DEA Archived Press Releases

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New Haven Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Drug and Gun Offenses

NEW HAVEN, 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 Kevin McFarlane, also known as “Jabari McBurn” and “Dexter Creque,” 43, of New Haven, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge...
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Two Men Sentenced for Role in Drug Trafficking Organization that Sold Drugs in Mercer County

TRENTON, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson and Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Rachael A. Honig announced two men have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a drug trafficking organization that sold...
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Colombian Kingpin Pleads Guilty to Running Criminal Enterprise

NEW YORK - Roman Narvaez Ansazoy, the founder and principal leader of an international drug trafficking enterprise based in Colombia, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Brooklyn to leading a continuing criminal enterprise as charged in a superseding indictment. When sentenced, Narvaez will face a mandatory minimum term of...
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Union County Man Admits Role in Cocaine Trafficking and Money Laundering

NEWARK, N.J. – A Union County, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a cocaine trafficking and money laundering conspiracy. Jose A. Rivera Jr., 48, of Union Township, New Jersey, pleaded guilty by videoconference before United States District Judge Stanley R. Chesler to an information charging him with one...
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Federal Grand Jury indicts Buffalo Man and Woman on Narcotics Conspiracy and Cocaine Charges

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan of the Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Jose A Solis-Pizarro, 35, and Mirelys Camacho Betancourt, 25, both of Buffalo, NY, with...
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Three Indicted in Connection with Seizure of Seven Semi-Automatic Guns, 40 Pounds of Fentanyl, Heroin, and Cocaine

NEW YORK CITY – An indictment filed by the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor and unsealed today in Manhattan Supreme Court charges three defendants in connection with a large-scale narcotics and weapons possession conspiracy. Accused ringleader Terry Barbour faces 32 counts, including Operating as a Major Trafficker, Conspiracy in...
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St. Louis Drug Dealer Sentenced to 70 Months

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – A St. Louis man pled guilty and was sentenced yesterday to 70 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute heroin, fentanyl and cocaine. According to court documents, Orlando Goss, 46, was a supplier of heroin, fentanyl and cocaine for distributors in...
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Eight Drug Traffickers Sentenced to Prison

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Eight members of a drug trafficking ring operating in and around Union County were handed down sentences ranging from 30 to 300 months in prison today, announced William T. Stetzer, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina and the Special Agent in Charge of...
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Buffalo Man Sentenced for Conspiring with Local Doctor Unlawfully to Obtain Drugs

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 Benjamin Rivera, 42, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute, and distributing, oxycodone and amphetamine, was sentenced...
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Newport News Trafficker Pleads Guilty to Receiving Over 200 Kilograms of Cocaine

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – A Newport News man pleaded guilty today to conspiring with members of an international drug trafficking organization to possess and distribute more than 200 kilograms of cocaine. According to court documents, Darrell King, II, 45, was a kilogram dealer of cocaine in the Tidewater area. Between...