DEA Archived Press Releases

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Haverhill man sentenced to 72 months for drug trafficking and firearm offenses

CONCORD, N.H. – DEA New England Field Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Nicholas Messina, 28, of Haverhill, Mass, was sentenced to 72 months in prison for possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking and possessing controlled substances...
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Dominican man sentenced to 24 months for participating in fentanyl trafficking conspiracy

CONCORD, N.H. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced Jose Oriol Feliz Aybar, 31, of the Dominican Republic, was sentenced to 24 months for participating in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl. According to court documents and statements...
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Goffstown man sentenced to 96 months for participating in fentanyl trafficking conspiracy

CONCORD, N.H. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced Jonathan Felch, 37, of Goffstown, was sentenced to serve 96 months in federal prison for participating in a fentanyl drug trafficking conspiracy. According to court documents and statements...
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Heroin Trafficker Sentenced For Transporting

ATLANTA - Francisco Castaneda Rivera has been sentenced to federal prison for transporting 4.24 kilograms of heroin, hidden inside a car battery, from Texas to the Atlanta-area. Robert J. Murphy, special agent in charge of the DEA Atlanta Field Division said, “Drug traffickers like Castaneda Rivera often take extreme measures...
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Groveton woman sentenced to 87 months for participating in interstate fentanyl trafficking conspiracy

CONCORD, N.H. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced Katie Fysh, 33, of Groveton, was sentenced to 87 months in prison for participating in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy. According to court documents and statements made in court...
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Virginia woman causes fatal, fentanyl-related overdose, admits guilt

HARRISONBURG, Va., – Iza Mar Rosario-Cruzado, 31, of Harrisonburg, Va., pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to one count of distributing and possessing with the intent to distribute a mixture of heroin and fentanyl. Rosario-Cruzado further admitted her distribution of this drug mixture resulted in an overdose death. “This...
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Bronx man sentenced to 60 months for heroin trafficking in Columbia County

ALBANY, N.Y. – Saul E. Pacheco, 37, of the Bronx, New York, was sentenced Sept. 30, 2019 to 60 months in prison, to be followed by four years of supervised release, for conspiring with another person to distribute more than 100 grams of heroin in Columbia County. The announcement was...
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New York woman sentenced to 54 months for crack, heroin and fentanyl trafficking

BANGOR, Maine – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced Diana Davis, 32, of Rochester, New York, was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to 54 months in prison and three years of...
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Two Rochester men plead guilty for their roles in drug conspiracy

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced today Pablo Rentas-Torres, 35, and Jesus Fernandez, 25, both of Rochester, N.Y., pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr., to conspiracy to possess with intent...
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Drug traffickers distributing heroin from Woodbridge, Va., to Pennsylvania sentenced

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Two Alexandria men, Jose Castro and Martin Vitela, were sentenced today to two and a half years in prison for distribution of heroin and pure methamphetamine. According to court documents, Jose Castro, 23, and Martin Vitela, 25, assisted co-conspirator Fabian Rodriguez Sandoval in the transportation and distribution...