DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Annapolis Man Sentenced to Over 12 Years in Prison in Drug Conspiracy

AUG 10 -- BALTIMORE, Maryland - Warren Young, age 36, of Annapolis, was sentenced today to 132 months in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of crack cocaine within 1000 feet of a public housing facility, announced United States Attorney...
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Five Indicted in Scheme to Defraud Investment Banking Firm

APR 20 --Shawn A. Johnson, Special Agent in Charge of DEA’s Washington Division, announced today that a federal grand jury has indicted Anthony Okoko, age 30, of Bowie, Maryland; Tonya Tyson, age 37, of Suitland, Maryland; Leslie Reynolds, age 60, of Bowie; Ugochukwu Onwudiegwu, age 34, of Baltimore; and Hasina...
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Member of ‘North Avenue Boys’ Sentenced To Over 7 Years In Prison For Witness Retaliation

BALTIMORE, Maryland – Carl J. Kotowski, Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) Baltimore District Office of the Drug Enforcement Administration and Rod J. Rosenstein, United States Attorney for the District of Maryland announced today that Shawn Henry, age 29, of Baltimore was sentenced to 7 years and 3 months in...
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Bristol Man Charged With Possession Of Thousands Of Ecstasy Pills

MAR 22 --Shawn A. Johnson, Special Agent in Charge of DEA’s Washington Division announced today that Brent Andrew Jarvis, age 39, of Bristol, Virginia, was indicted by a federal Grand Jury sitting in Abingdon, Virginia. Jarvis was charged in a two-count indictment with conspiracy to distribute MDMA and possession with...
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DEA Turn Over Keys of Seized Building to Local Community

MAR 9 -- Carl J. Kotowski, Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Baltimore District Office of the Drug Enforcement Administration joined federal law enforcement partners on Thursday, March 9, 2006, in Salisbury, MD to hand over to local officials a building seized in a recent drug operation. The property, located at...
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Silver Spring Man Sentenced to More Than 12 Years in OCDETF Cocaine Conspiracy

Shawn A. Johnson, Special Agent in Charge of DEA’s Washington Division announced that today U.S. District Court Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Franklin Alma, age 29, of Silver Spring, Maryland to 151 months in prison followed by 4 years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute 500 grams...
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Silver Spring Man Sentenced to Over 15 Years in Prison for Distribution of Cocaine

Shawn A. Johnson, Special Agent in Charge of DEA’s Washington Division, announced today that U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Tat Kim Huynh, age 33, of Silver Spring, Maryland, to 188 months in prison followed by 5 years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams...
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Pakistan Father Sentenced to Life and Son Sentenced to 30 Years in International Heroin Trafficking Scheme

FEB 16-- Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of DEA’s Washington Division, Shawn A. Johnson, announced the sentencing of Muzaffar Khan Afridi, age 59, to life in prison and his son, Alamdar Khan Afridi, age 29, to 30 years in prison on charges relating to their family’s international heroin trafficking organization...
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DEA Distributes Funds to Local Agencies

FEB 2 -- A DEA asset seizure made in March 2003 recently was distributed to the Virginia law enforcement agencies that participated in the large-scale marijuana investigation - dubbed Operation Weed B Truckin. Paul McNulty, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, presented the asset sharing checks to...
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Nine Indicted in Maryland Drug Conspiracy

FEB 2-- SAC Shawn A. Johnson of DEA’s Washington Division announced that an indictment was returned by a federal grand jury charging a conspiracy to distribute cocaine and cocaine base (crack). The indictment was returned on January 23, 2006. As unsealed, the one-count indictment charges the following individuals, who were...