DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Florida man sentenced to 84 months in prison for trafficking multiple kilos of cocaine into Rhode Island

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The second of two Florida men charged with participating in a conspiracy to, on multiple occasions, traffic multi-kilogram shipments of cocaine through the U.S. Postal Service from Puerto Rico into Rhode Island has been sentenced to 84 months in federal prison. Gabriel Concepcion, 29, of Kissimmee, Fla...
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Asbury Park man sentenced to 13 years in prison for distribution of cocaine base and violating federal supervised release

TRENTON, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, Susan A. Gibson, and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, announced an Asbury Park, N.J., man was sentenced today to 13 years in prison on charges of drug distribution...
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Dominican national pleads guilty in conspiracy to transport 1600 kilograms of cocaine from South America to the United States

NEW HAVEN, 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 Arrinson De La Cruz, 39, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall...
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Investigation into suspicious parcels leads to arrest of convicted felon on drug and gun charges

BUFFALO, N.Y. – United States Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Felix Calderon-Valcarcel, 28, of Orchard Park, N.Y., was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with the intent to distribute, and distribution of...
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DEA Task Force investigation dismantles Waterbury drug ring; 29 charged

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Brian D. Boyle, special agent in charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England Division; John H. Durham, United States attorney for the District of Connecticut; Waterbury Police Chief Fernando C. Spagnolo and Naugatuck Police Chief Sean Hunt today announced that 29 individuals have been...
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Hamburg man sentenced for drug conspiracy and threatening a witness

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration's New York Division and U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Joseph C. Paternostro, 28, of Hamburg, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with...
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Dozens arrested in major law enforcement operation

HOUSTON – A total of 47 people are now in custody following the return of a 43-count indictment alleging drug-trafficking and related crimes in the Houston and Galveston areas. The case will be prosecuted in the Galveston Division of the Southern District of Texas. DEA Houston Division Special Agent in...
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22 People indicted for their roles in northern Ohio drug conspiracy

CLEVELAND - Twenty-two people were indicted in federal court for their roles in a conspiracy to traffic fentanyl, heroin, fentanyl analogues including carfentanil, and other drugs, which they sold in Euclid and Cleveland to customers from across Northeast Ohio. Named in the 42-count indictment are: Joseph P. Gray, Jr., 30...
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Two Passaic County men charged in seizure of over 20 kilograms of cocaine

NEWARK, N.J. – DEA New Jersey Division Special Agent in Charge Susan A. Gibson and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Craig Carpenito announced two Passaic County, N.J., men are charged in connection with the seizure of more than 20 kilograms of cocaine. Carlos Nieves, 24, and Yocadis...
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Drug trafficking organizer sentenced to prison as part of a multi defendant drug investigation and prosecution

DENVER – Jose Tapia-Rubio, age 60, of Aurora, Colorado, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Court Judge Raymond P. Moore to serve 96 months (8 years) in federal prison followed by five years on supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms...