DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Manchester man pleads guilty to trafficking synthetic cannabinoids

CONCORD, NH – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Heath Palmer, 39, of Manchester, pleaded guilty in federal court to possessing a synthetic cannabinoid product containing 5F-MDMB-PICA with intent to distribute. According to statements made in...
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South Florida doctor pleads guilty to conspiring to illegally distribute oxycodone

Dr. Rodolfo Gonzalez Garcia, 65, of Weston, Florida pled guilty on August 23, 2019, to conspiring to dispense a controlled substance, Oxycodone, before U.S. District Judge Roy K. Altman (Case No. 19-cr-20055). According to the court record, including the agreed upon factual proffers, from November 2016, through and including September...
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Tampa man on federal supervised release pleads guilty to laundering proceeds of synthetic marijuana conspiracy

Jacksonville, Fl a . - Arafat Aljubeh (54, Tampa) has pleaded guilty to conspiring to launder the proceeds of a conspiracy involving the distribution of a synthetic marijuana referred to as “AB-FUBINACA .” At the time of the offense, Aljubeh was on federal supervised release stemming from a 2014 federal...
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Winter Garden convicted felon pleads guilty

ORLANDO, Fla. – Kenneth Bernard Smith, 54, of Winter Garden, Fla., pleaded guilty today to two counts of possessing ammunition and a firearm as a convicted felon and two counts of distributing cocaine and heroin. He faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years, and up to life, in federal...
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DEA warns of alarming increase of scam calls

El PASO, Texas – The Drug Enforcement Administration urges its DEA-registered practitioners and members of the public to be cautious of telephone calls from criminals posing as DEA or other law enforcement personnel threatening arrest and prosecution for supposed violations of federal drug laws or involvement in drug-trafficking activities. DEA...
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Worcester restaurant manager pleads guilty to money laundering conspiracy and attempted witness tampering

BOSTON – A Worcester restaurant manager pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Worcester to conspiring with the wife of a convicted drug dealer to use drug proceeds to renovate and operate a Shrewsbury Street restaurant. Joseph Herman, 37, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering, making false statements...