methamphetamine, Heroin Trafficking In New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS - On August 17 a federal jury convicted Dan Pizzaro, 48 and a resident of California, for his role in conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and heroin in the New Orleans area, announced DEA Special Agent-in-Charge Stephen G. Azzam, and Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. Following a four...
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Pennsylvania Man Gets 90 Months In Prison For Trafficking Guns Into South Jersey

CAMDEN, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and William E. Fitzpatrick, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced a Carbon County, Pennsylvania, man was sentenced today to 90 months in prison for conspiring to illegally traffic...
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12 Members Of Heroin Drug Trafficking Organization Operating In Manhattan, Bronx, And New Jersey Charged In Manhattan Federal Court

NEWARK, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, today announced the unsealing of an indictment charging 12 defendants with participating in a drug trafficking...
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Federal Jury Finds Texas Man Guilty Of Conspiring To Transport Illegal Drugs

SHREVEPORT, La. - Today, a federal jury found a Texas man guilty of conspiring to transport methamphetamine and cocaine, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge Brad L. Byerley and Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook. Erasmo Aviles Jr., 35, of Spring, Texas, was found guilty of one count...
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Federal, State And Local Law Enforcement Take Down East Alabama Drug Trafficking Organization

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Twenty-six suspected drug traffickers with ties to East Alabama were arrested in a joint federal, state, and local narcotics investigation, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Stephen G. Azzam and A. Clark Morris, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama. Thirteen suspects were...
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Major Investigation In West Memphis Results In Dozens Of Defendants Charged With Multiple Drug And Gun Crimes

WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. - Today, the simultaneous unsealing of 25 federal indictments charging 43 defendants in a major operation aimed at curbing drug trafficking and gun violence in West Memphis and Crittenden County. The indictments were returned by a federal grand jury on July 6, 2017 and July 11, 2017...
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New Jersey Man Sentenced For Role In Oxycodone Distribution Ring

TRENTON, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and William E. Fitzpatrick, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a Belleville, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 41 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to...
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Mercer County Man Sentenced For Role In Trenton Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy

TRENTON, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and William E. Fitzpatrick, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced that a Trenton man was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to sell...
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Florida Man Gets 17 Months In Prison For Role In $65 Million Stolen Identity Income Tax Refund Scheme

NEWARK, N.J. - A Miami man was sentenced today to 17 months in prison for depositing over $4.7 million in fraudulently obtained tax refund checks as part of a massive stolen identity income tax scheme, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced. Roberto Diaz, 48, formerly of Demarest, New Jersey...