DEA Archived Press Releases

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Guilty Plea For Kingston Man: Distributed Fentanyl To Overdose Victim

MAR 16 - CONCORD, N.H. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, and Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced that Kenneth Chapman, 62, formerly of Kingston, New Hampshire, pled guilty to unlawful distribution of fentanyl. According to documents filed in United...
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Manchester Man Pleads Guilty To Drug Conspiracy Charge Resulting From Substantial Methamphetamine Seizure

MAR 16 - CONCORD, N.H. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced that Rigoberto Ramirez-(40), formerly of Manchester, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and...
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Fairfield County Heroin Dealer Sentenced To 15 Years In Federal Prison

MAR 16 - BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Wilfredo Gutierrez, also known as “Bean” and “Big Pun,” 40, was sentenced today by U.S...
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49 From Two Bronx Drug Trafficking Organizations Charged In Joint DEA/NYPD/HSI Investigation

NEW YORK) - - Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James J. Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the DEA, Darcel D. Clark, the Bronx County District Attorney, James O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City...
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Three Heroin Dealers Arrested On Federal Drug Charges In Connection To The Overdose Death Of A Farmers Branch Woman

DALLAS - A Dallas-area man has been charged by federal criminal complaint stemming from his role in selling the heroin that caused a young woman’s overdose death at a McDonald’s restaurant in Farmers Branch in June 2016. Two other men were charged by federal criminal complaints stemming from their trafficking...
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DEA, DDAP Supply, Train Hermitage Police With Naloxone

PHILADELPHIA - Special Agent-in-Charge Gary Tuggle of the DEA Philadelphia Field Division announced today that DEA will train members of the Hermitage Police Department in Mercer County on the use of Naloxone that was purchased for them through funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol (DDAP). In 2015...
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Buffalo Man Arrested For Selling Drugs Near A Buffalo School

BUFFALO, N.Y. - - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (“DEA”) and Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Thomas Cox, 49, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute...
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McShan Brothers Convicted: Ran Heroin Trafficking Ring In Ohio, W. Va

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A United States District Court jury convicted Frederick A. McShan, 37, and David McShan, 42, both of Steubenville, Ohio, of running a heroin-trafficking organization. Specifically, Frederick McShan was convicted of one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than one kilogram of heroin, 12...
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Bronx Beach Avenue Drug Crew “Gang Bangers” Indicted, Charged

NEW YORK - - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; James J. Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Division of the DEA, Angel M. Melendez, Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security (HSI)...
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2 Charged In Marijuana “Honey Oil” Lab Explosion, Fire In Riverside

RIVERSIDE, Calif - Two men who were allegedly operating a “honey oil” lab in Cherry Valley when it exploded and severely burned one of them now face federal charges of operating an illegal drug manufacturing facility. Hector Gallegos, 34, of San Jacinto, surrendered to authorities yesterday and made his initial...