DEA Archived Press Releases

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New Hampshire Man Pleads Guilty to Role in Methamphetamine Conspiracy

BOSTON – A Manchester, N.H. man pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in Boston to his role in a multi-state methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy. Anthony Elwell, 49, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and one count of distribution and possession...
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Man Appears in Court After Being Arrested for Trafficking 25 Pounds of Methamphetamine

CONCORD, N.H. – Narquin Antonio Sanchez-Unbes, 23, appeared before Magistrate Judge Andrea K. Johnstone for an initial appearance in federal court for trafficking approximately 25 pounds of alleged crystal methamphetamine to New Hampshire from Massachusetts, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. According to the charging documents, Sanchez-Unbes delivered 25 pounds...
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Rockland County Man Charged with Distributing Fentanyl that Resulted in Six Overdoses, Including Multiple Deaths

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Frank A. Tarentino III, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration, and Tom Walsh, the Rockland County District Attorney, announced today an Indictment charging Justin...
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Man to Appear in Federal Court After Being Arrested for Trafficking 25 Pounds of Methamphetamine

CONCORD, N.H. – Narquin Antonio Sanchez-Unbes, 23, will appear before Magistrate Judge Andrea K. Johnstone for an initial appearance in federal court today at 4:00pm for trafficking approximately 25 pounds of alleged crystal methamphetamine to New Hampshire from Massachusetts, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. According to the charging documents...
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Indiana Woman Sentenced to 80 Months for Meth Distribution

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Alred A. Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, and U.S. Attorney Clifford D. Johnson for the Northern District of Indiana, announced that Laci Lindsey, 49, of Winamac, Indiana, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Court Judge Robert L. Miller, Jr. after...
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Final Defendant Sentenced for Tucson-Based Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Conspiracy

TUCSON, Ariz. – Cecilia Campos, 49, of Pellham, Alabama, was sentenced on June 14, 2023, by United States District Court Judge James A. Soto to 18 months in prison, followed by 36 months of supervised release. Campos pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Heroin and Methamphetamine...
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New York Man Pleads Guilty To Fentanyl Trafficking

BOSTON – A New York man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Springfield to drug trafficking charges involving fentanyl. Chanty Reynoso Vasquez, 28, of Bronx, N.Y., pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl. U.S. District Judge Mark G. Mastroianni scheduled sentencing for...
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Stratford Man Charged with Distributing Methamphetamine and Oxycodone

STRATFORD, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, and Stratford Police Department Chief Joseph McNeil today announced that EDWARD JOHNSON, 31, of Stratford, has been charged by indictment with...
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Violent Gang Member Convicted of Drug and Firearms Conspiracy Involving Six Shootings

BOSTON – The last remaining defendant in a multi-phase investigation targeting drug trafficking and gang violence in communities north of Boston has been found guilty of operating a large-scale drug trafficking conspiracy that manufactured and distributed over 10 kilograms each of fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine in Boston, the North Shore...
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Armed Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 24 Months in Prison

BURLINGTON, Vt. – The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced today that Edgar Correa, aka “Joker,” 35, of Springfield, Massachusetts was sentenced today to serve 24 months of imprisonment after his conviction for possession with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base, to be...