DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
1915 Results - Showing 1791 to 1800
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Gramercy Medical Center Pumped More Than $10 Million In Narcotic Pills Onto Interstate Black Market

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Brian R. Crowell, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division, Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, Raymond W. Kelly New York City Police Commissioner, James T. Hayes, Jr., Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement'(ICE) Homeland Security (HSI), New...
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Queens Doctor Arrested For Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - A Queens doctor was arrested this morning pursuant to a complaint charging him in federal court in Long Island with distribution of oxycodone, a highly-addictive prescription medicine used to treat severe pain. Dr. Gracia L. Mayard is scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon before United States Magistrate...
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Baton Rouge Convenience Store Forfeits Nearly $1 Million As The Result Of A DEA/IRS Money Laundering Investigation

BATON ROUGE, La. - United States Attorney Donald J. Cazayoux, Jr. announced today that KATELYN & CLAIRE, INC. and ALEX T, INC., both doing business as Quality Express, pled guilty before United States District Court Chief Judge Brian A. Jackson to conspiracy to launder monetary instruments and multiple counts of...
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Four Individuals Arrested On Marijuana Charges In Otsego County

OTSEGO COUNTY, N.Y. - Four Otsego County residents were arrested for marijuana offenses following a two month narcotics investigation that was conducted by the Otsego County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation (CID) and the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Albany District Office with assistance from the Oneonta Police Department Detective Bureau and the...
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Colombian Drug Kingpin Charged With Smuggling 35 Pounds Of Heroin Destined For New York In Freight Containers

MANHATTAN - Brian R. Crowell, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York (DEA), Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly and Joseph A. D’Amico, Superintendent of the New York State Police announced today the indictment...
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Drug Kingpin And Eight Others Indicted For Smuggling Millions Of Dollars In Heroin From Colombia To New York City

MANHATTAN - Brian R. Crowell, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York (DEA), Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly and Joseph A. D’Amico, Superintendent of the New York State Police, announced today the indictment...
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Superseding Indictment Returned For The Drug Related Murder Of New Orleanian Tamira Johnson

NEW ORLEANS - Don Brooks, age 19, and Antoine Brooks, age 21, both residents of New Orleans, Louisiana, were charged in a 9-count superseding indictment. In addition to the charges brought in the original indictment, the charges in the superseding indictment include discharging a firearm in furtherance of a drug...
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Heroin Pipeline From The Bronx To Otsego County Shut Down

OTSEGO COUNTY, N.Y. - Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) Brian R. Crowell, Otsego County Sheriff Richard J. Devlin, Jr, Oneonta Police Chief Dennis R. Nayor and Otsego County District Attorney John M. Muehl announce the arrest of a major trafficking ring...
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Doctor Pleads Guilty In White Plains Federal Court To Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced today that Felix Rodriguez, a licensed medical doctor, pled guilty to a one-count...
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Undercover Operation Nabs Two Defendants Charged In Federal Court With Distribution Of Synthetic Drug Known As “Bath Salts”

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and Chief Egidio Tinti of the (N.Y.) Police Department, announced the arrest today of...