DEA Archived Press Releases

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Burlington Armed Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 60 Months

BURLINGTON, Vt. – The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Terrence Anderson, 56, of Burlington, Vermont was sentenced today to a 5-year term of imprisonment, following his guilty plea to possessing with intent to distribute more than 40 grams of fentanyl. Chief United...
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Man Sentenced to 132 Months in Prison for Meth Distribution

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Alfred Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, Indiana, and U.S. Attorney Clifford D. Johnson for the Northern District of Indiana announced Lincoln Glass, 30 years old, of South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty...
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Fentanyl Drug Dealing Results in 10 Years in Prison

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - Bernardo D. Pulido, 33, of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, has been sentenced to serve 10 years in federal prison for the offense of distribution of fentanyl. At his guilty plea hearing last year, Pulido admitted that he sold pills containing fentanyl to an individual in Cape Girardeau...
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Missouri Man Admits to Selling Fentanyl Involved in Death

CAPE GIRARDEAU. Mo. – A man from Jackson, Missouri, on Wednesday admitted selling fentanyl to someone who later suffered a fatal overdose. Dylan C. McMikle, 22, of Jackson, Missouri, pleaded guilty to one felony count of distribution of fentanyl. He admitted selling fentanyl to a 25-year-old Sikeston man early on...
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Man Sentenced to 25 Years for Causing Fentanyl Death

WICHITA, Kan. – A Kansas man was sentenced today to 25 years in prison for giving a man a fentanyl pill which caused his death. According to court documents, in October 2023, Tyler Ralls, 35, of Wichita pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of a controlled substance which resulted...
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Leader of Drug Trafficking Organization Imprisoned for International Cocaine Distribution Scheme

HOUSTON – A 44-year-old local man has been sentenced for his involvement in an ongoing cocaine distribution scheme that spanned more than nine years, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux of the Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Francisco Rene Luna pleaded...
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Three Members of Northern California Drug Trafficking Groups Convicted at Trial

SAN FRANCISCO – A federal jury has convicted three defendants—Luis Torres Garcia, Evan Martinez Diaz, and Timothy Peoples—of multiple drug trafficking offenses following an eight-day trial, announced United States Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), San Francisco Field Division, Special Agent in Charge Brian M. Clark. The...
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Armed Cocaine and Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced to 14 Years Prison and Forfeits Money, Jewelry, Guns and Car

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Darnell Manning a/k/a D-Man, 40, of Greece, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 400 grams or more of fentanyl and five kilograms or more of cocaine, and being a felon...
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Co-Founder of Sinaloa Cartel Charged in Superseding Indictment with Conspiracy to Manufacture and Distribute Fentanyl

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - A fifth superseding indictment was filed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Ismael Zambada Garcia, also known as “El Mayo,” with conspiring to manufacture and distribute a substance, containing N-phenyl-N-[1-(2-phenylethyl)-4-piperidinyl] propanamide (“fentanyl”), a Schedule II controlled substance intending and knowing that such substances would be unlawfully...
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Logistics Coordinator Sent to Prison for Drug Trafficking

BROWNSVILLE, Texas – A 33-year-old Houston woman has been sentenced for her convictions of possession with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine and conspiracy to do so, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux of the Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Alamdar...