DEA Archived Press Releases

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21 defendants charged, additional charges added to heroin/fentanyl conspiracy

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Additional charges and more defendants have been added to two federal indictments that now charge a total of 21 defendants for their roles in separate conspiracies to distribute heroin and fentanyl in the Springfield, Mo., area, resulting in the overdose deaths of at least two people. Most...
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Two Poughkeepsie men sentenced for selling fentanyl that led to the deaths of at least four users

NEW YORK CITY – Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, announced that Frank Moss, a/k/a “Jigga,” a Poughkeepsie drug dealer whose fentanyl led to the overdose deaths of...
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Orlando man sentenced to twenty years for distributing fentanyl that resulted in overdose death

ORLANDO, Fla. - Jonathan Bohn, aka "Jonah," 35, of Orlando was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for distributing a controlled substance that resulted in death. A federal jury found Bohn guilty on December 4, 2019. According to testimony and evidence presented at trial, on December 15, 2017, Bohn...
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California man sentenced to prison for smuggling 18 pounds of cocaine to Kansas

TOPEKA, Kan. – A California man was sentenced today to 52 months in federal prison for smuggling 18 pounds of cocaine to Kansas, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said. Jesus Gonzalez-Molina, 30, pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine. In his plea, he admitted he was...
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Three doctors indicted for conspiring to distribute oxycodone

ST. LOUIS – Eleven individuals were indicted today by a federal grand jury for conspiracy to distribute controlled medications, such as oxycodone, without a legitimate medical purpose, obtaining controlled medication by deceit and subterfuge, paying and receiving illegal kickbacks for referrals to lab for urine tests of the patients, and...
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Cocaine trafficker sentenced in Western District of New York

BUFFALO, N.Y.— U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced today that Tammy Hoover, 41, of Niagara Falls, NY, who was convicted of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute, and distributing, five kilograms or more of...
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Jury convicts career drug dealer of trafficking cocaine

ATLANTA – Alfonzo Jamal Lewis has been convicted by a federal jury of conspiracy to possess cocaine with intent to distribute, and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. This successful investigation and prosecution should be a warning to other drug traffickers that the Atlanta-Carolinas High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area...
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Dark web fentanyl trafficker sentenced to 13 years in federal prison

ST. LOUIS – Melissa Scanlan, known as “The Drug Llama,” has been sentenced to 160 months in federal prison in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois for trafficking fentanyl throughout the United States via the “dark web,” engaging in an international money laundering conspiracy, and...
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Buffalo man going to prison for selling crack cocaine

BUFFALO, N.Y.— U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced today that Julian Brown, 47, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of distribution of crack cocaine, was sentenced to serve 30 months in prison by U.S. District...
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Waterbury man involved in New Haven drug ring sentenced to 5 years in prison

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut John H. Durham, announced that HAKEEM BASIR, 56, of Waterbury, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 60 months of imprisonment, followed...