DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Former chief of Honduran National Police charged with drug trafficking and weapons offenses

NEW YORK – DEA Special Operations Division Special Agent in Charge Wendy Woolcock and United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey S. Berman announced today that Juan Carlos Bonilla Valladares, aka “El Tigre,” was charged in Manhattan federal court with conspiring to import cocaine into the...
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Worcester man sentenced to 134 months for heroin and cocaine conspiracy

BOSTON – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Andrew E. Lelling announced that Vito Nuzzolilo, 46, was sentenced during a videoconference hearing before U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman to 134 months in prison and eight years of supervised release...
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Gateway Strike Force Combats Drugs, Violence in the St. Louis Metropolitan Area

ST. LOUIS – A new St. Louis Gateway Strike Force has been formed to combat drug traffickers and violent criminals on both sides of the Mississippi River, announced Adam Cohen of the Department of Justice’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Executive Office, U.S. Attorney Steve Weinhoeft in the Southern...
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Rochester woman sentenced to 60 months for drug trafficking and firearm offenses

CONCORD, NH – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Haley Hansler, 33, of Rochester, was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for participating in a drug trafficking conspiracy and possessing a firearm in furtherance of...
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10-year sentence for cocaine trafficker in Buffalo

BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced that that Darryl M. Greene, 48, of Buffalo, New York, who was convicted by a federal jury of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute, and distributing, 500 grams...
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Avowed member of white supremacist gang sentenced to more than 13 years in federal prison for drug trafficking

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray announced today that Jonathan Ray Adams a/k/a Jon Boy, 34, of Asheville, was sentenced to 163 months in prison. U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger also ordered Adams to serve five years under court supervision after he is released from prison. Joining U.S. Attorney...
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Man found in vacant apartment indicted for possession of methamphetamine

BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, and Chautauqua County Sheriff James B. Quattrone announced that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Harry J. Radke, 44, of Mayville, New York, with possessing with intent to...
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Federal indictment charges four with conspiracy to traffic methamphetamine

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A federal grand jury sitting in Charlotte returned yesterday a criminal indictment charging four individuals with federal charges for their involvement in a drug conspiracy trafficking methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina Andrew Murray and the Special Agent in Charge of the...
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CBL/BFL gang member sentenced for racketeering conspiracy and selling crack cocaine in Buffalo

BUFFALO, N.Y. –U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced that Larquon Watkins, 27, of Buffalo, New York who was convicted of racketeering conspiracy and distribution of crack cocaine, was sentenced to serve 57 months in prison by U.S. District...
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Federal Grand Jury returns superseding indictment in national drug trafficking ring

BUFFALO, N.Y. –U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a 22-count Superseding Indictment charging David Burgin, David Washington a/k/a Dirty Dave a/k/a Dirt a/k/a Wavy Davey a/k/a Brick Boy Dave, Eleazar...