DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Gang Member and Convicted Felon Sentenced to over 11 Years in Prison

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 37-year-old local Corpus Christi resident and member of the Texas Syndicate gang has been ordered to federal prison for his role in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer...
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Uncle of Drug Trafficking Ring Leader Pleads Guilty for his Role in Narcotics Conspiracy Operating in the Jamestown, NY Area

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 Garland Beardsley a/k/a Charlie Beardsley, 53, of Jamestown NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael J. Roemer to conspiring to possess with intent...
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New York Man Sentenced on Federal Drug Charge

BANGOR, ME - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced that a New York man was sentenced today in federal court for possessing cocaine base and fentanyl with intent to distribute. U.S. District Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr...
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East Haven Man Sentenced to 60 Months for Drug Distribution and Gun Possession

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Jesus Manuel Valle, also known as “LoLo,” 24, of East Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer...
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Puerto Rico Man Sentenced to 75 Months for Trafficking Cocaine to Connecticut

HARTFORD, CONN. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that Luis Collazo-Rivera , 40, of Caguas, Puerto Rico, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to...
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Nineteen indicted in drug distribution conspiracy

Seattle –Twenty-one people were arrested today on indictments and criminal complaints charging an extensive drug dealing conspiracy by defendants who often illegally possessed firearms, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman. Law enforcement teams from FBI, DEA, Seattle Police Department, and other public safety organizations executed about ninety search warrants...
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Nineteen Indicted in Drug Distribution Conspiracy

SEATTLE –Agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration, working in teams with the FBI and the Seattle Police Department, arrested 21 people yesterday, April 07, 2021, on indictments and criminal complaints charging an extensive drug conspiracy, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman and DEA Special Agent in Charge Frank Tarentino...
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Two Men Arrested with 100 Pounds of Cocaine Stamped with the Nickname of One of the World’s Greatest Soccer Players

NEW YORK CITY – More than one hundred pounds of cocaine were recovered from a seventh-floor apartment in a two-building 17 story residential complex containing a gym, lap pool and roof deck, in Queens on Monday afternoon. Investigators and agents arrested two individuals, and recovered one loaded handgun, and more...
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Syracuse Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Charge

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Aaron Acevedo, 27, of Syracuse, New York pled guilty in federal court today to possessing with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine, announced Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon, Ray Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division, and Chief...
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Former Honduran Congressman Tony Hernández Sentenced for Distributing Tons of Cocaine, Other Crimes

WASHINGTON, DC – DEA Special Operation Division Special Agent in Charge Wendy C. Woolcock and United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Audrey Strauss announced today that Juan Antonio Hernandez Alvarado, aka “Tony Hernandez,” 42, was sentenced to life in prison for cocaine-importation, weapons, and false-statements offenses...