DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Quebec Man Who Used Boats And Cars To Smuggle Marijuana Into The United States Sentenced To Ten Years

ALBANY, N.Y. - Mathieu Forget, age 32, of St-Anicet, Quebec, Canada, was sentenced yesterday to 120 months in prison for conspiring to distribute marijuana. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt of the New York...
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Doctor, Nurse Practitioner, And Nurse Plead Guilty In Montgomery “pill Mill” Case

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - During the past few weeks, three more health care providers have pleaded guilty in the ongoing “pill mill” prosecution arising out of a now-closed Montgomery medical office, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Bret Hamilton and United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. That...
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Last of nine defendants in conspiracy trafficking fentanyl, heroin, cocaine sentenced to 16 years in prison

(BIRMINGHAM, Ala.) - Yesterday, a federal judge imposed a 16-year prison sentence on the last of nine defendants in a Birmingham-based conspiracy to distribute multiple kilograms of fentanyl, heroin and cocaine in Jefferson County in 2015 and 2016, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Bret Hamilton...
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Long Island Man Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, Terrance Belford pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone, a Schedule II controlled substance. Belford was arrested in June 2017 for his participation in an oxycodone distribution ring active on Long Island and elsewhere in 2016. The guilty...
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Fentanyl Distributor Sentenced To 24 Months

BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division, announced today that Jeremy Jorge, 21, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of distribution of fentanyl, was sentenced to 24 months in prison by U.S. District...
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Bailey Boys Gang Member Pleads Guilty To Drug Charges

BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division, announced today that Demetrius Black, 41, of Buffalo, New York, pleaded guilty before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny to conspiracy to possess with intent...
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Crystal Meth Seized From Drug Dealer On The Run

NEW YORK - Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo, James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York...
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First DEA Seizure Of Carfentanil In New York Acts As Public Service Announcement

NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police (“NYPD”), George P. Beach...
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Texas Men Arrested In Shreveport For Transporting 10 Kilograms Of Fentanyl

SHREVEPORT, La. - Two Texas men were arrested today for transporting more than 10 kilograms of fentanyl, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley and United States Attorney David C. Joseph. Felipe Rodriguez, 21, of McAllen, Texas, and Brandon Montoya, 23 of Kaufman, Texas, were...
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Member Of Bronx Drug Crew Sentenced For Murder Of Kenya Miller

NEW YORK - Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Daniel Delvalle, a/k/a “BD,” a/k/a “Danny,” 31, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald to a term of 156 months in prison for his participation in the murder...