DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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North Tonawanda Man Going to Prison for 10 Years on Drug and Gun Charges

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Daniel Rodriguez, 40, of North Tonawanda, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine and being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, was sentenced to serve 120 months...
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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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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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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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St. Louis Man Sentenced to 60 Years in Prison for Carjackings, Jail Escape and Fatal Shooting of De Smet High School Football Coach

ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Ronnie L. White on Wednesday sentenced a St. Louis man involved in fatal and nonfatal carjackings and a jail escape to 60 years in prison. Kurt Wallace, 31, shot the drivers during three separate carjackings in 2017 that were set up via a dating...
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Anchorage Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison Following Drug, Firearm Conviction

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – An Anchorage man was sentenced today to 20 years in prison, subsequent to his conviction by a federal jury of one count of possession of controlled substances with intent to distribute, one count of possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking and one count of felon...
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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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Man Sentenced to Life Plus 10 Years in Prison for St. Louis Murder, Drug Conspiracy

ST. LOUIS – A felon convicted of drug trafficking charges that included a 2019 St. Louis murder was sentenced Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp to life plus 10 years in prison. Freeman Whitfield IV, 29, was an enforcer for a large drug conspiracy, evidence and testimony at...