DEA Archived Press Releases

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Seven charged with crimes related to the manufacture and distribution of pills laced with fentanyl and other controlled substances

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned a 27-count superseding indictment last Thursday against two brothers and five others, adding charges, including firearms and money laundering to an indictment first filed in May that charged them with a conspiracy to manufacture counterfeit pills containing fentanyl and other controlled substances...
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Federal grand jury adds two new charges resulting in death against Carrizo Springs doctor

SAN ANTONIO - In Del Rio, a federal grand jury added two new charges of distribution of a controlled substance resulting in death to an existing 20-count indictment returned in May against Dr. Alfonso Luevano, announced DEA Houston Division Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, U.S. Attorney John F. Bash...
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Hartford drug trafficker sentenced to 78 months in federal prison

HARTFORD, CT – DEA New England Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut John H. Durham, announced that Antonio Johnson, also known as “Unk,” 42, of Hartford, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 78 months...
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Baltimore man found with enough fentanyl to kill 37,500 people in illegal taxi pleads guilty

BALTIMORE – Devron Lasha Young, Jr., 22, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty today to a federal charge of possession with intent to distribute approximately 75 grams of fentanyl and acetyl fentanyl—enough to kill 37,500 people. Young was charged in federal court as part of a federal-state initiative announced in December 2018...
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New York man sentenced to 126 months in prison for conspiring to distribute crack, heroin and fentanyl

BANGOR , Maine – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that a Rochester, New York man was sentenced in federal court in Bangor for conspiring to distribute cocaine base, heroin and fentanyl. U.S. District Judge John A. Woodcock...
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Lawrence man sentenced to 24 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl

BOSTON – A Lawrence man was sentenced in federal court in Worcester in connection with a 2017 fentanyl trafficking conspiracy. Carlos Rodriguez, 43, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman to 27 months in prison and two years of supervised release. Rodriguez previously pleaded guilty to conspiring...
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Lawrence man faces 45 years in prison after pleading guilty to operating major fentanyl trafficking organization

CONCORD, NH – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Sergio Martinez, 29, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty to leading a continuing criminal enterprise and participating in a money laundering conspiracy based upon his role in operating...
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Johnstown man sentenced to 60 months on heroin and fentanyl conviction

ALBANY, N.Y. –Victor M. Diaz, age 30, of Johnstown, New York, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison, to be followed by four years of supervised release, for possessing and intending to distribute more than 100 grams of heroin mixed with fentanyl. The announcement was made by United States...
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DEA announces release of 2018 Pennsylvania Drug-Related Overdose Death Report

​ ​ PHILADELPHIA – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Philadelphia Field Division Jonathan A. Wilson today announced today the release of the Drug-Related Overdose Deaths in Pennsylvania, 2018 report. For the third year in a row, the DEA Philadelphia Field Division has partnered with the University...
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Fentanyl distributor who used the dark web and crypto currency sentenced to 30 years in federal prison

HOUSTON -- In what is believed to be the first fentanyl distribution case using the dark web and crypto currency in the Southwest Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Region, a federal judge in San Antonio today sentenced 30-year-old Alaa Mohammed Allawi to 30 years in federal prison for distributing...