DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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DEA Administrator names Greg Millard as SAC of the El Paso Division

EL PASO – The Drug Enforcement Administration’s El Paso Division has a new Special Agent in Charge (SAC). On Friday Feb. 18, 2022, DEA Administrator Anne Milgram named Greg Millard as the new SAC of the El Paso Division, which serves New Mexico and West Texas. Millard came to El...
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Hanover Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Distribution of Fentanyl, Cocaine, and Other Drugs Shipped Across the US to Maryland

Baltimore, Md., – U.S. District Judge Stephanie A. Gallagher today sentenced Dwight Antonio Pitts, age 47, of Hanover, Maryland, to 15 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for his participation in a drug distribution conspiracy involving large amounts of fentanyl, cocaine, and other drugs, shipped...
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Hanover Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Distribution of Fentanyl, Cocaine, and Other Drugs

Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Stephanie A. Gallagher today sentenced Dwight Antonio Pitts, age 47, of Hanover, Maryland, to 15 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for his participation in a drug distribution conspiracy involving large amounts of fentanyl, cocaine, and other drugs, shipped...
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Reading Man Sentenced for Role in Meth Trafficking Conspiracy

BOSTON – A Reading man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for his role in a conspiracy to distribute meth in and around the Boston area. Aaron Smith, 34, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge George A. O’Toole, Jr. to one year and one day in...
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Roanoke-Area Takedown: 13 Charged With Distribution of Fentanyl, Heroin, Meth, Cocaine, and More Across Virginia

ROANOKE, Va. – Law enforcement officials and the United States Attorney’s Office announced today the recent arrests of thirteen individuals on a variety of federal charges, including distribution of heroin, fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine, possession of explosives by a felon, and illegal storage of explosives. Arrested over the last two...
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DEA Washington Joins D.C. Partners to Announce New Partnership Focused on Violent Crime

Washington, D.C., -- Today, Jarod Forget, Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the DEA Washington Division, and Michael Rothermund, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Washington Division joined D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Chief Robert J. Contee III to announce a new D.C.-based strategy...
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Two Rhode Island Men Charged In Wide-Ranging Fentanyl Conspiracy

BOSTON – Two Rhode Island men have been arrested and charged for their alleged roles in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy that spanned across Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New York. Jasdrual Perez, 33, of Cranston, R.I., and Erik Ventura, 33, of Providence, R.I., were charged with one count each of conspiracy...
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Columbia, Maryland Drug Dealer Sentenced to Eight Years in Federal Prison for Heroin and Meth Drug Trafficking

Baltimore, Md., – U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III sentenced Scott Gregory Screen, age 56, of Columbia, Maryland to eight years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin. The...
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DEA Participates in Joint Press Conference with U.S. Attorney’s Office and Law Enforcement Partners to Address Violent Crime

NEW ORLEANS – Today, in a demonstration of unity, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley joined U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans and other federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to announce their joint efforts to address the violent crime spike occurring in the City of...
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Larry Junior Hillbroom of Hope, Idaho, Sentence for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho – A Hope, Idaho man was sentenced to 96 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. According to evidence presented in court, in 2015 and 2016, Larry Junior Hillbroom, 37, conspired with others to smuggle methamphetamine through international airports between North Idaho and the Pacific...