DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
1915 Results - Showing 1901 to 1910
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TSA Employee Charged With Conspiring To Defraud The United States By Obstructing Security Measures At The Buffalo Niagara International AirportSecond Person Charged With Operating A Continuing Criminal Enterprise In Violation Of Federal Narcotics Laws

BUFFALO, NY. - Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration John P. Gilbride and U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced last night that Minnetta Walker, 43, of Buffalo, N.Y., was arrested and charged by criminal Complaint with conspiring to defraud...
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Law Enforcement Joins Forces In Coordinated Effort Against Drug Trafficking Cartel Members And AssociatesFederal, State, And Local Law Enforcement Officials United To Seize Loaded Guns And Drugs On The Upper West Side Of Manhattan

MANHATTAN, NY. - Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division United States Drug Enforcement (DEA) John P. Gilbride stated, “This arrest and these seizures were a direct result of Operation Bombardier. On the upper west side of Manhattan, near a high school, one individual was arrested; three...
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Former FARC Guerrillas Plead Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Conspiring To Provide Material Support To A Foreign Terrorist Organization

NEW YORK, NY. - John P. Gilbride, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement ("DEA")and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Jorge Abel Ibarguen-Palacio, aka "Turbo," and Yarlei Bañol-Ramos, aka "Diana," former guerillas for the...
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Five Defendants Alleged To Have Impersonated FDA Agents Indicted For Conspiring To Extort Pharmaceutical Drug BuyersDominican Extortion Conspiracy Targets U.S. Purchasers Of Offshore Pharmaceuticals

BUFFALO, NY - . - A federal grand jury has indicted the following five individuals for conspiring to commit an act of extortion under the pretense of being a U.S. Food and Drug (FDA) agent: Jose Miguel Mercado Garcia, 29, of the Dominican Republic; Zulai Morales, 25, of the Dominican...
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Five Members Of A Staten Island-Based Narcotics Distribution Network Charged With Narcotics And Firearms Offenses

BROOKLYN, NY. - A superseding indictment was unsealed Wednesday, February 9, 2010, in federal court in Brooklyn charging five members of a Staten Island-based crack and powder cocaine distribution network with narcotics and firearms offenses. The defendants appeared at noon today before United States District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis at...
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Tangipahoa Man Sentenced To Over 15 Years In Federal Prison For Violating Federal Drug Law

NEW ORLEANS, LA. - EDWARD DAVIS - , age 30, a resident of Tangipahoa Parish, was sentenced today in federal court by U. S. District Judge Stanwood Duval to over 15 (185 months) imprisonment for conspiracy to distribute and distribution of crack cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Jim Letten. In addition...
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Five Plead Guilty To Federal Drug Charges

NEW ORLEANS, LA. - DEWAYNE COOPER - , age 38, LEONARD WHITE - , age 33, CHARLES WADE - , age 30, GENERIO ALLEN - , age 26, all residents of New Orleans, La and CASSANDRA BATISTE - , age 41, a resident of Houston, Texas pled guilty today in...
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LaPlace Man Pleads Guilty To Possession Of Drugs And Guns

NEW ORLEANS, LA. - DESHON SIGNAL - , age 34, a resident of Laplace, Louisiana, pled guilty today in federal court before U. S. District Carl Barber to a six-count indictment charging him with distribution of crack cocaine, possession with the intent to distribute crack cocaine of cocaine, felon-in-possession of...
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Two Rochester Brothers Charged In Federal Drug ConspiracyAuthorities Seize Over Half A Million Dollars In Cash

ROCHESTER, NY. - United States Drug Enforcement (DEA) New York Field Division Special Agent in Charge John P. Gilbride and U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury in Rochester has returned an indictment charging Joseph Mitchell, 39, of Rochester, New York, and his brother...
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Niagara Falls Doctor Among Fourteen Charged In Major Prescription Drug Investigation

BUFFALO, NY. - United States Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division John P. Gilbride and U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that fourteen individuals were charged in criminal complaints in connection with the use of fraudulently issued and forged prescriptions for...