DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Major Gang Arrests In Greater Little Rock Area Highlights Pioneering Collaborative State, Local, And Federal Violence Reduction Initiative

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Multiple gang members are among dozens of individuals arrested in a major law enforcement operation targeting violent criminals in central Arkansas. Thursday’s early-morning takedown highlights the coordinated work of federal, state, and local agencies to combat drug and gun crime in Little Rock, and is part...
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Pharmacy Tech Sentenced To Five Years In Prison For Tampering With Opioids For IV Fluid

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal judge today sentenced a former lead technician at a central Alabama pharmacy to five years in prison for tampering with vials of opioid painkillers used in the compounding of intravenous fluid bags intended for terminally ill patients in debilitating pain. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special...
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Alabama Man Facing Life In Prison Following Federal Drug Trafficking And Firearms Convictions

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - A federal jury convicted James Calvin Talley, Jr., 37, of Verbena, Alabama yesterday of possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute marijuana, using a phone to facilitate a drug crime, and being a felon in possession of a...
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Local Medical Doctor Sentenced To 10 Years For Illegally Distributing Controlled Substances And Money Laundering

NEW ORLEANS - Dr. Frederick Floyd, age 58, a medical physician who practiced and resided in New Orleans, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a two-count Bill of Information charging him with illegally dispensing controlled substances and money laundering, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Stephen...