DEA Archived Press Releases

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Maryland Man Sentenced To Prison On Drug Charges

SCRANTON, Pa. - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a Wilkes-Barre man was sentenced yesterday, in federal court in Scranton, by United States District Judge Malachy Mannion, to serve 160 months in prison on a charge of conspiracy to distribute heroin. According to...
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Wilkes-Barre Man Sentenced To Prison On Drug Charges

SCRANTON, Pa. - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a Wilkes-Barre man was sentenced yesterday, in federal court in Scranton, by United States District Judge Malachy Mannion, to serve 151 months in prison on a charge of conspiracy to distribute heroin. - According...
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Rochester Doctor Sentenced For Illegal Drug Trafficking

BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul announced today that John E. Maye, 59, of Rochester, N.Y., who was convicted following a federal jury trial of unlawful distribution and dispensing of a controlled substance, was sentenced to 12 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny...
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Operation Road Block Members Of Drug Organization Indicted

BATON ROUGE, La. - Drug Enforcement Administration Assistant Special Agent in Charge Joseph Shepherd and United States Attorney Walt Green announced today the unsealing of a federal grand jury indictment in Operation Road Block, an extensive investigation into a drug trafficking network operating in the Baton Rouge region. The investigation...
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Monmouth County, N.J., Doctor Indicted On Oxycodone Distribution Conspiracy, Money Laundering And Tax Charges

TRENTON, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U. S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a Monmouth County, N.J., doctor who allegedly wrote illegal prescriptions for oxycodone was indicted on charges that he...
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DEA Assists Port St. Lucie Police Raid A Clandestine “Shatter” Marijuana Processing House

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - On June 25, 2014, The Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Port St. Lucie Resident Office assisted the Port St. Lucie (PSLPD) Special Investigation Division execute a search warrant on a suspected marijuana “Shatter” processing house located at 2024 SW Savage Boulevard, Port St. Lucie...
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El Paso, Texas Man Sentenced For Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking Conviction

ALBUQUERQUE - Jose Alberto Hernandez, 28, of El Paso, TX, was sentenced this morning in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 46 months in federal prison followed by two years of supervised release for his methamphetamine trafficking conviction. Hernandez was arrested on Aug. 7, 2013, on a criminal complaint...
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New Haven Man Sentenced To 12 Years In Federal Prison For Distributing Narcotics

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting 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 Tylon Vaughn, also known as “Bucky B,” 36, of New Haven, was sentenced today by Senior...
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Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Wholesaler Value Drug, Inc. To Pay $4,000,000 In Settlement

JUN 25 - ( BALTIMORE) - Value Drug, Inc. (Value Drug) has agreed to pay $4,000,000 to the United States to resolve allegations that it violated the Controlled Substances (CSA) by failing to report suspicious orders of oxycodone to six pharmacies located in Maryland and Pennsylvania. Value Drug is a...
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Fontana Man Pleads Guilty To Conspiring To Distribute Over 30 Pounds Of Methamphetamine

FRESNO, Calif. - Marco Antonio Granados, 20, of Fontana, pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents, Granados admitted that on October 16, 2013, he and his cousin met with a confidential informant to negotiate the sale of 30 pounds...