DEA Archived Press Releases

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Orlando Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring and Distributing Fentanyl-Laced Heroin

ORLANDO, Fla. - Freddie Miguel Velez-Gonzalez (53, Orlando) has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute more than 40 grams of fentanyl and more than 100 grams of heroin, and to six counts of distribution and possession with the intent to distribute controlled...
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Orlando Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring and Distributing Fentanyl-Laced Heroin

ORLANDO, Fla. - Freddie Miguel Velez-Gonzalez 53, of Orlando, has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute more than 40 grams of fentanyl and more than 100 grams of heroin, and to six counts of distribution and possession with the intent to distribute...
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Dominican Republic Native Faces Up to 40 Years in Prison after Pleading Guilty to Drug Charge

BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York Division announced today that Elison A. Ledesma-Melo a/k/a Carlos Rivera Perez a/k/a Ostin M. Echevarria-Roman, 46, a native of the Dominican Republic, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge...
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29 Alleged Penn North Drug Dealers Facing Federal Indictments

Baltimore, MD. – A 10-month investigation by the Baltimore OCDETF Strike Force into violence and drug dealing in the area of Pennsylvania and North Avenues in West Baltimore has led to six federal indictments charging a total of 29 defendants for conspiracy, drug distribution, and firearms charges. The defendants are...
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St. Louis County man sentenced to 10 years for drug and firearm charges

ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Rodney W. Sippel sentenced Teran Martin to 120 months in prison today and ordered Martin to forfeit $23,488 and the several firearms law enforcement seized in the course of investigating the crimes charged. The 27-year-old Ferguson, Missouri, resident had previously pleaded guilty to one...
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Madison Physician Agrees to Pay $110,000 to Resolve Allegations of Controlled Substance Prescribing Violations

MADISON, Wis. – Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Bell, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) – Chicago Division and Acting United States Attorney Timothy M. O’Shea announced that David E. Eckerle, M.D., a Madison, Wisconsin physician, entered into a settlement agreement to pay $110,000 to resolve civil allegations that he violated...
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Man on Probation for Fresno County Second Degree Robbery Conviction Charged Federally with Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses

FRESNO , Calif. — A federal grand jury returned a five-count indictment today against Fausto Piña, 31, a Mexican national residing in Fresno, charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin, and possession of a firearm in furtherance...
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Three Members of Monument Street Drug Trafficking Organizations in East Baltimore Sentenced to Federal Prison and a Fourth Defendant Will Be Sentenced on Friday

Baltimore, MD. – In the last week, U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced three members of the Monument Street drug trafficking organizations to at least five years in federal prison related to their roles in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine and/or fentanyl in the Monument Street area of East...
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Roanoke Drug Kingpin Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison

ROANOKE, Va. -- Monta Jordan, a convicted drug kingpin who was subject to one of the largest fentanyl seizures in Virginia at the time, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Roanoke to 240 months in federal prison, Jared Forget, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Washington Division...
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Jury Convicts Richmond Fentanyl, Heroin, and Cocaine Trafficker

RICHMOND, Va. – A federal jury convicted a Richmond man today for possessing with the intent to distribute a mixture of heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl. According to court records and evidence presented at trial in May 2019, law enforcement initiated an investigation into certain heroin and cocaine trafficking activities in...