DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Bloods Gang Member Pleads Guilty to Drug and Gun Charges

ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Rasheem “Coop” Sullivan, 31, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and being a felon in possession of a firearm, before U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. The charges carry a minimum penalty of five years...
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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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Five Individuals Sentenced to Prison for Meth Trafficking and Money Laundering

GREEN BAY, Wis. – John McGarry, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Milwaukee and U.S. Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad, for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on February 14, 2024, five individuals were sentenced by United States Senior District Court Judge William C. Griesbach for their...
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Queens Man Arrested for Bronx Kidnapping and Murder

NEW YORK CITY - Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; Frank A. Tarentino III, the Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration; and Edward A. Caban, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department, announced today the unsealing of a...
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Two Men Sentenced to Prison for Maintaining a Drug-Involved Premises at Motel in Albuquerque

ALBUQUERQUE – T owanda R. Thorne-James, Special Agent in Charge for the Drug Enforcement Administration El Paso Division and Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced today that Pragneshkumar Patel and Johnathan Craft were sentenced to 30 and 70 months in prison, respectively, for...
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Six Members of Evansville Fentanyl and Meth Trafficking Ring Indicted

EVANSVILLE, Ind. - Michael Gannon, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Indianapolis and U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Myers for the Southern District of Indiana announced a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging six individuals for their alleged roles in a conspiracy to traffic methamphetamine in...
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Guatemalan Leader of Multi-Ton Cocaine Trafficking Organization Sentenced to Almost 22 Years in Prison

SAN DIEGO -Josue Adan Lemus-Lara, aka “Fenix,” was sentenced in federal court today to 260 months in prison. His sentence follows his conviction after a week-long jury trial in November 2023 where he was convicted on all charges in a maritime cocaine trafficking conspiracy. During a multi-year wiretap investigation led...
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Gang Member Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Racketeering

NEWARK, N.J. – A member of the Rollin’ 60s Neighborhood Crips gang was sentenced today to 144 months in prison for his role in a racketeering conspiracy, Special Agent in Charge Cheryl Ortiz of the DEA New Jersey Field Division and U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Tre Byrd...
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Fort Wayne Man Sentenced to 151 Months for Drug Trafficking Offense

FORT WAYNE, 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 Calvin Jones, 42 years old, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Holly A...
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Mishawaka Man Sentenced to 100 Months in Prison for Drug Offense

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 Jessie Warren, 44 years old, of Mishawaka, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty after...