DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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New York Man Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To 25 Years In Prison For Trafficking Of Heroin, Cocaine, And MDMA

(NEW YORK) - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) announced today that Roman Kitroser was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to 25 years in prison for...
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U.S. Marshals Joint Operation Nets 240 Fugitives And Seizes Guns, Drugs, And Money

NEWARK, N.J. - - Federal and local agencies have united under the U.S. Marshals Service banner to help reduce violence in the City of Newark as an extension of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Violence Reduction Initiative. The U.S. Marshals Service in the District of New Jersey and the U.S...
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Man Sentenced To Three Years In Federal Prison For Threatening Witness In Investigation Of His Brother’s Michigan Heroin Conspiracy

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Jermaine Carr, 34, of Riverdale, Illinois, received a three-year sentence in federal prison for tampering with a witness related to his brother’s federal drug charges on June 2, 2016. The witness was assisting law enforcement officers with an investigation into Jermaine Carr’s brother, Daniel Carr, for...
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Three Time Convicted Felon Arrested In Otsego County On Drug Charges

(OTSEGO COUNTY, N.Y.) - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) and John M. Muehl District Attorney, Otsego County announced yesterday the arrest of three time convicted felon Paul James Velleca, 45, of 304 Main Street lot #11, Worcester, NY following...
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Essex County, New Jersey, Man Pleads Guilty To His Role In Oxycodone Distribution Ring

NEWARK, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge for the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced today an Essex County, New Jersey, man admitted his role in a conspiracy to illegally obtain and distribute...
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California Man Pleads Guilty To Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

NEWARK, 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 today a California man admitted his role in a conspiracy to traffic approximately 12 kilograms of cocaine from...
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DEA Hosts “HOPE: Chronicles Of Drug Addiction And Recovery”

NEWARK, N.J. - - Sharing stories of recovery from prescription opioid and heroin addiction, writers from the New Jersey area help to inspire others who are battling addiction. The project called “HOPE: Chronicles of Drug Addiction and Recovery” is sponsored jointly by the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement...
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Guilford Man Pleads Guilty To Distributing Heroin And Oxycodone

BANGOR, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Willie Harper, 47, of Guilford, Maine, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to one count of distribution of heroin and one...
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Providence Man Pleads Guilty To Trafficking Heroin And Fentanyl

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Wilson Garcia, 33, of Providence, pleaded guilty in federal court in Providence today to trafficking heroin and fentanyl. Garcia admitted to the court that on multiple occasions he sold heroin and fentanyl in Rhode Island while on bail and awaiting trial in Massachusetts for allegedly trafficking heroin...
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Woonsocket Resident Pleads Guilty To Trafficking Oxycodone

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Jeffrey Pare, 29, of Woonsocket, pleaded guilty in federal court in Providence on Tuesday to trafficking Oxycodone. Pare pleaded guilty as charged in a federal indictment returned on August 19, 2015, to three counts of distribution of Oxycodone. Appearing before U.S. District Court Judge John J. McConnell...